The Dr at the OPMH clinic gave the results of my wife's PET-CT scan today, confirming an earlier Alzheimer's diagnosis. She is not yet 60!
It has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster over the last 12 months, with long periods of waiting for test results. I promised myself that I wouldn't get upset today, having been hit for 6 with the initial Alzheimer's diagnosis from a Psychologist 4 months go. But that didn't work!
I have stopped working as my wife couldn't take me being out all day. I was never sure what I was going to get back home to. Now that I am always around she is much happier.
I am finding this such a confusing disease, comparing what she can do with what she can't. Talking to her you (mostly) wouldn't know that there was something wrong. Certainly none of the neighbours appeared to have worked it out, and for now my wife doesn't want them to know. Just a select number of her friends.
I know that it is early days, and that things will get harder. (Her mother passed away with Alzheimer's less than 4 years ago, but that nightmare is a story for another day!) But for now, we are taking each day as it comes.
Lastly a question. My wife is on the the border between Mild and Moderate, so we have a choice of Donepezil or Memantime. Any recommendations?
It has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster over the last 12 months, with long periods of waiting for test results. I promised myself that I wouldn't get upset today, having been hit for 6 with the initial Alzheimer's diagnosis from a Psychologist 4 months go. But that didn't work!
I have stopped working as my wife couldn't take me being out all day. I was never sure what I was going to get back home to. Now that I am always around she is much happier.
I am finding this such a confusing disease, comparing what she can do with what she can't. Talking to her you (mostly) wouldn't know that there was something wrong. Certainly none of the neighbours appeared to have worked it out, and for now my wife doesn't want them to know. Just a select number of her friends.
I know that it is early days, and that things will get harder. (Her mother passed away with Alzheimer's less than 4 years ago, but that nightmare is a story for another day!) But for now, we are taking each day as it comes.
Lastly a question. My wife is on the the border between Mild and Moderate, so we have a choice of Donepezil or Memantime. Any recommendations?