neurologist – Staging Kimberly's Corner

What is incontinence?

In Kimberly A. Frechette’s case, incontinence was an overactive bladder, that might be caused by a neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO).

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June 1, 2024

Dementia

Three or Seven Stages Explained

Depending on your neurologist, he or she may use the 3 or 7 stages for Frontotemporal Dementia. We just visited our neurologist on March 21, 2024. Kimberly has declined a lot in the 4 months of our last visit. We use the 3 stages (Early, Middle, and Late). Our neurologist…

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April 7, 2024

Kimberly & Leon Frechette

Welcome to Kimberly’s Corner, where we share Kimberly’s ongoing battle with behavioral variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD ) and my survival as an unpaid spouse caregiver with her ongoing daily changes with this disease. I will say upfront, this is not a happy journey!

If you are a full-time caregiver, just starting out as a spouse caregiver, or have been there, done that, please use this site to vent, learn, share your story, and ask questions. You will soon find out that the system is broken when it comes to supporting you as a caregiver. The system will not work in your favor, so changes are needed to help spouse caregivers survive their ordeal.

For that reason, it is important to share your voice on this site. The more voices we can get, the better chance we have to make changes. If you have questions or stories you want to share, please email them to me, Leon, Kimberly’s husband!