"I'm not a woe-is-me person. I'm just lucky that I am able to take care of her."
"I've been very lucky in my life. My wife is fighting dementia and all that, but it's not cancer. It's not a tumor, so I enjoy taking care of her."
"It's not work, because people come up, and say they feel so sorry. I understand the sympathy, because I know a lot of people are going through it, but it's OK."
"There are going to be a couple of years that are tricky. So, the first 46, really great. But it's OK. It's not terrible. I'm not a woe-is-me person. I'm just lucky that I am able to take care of her."
Jay Leno, 75, cares for his wife Mavis amid her dementia diagnosis and was granted conservatorship over her estate in April 2024. He frames caregiving as joyful and not a burden, emphasizing enjoyment of her company and gratitude for being able to provide care. The couple met in the 1970s and married in 1980, and Leno values the decades they shared. He contrasts dementia with other illnesses, anticipates some challenging years ahead, and presents caregiving as an expression of marital commitment and loyalty rather than something to evoke pity.
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