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Hugs to you Juddhabuddhaboo! I felt so for your sadness, I too feel like a shell interacting with a shell these days.
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It sounds so sad and hopeless. It's also familiar.

You are doing the best you can. Sadly, so is she. Do you have other things in your life that ARE rewarding? Because it sounds like this will never be.

Although some people do get sweet when they are in the later stages.
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Juddabuddhaboo wow you are a talented writer! Thank you for sharing this! You captured the day and the life of the caregiver of a dementia patient perfectly...
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in the presence of such mental and physical decline you will deal with emotions that may take years to even put a label on. my shrink explained to me yesterday that since i spent a few years living with my mother my grief would more resemble the loss of a domestic partner. well duh ? previous unheard of emotions is all im saying.. putting your thoughts into print here may really help you sort them out..
you will begin to come to grips with your own eventual demise also to add fuel to the fire.
so, in rambling on, i read a great news story about iron mike last night and he was discussing the biggest battle of his life that is now raging. the intent to act responsibly for the first time in his life. what an interesting and uplifting story it was. perhaps these life changing events like elder care ( or 5 years in prison, lol ) are the catalyst's that force us to mature. loved mikes sincere story tho. hes 47 years old clearly has guts to publicly admit his shortcomings and try to fix them.
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