I thought I knew how to grieve, until my husband's illness caught up with him

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I thought I knew how to grieve, how to say goodbye and move on. Until Alzheimer's Disease caught up with my husband, writes Muriel Porter.

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Day-to-day routines at home thankfully remained manageable for quite some time, though increasingly anything out of routine became problematic. Entertaining family or friends gradually had to be abandoned, as Brian became easily stressed by change. And falls increased, sometimes out of the blue. He seemed to just sink down to the ground. No broken bones or injuries resulted, but the falls distressed him. We ended up driving even very short distances.Brian's growing incapacity resulted in boredom and frustration for him.

My mobile phone always remained close in case he needed me, or in case the personal alarm I had arranged for him to wear messaged a fall. He remained steadfastly resistant to the idea of occasional carers coming in to give me an anxiety-free outing.

 

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