Prayers and nothing but good wishes for Jay and his wife Mavis , hopefully it will be an easy road for them both with good drs , latest medication , all the best to Mavis and the very best to Mr Leno.
I am widowed now for the second time. I lost my first wife after about 38 years of marriage to cancer at 60. I lost my second after being together for about 7 years. She had been so called cancer free for 13 years and it came back. So am I the luckiest guy who managed to find two women I could have spent my whole life with or the unluckiest as I lost them both to cancer and in total spent 6 years as a care giver. I cannot make up my mind and miss them both terribly. It is lonely now for sure.
You are one of the lucky ones and so am I. It's been over 4 years I too lost my wife of 31 year to cancer. This is the way all good marriages end. One has to leave and one has to stay behind. Nothing last forever, so we need to be grateful for what we have and for what we have had. This part of your life will never gets better, but if all goes well you will get stronger and unwillingly you will move Forward and so will I. Good luck to you.
That brings me to tears. Our family watched my grandmother go through alzheimer’s but really didn’t understand what was happening when it first started. My grandfather had dementia which wasn’t terrible because we all knew of it . Watching it all happen was one of the most painful experiences I’ve ever seen. God bless those who suffer from it and always cherish the memories.
So sad for Jay & his wife. He seems like such a great guy & I can’t imagine how heartbreaking this must be for them. I hope God helps them through this difficult time. 😢
I met you 7 years ago in Kokomo Indiana. You are a great person with a lot of strength.god bless you and Mavis. I lost my wife 2 years ago and my mother 1 year ago due to this.❤❤❤
I know what Jay must be going through because my name is Jay and my wife had three separate strokes over 11 years …I took care of her until she had her last one which took her life and she went to be with my Lord Jesus. I’m hoping jay is a Christian …… it’s gonna take a lot of love to go through what he’s gonna have to go through… I live in an assisted living nursing home here in Bryant Arkansas and I know all about dementia …we have one whole section that of nothing but dementia patients and residents….it’s tough on everybody around them.. Watch love and prayer for the family
Jay from all accounts is handling Mavis's decline with great class and dignity. Dementia is horrible. You forget everything over time and eventually forget how to breathe and eat. It's tough. Decline just marches forward with some it is fast and some slower.
Jay came across as a genuinely good guy. I grew tired of the endlessly self indulgent pettiness between David Letterman and Jay. For some reason David Letterman just kept up this bickering. I think Jay being successful to the extent that he did drew jealousy. In the end, being a caregiver to his wife says who Jay is as a human being far more than the Hollywood taffy pulls.
This is such a heart breaking disease, I watched my mom try to take care of dad, which from the stress caused her passing from a stroke, and we had to have dad put into a facility that could watch him as the Alzheimer’s progresses. At first he kept asking for mom, and we stopped telling him she was gone because he just started grieving all over. Eventually he did not know his kids, we would simply talk with him and when he lost the ability to talk, we just talked and hoped something would register and we would see it in his eyes. It is not an easy thing to watch, so I hope he has the assistance that is needed, not only for her, but for him, it drains the caregiver and they need time to be as well as they can be.
I'm 75. My dr determined I had dementia, but it's not really bad. My mind goes blank every now n then, but nothing serious. You probably couldnt tell if we had a conversation.
It's difficult. My 91 yo mother has dementia and it's progressively worse all the time. Sometimes I think she doesn't know who I am. And she acts like a child at times, misbehaving like a child. It's so frustrating to see the role reversal for when I was the child. I wish love to everyone out there that it goes through this.
Lost my life partner several months ago to early onset dementia. It happened so quickly. It really makes you claw for all the experiences you thought were in your future.
When I started taking care of grandma, granddaddy would say she was a good wife. She knew us some days, but not others and her children became very upset that she forgot them. My father also had dementia for about seven years before he fell down the stairs at home and had to be put in the veterans hospital, which was specifically For people who had dementia in his section, they even had a special elevator so someone could not get to their floor without going upstairs taking the elevator back downstairs because my father tried to escape all the time and it was very sad, but I was glad that I got to be there in time of need.
This is life and their love will always be there. This love will make Mavis feel safe and cared for and Jay able to be there for her. May God watch over them both. She did a lot for women in Afghanistan and deserves the best care through this.
She is going to be problem, they caught her out wandering on the road by herself, Sad, all the Cars, Money, and Castles, can’t buy you happiness and health
A good friend of mine had a husband who had Dementia. She had to have him placed in a hospice. She visited him twice a week or more. He didn’t know who she was. She kept visiting him even when he could not talk or even move that good. She never looked at another man while her husband was still alive. “”Till Death Do Us Part.” He passed away, she took some time alone . Then she is out dating again. She waited until her husband was gone.
I am so sad for Mr Leno. Mavis and Jay obviously love each other deeply and are devoted to one another. I saw Jay on TV for years, but my best memory of Jay is meeting him in real life. They say not to meet your heroes, but Jay is everything one would hope - warm, genuine and without airs and graces - an absolute pleasure to meet and talk to.
I do genuinely feel bad for Jay.. you know, you can have all the money in the universe but, when something like this happens, material shit means nothing… God Bless Mavis and Jay……..
My heart goes out to Jay as l lost my wife of 31 years a little under 1 1/2 years ago. Every day is a day of remembrance for me now, my love is gone but my memories are still with me. Love is eternal imo.
There is a great day coming when no hearts will be sad. God is with you if you have repented of your sins. He will make you to stand even though it is hard. Happy happy joy joy Jesus is coming soon.
Jay Leno is a wonderful man.... He is so humble and true to himself... Good Luck Jay... I have faith in you..... Prayers for Mavis and Jay.....❤❤❤❤❤❤....
