Easter, am so sorry you are a member of the AD group.My husband had AD but he was really very easy to care for.  I was very blessed.
He had two minor strokes and could hardly move his left foot so he did not wander as one of our friends did, and he voluntarily gave up driving.
He was always thanking me for looking after him and very seldom got angry about anything.  Please stay with us and let us know how you are doing.
Gwen

 But I know people can just take so much and then have to think of
 themselves....and I want my family to do that also......and today there
 was an artical in the paper about type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimers and
 they had decided it goes together.....and I have both....I am still able
 to take care of myself and think thats great but have gotten afraid to
 drive any place afraid I couldn't get back......I have a great Husband
 and he is very good to me but does get a little irratated once in
 awhile.......he isn't healthy either....So when I lose it I don't want
 him to think he should care for me.....he is a precious old man and will
 need some rest....

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 Easter Stephens

Oh, Easter.  It has to hurt worse than I can imagine to have Alzheimer's
and be aware of it.  ((((((((((((Easter))))))))))))

By the way, I love your name.

...I am still able

You are obviously a kind and unselfish person, and deserve all the love
he gives you.  A good marriage is the greatest blessing life can hold.

Dana (blessed with one, and grateful every day)

Dear Easter,

I am terribly sorry that this has happened to you.

Do you have children?  If you do, please talk to them about
your condition.  Ask one of them to get a power of attorney
that you can sign that will give both your husband and your
child the authority to handle your finances and make health
care decisions for you.

This will make it much, much easier for them to help you
later on.  It will save them much work.

Also, write a will and a medical directive.

In the directive, say what you said here in this group.  Say
that you don't want to be a burden on your family and that
you especially want to keep your husband from having to
bear the burden of your care.  This will help to guide your
family if they have to make decisions for you.  Give any other
instructions that you think they should have.

If you haven't already done it, perhaps you and your husband
and your child can visit a lawyer together to get the powers
of attorney, will and medical directive written.

You may still remember many things about your childhood
and your parents that other people do not know.  Perhaps
you would like to sit with one of your relatives with a tape
recorder or a video camera, or just a pencil and paper, and
have them record the things you remember.  Or you can do
this yourself in a diary or with a tape recorder if you feel able
to do it.  This is a way that you can preserve family memories
that only you may have.  I think that if you record these things
you will want to read or listen to them, or have someone read
them to you, later when your memory may be failing.  It
will help you to remember them again.

We know that at the end of our lives we get sick and we die.
But I sometimes think that nothing we have ever done or been
ever really disappears.  You and your husband have had a
great life together.  From now on and for eternity, it will always
be a true fact that your husband and you had a great life
together.  Nothing can ever erase that fact.

I wish for peace and happiness for you and your family.

   Alan

Thank you for NOT driving.  Chances are you reaction time isn't
very good either, and getting lost is only one of the problems
memory impaired folks have when driving.

Besides, it's usually cheaper to take cabs when you need to than
owning a car.

please give up driving before you injure or kill someone else.