Hi Phil just been reading your comments and No 2 people with FTD are the same I will go along with that that true I was diagnosed with FTD In 2003 having been previously diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 1999 so in total almost 20 years like your wife my Verbal conversations were effected and still are but my brain function is good so I overcome the speech problem by emails and text after my denoises I continued working for 8 years until my retirement age 65 and I’m still fairly active for a 76 year old although I cant use cash points or car parking self pay machines ect the does frustrate me somewhat but that not the end of the world Phil you didn’t give your wife’s age with majority of Illness age is a major factor in recovery including DementiaHi@yorkie46
My wife was diagnosed with FTD almost 5 years ago. Her speech, self awareness and cognitive abilities were affected even in these early stages, so she has long lost the capability of interacting with our 3 grandchildren. This was particularly upsetting with the birth of our only granddaughter, as my wife had longed for a girl in the family, us having 2 sons.
The problem is that no 2 people with FTD are the same, so I can only relate how my wife has progressed. From the early frustrated, angry and argumentative stages, she quickly retreated into her own happy little world (thankfully). The downside to that is that she is now reliant on me to do everything for her (like many on here I know). On the plus side, if I sit her on the loo, she stays there until I check on her - the downside is that if I get distracted and forget she's there, she'd be there forever!
At least with her being so happy and "compliant", she willingly goes to a dementia activity morning each week and attends a day centre once a week also. I hope I'm not tempting fate but we are also able to join our great bunch of friends in out local pub each weekend.
I hope things improve for you both too.
Best wishes
Phil
Cheers Countryboy