They looked alike. She has the same long chin, Jay is so rich , whom will he leave all his cars and money, does he have nieces , brothers sisters kids! He obviously has no kids of his own, who will take care of him. He has a smart Will.
Im very sorry for both of them, and i know what Jay is going through. My 72 year old dad passed in 2021 from Alzheimer’s, and me and my mom took care of him at home, till the end with help from hospice and his last few days at peace at the hospice hospital. At the end, my dad could communicate anymore, or walk and was bedridden. My took care of him in his bed, she was a nurse all her working yeaers. Its so hard to go though, and i still think about him every day.
My wife and I have been married for 53 years. I can't imagine her not knowing who I am or other family members. God's cruelty is difficult to understand.
Jay has enough money. That’s not why he’s doing this. He loves her. I think it’s sad his wife has dementia. It’s hard to live with someone who forgets who you are.
So sad and this terrible disease affects so many, it’s heart rendiing to watch this situation play out for any who are affected. Difficult for both those who are directly hit or those who are left to care for their loved ones…
I never watched Jay Leno on the Tonight Show. The reason of just life and career. Yet now I watch his RU-vid religiously. I really like him! I’m by no means a “car guy” but he makes it so interesting. Multiple accounts of dementia in our family and I empathize with him. There is no way to make a positive spin. Best to you sir.
A good friend of mine, happily married all his adult life, lost his wife to dementia following several years of her severe incapacity with Alzheimer’s. She went from seemingly fine health to wandering at dawn in the street near their home. Very sobering to observe…
@@or2akPrayers aren't "useless." They are a compassionate method to help caretakers & family cope when feeling overwhelmed. It's difficult to witness the decline of a once-vibrant person becoming a shell of what they used to be.
@@DippyHippie I reiterate: Prayer is a choice used by many to cope as they witness the sad decline of a loved one. Is meditation a waste of time? Yikes 😵💫 There are no magic wands LOL.
My favorite memory of Jay was the story he told about his father getting a new rotisserie barbecue and inviting the whole family over for dinner. Jay stuck his comb in the roast to get some drippings. His Dad finds it when he goes to cut up the roast in front of the family. I am laughing now, just telling the story. But you have to have him tell it.
When Jay Leno was burned at his shop and he went to the hospital he left right away because he wanted to go be with his wife and let her know in person. What was going on in the hospital said we hope you come back for medical aid which he did the next day.
My wife of 50 years suffered dementia for 8 years before her body gave out. ITT is hard to having your soulmate, someone you shared your life with, ups and downs, failures and success, not recognizing who you are. She always felt safe with me, but would constantly ask who I was, wanting to call her mama who had been gone over 20 years. Our children were a great support, as well as our doctor and later hospice. I would never had made it without them, and at the end hospice workers were the angels that cave into our home every other day to help me with her care. I am sad that Jay and his wife didn’t have children to support him, he seems like a really terrific guy caring for her. Even with wealth, the burden is the same.
Jay’s view on who to marry seems sound but I look for a husband who sets the tone and destination for our married life. I want someone who knows where he’s going, someone who has a vision for his future, someone I can get behind and support in his dreams and help him achieve them. I guess I’m pretty traditional in that way.
Altzheimer dementia is such a cruel disease. I took care of my husband and he didn't know me for a long time. But I took care of him and he died in my arms. It's hard as you grieve them while they are alive and again after they pass away. 😢
I am so sorry for you, Jay. I really am. Deep down, inside of Mavis, she knows that, that is you, her loving husband, taking care of her. Please, have strength everyday, to get through this journey. Yes, it is a journey for Mavis to get home. There, she will be peaceful and happy. You may see her sometimes, in a dream and you will know that she is a peace. You will be too.😢
Not really any other way the man. Wood divorce her and go away. Jay a stand-up guy and stuck in her and respecting her as a human...he also. Has people watching cring for her bv24....7
Often I find myself asking why. The journey that any Adult or Child often travels. For those who experience the heartache of illness or death of a loved one it's devastating to say the least. I wish Jay, His Wife and every family going through these heartbreaking times the comfort of our Lord's love and I pray for them to gather strength from the love they share for one another.
When I heard Mavis saying that marriage and motherhood was the way women got caught, I realized that she was a whole lot smarter than me at the same age. But it is a generational thing. I was raised to believe that woman’s whole life only started when she was able to get married and start having children and I bought into that.
Jay and Mavis are highly loved and respected. They never were pretentious. They treated everyone they met with respect, unlike, some celebrities. They also are very giving people and contributed to charities. This is so sad.
I have always said you can have all the money in the world, but if you're not healthy in mind, you have nothing. My Mom was disabled at the young age of 40 yrs with 9 children all at the time under 14 yrs old. Being the 2nd child. I helped with the care and well being. I always made sure she had fresh cooked food, nothing packaged. My Mom lived to be 92 ,yrs old. and her mind was in tack. I feel for Mr Leno, and wish him the best with the continued well being of his wife.
My brother and I lost our mother to the onset of dementa, along with heart issues. It is a beast that robs a person and family of cherished time too soon. Why does this disease of the brain exist? After all, isn’t getting old enough to deal with?
Leno and I seldom agree on much, but I can fully understand and sympathize with the Leno’s situation. I walked my mother through dementia and Alzheimer’s. I told my brother at the time that Alzheimer’s is one the most evil diseases known to. The Leno’s are on my prayer list. May God have mercy.
Jay, we lost our bright vibrant mom to Alzheimers. I feel your pain. Hang in there brother. You are a great loving husband. BTW we met at the Glendale car show a few years ago. You had your turbine car there. I'm the comedian who apologized for using your "nude hot dog vendor' joke back in New York. Love and Blessings Al Diro
