Hi,
I lost my dear Mum to Early Onset Alzheimers 2 yrs ago at 67 and now my Dear Dad has been diagnosed with Dementia .
Im not surprised at my Dads diagnosis as I was seeing signs /symptoms which were ringing alarm bells but I was still shocked hearing the word .
After Mum died I have been seeing signs of Dementia in Dad ,memory issues,confusion over things,fiddling with things almost obsessively and more .Initially the Dr's said it was grief and depression which Im sure was there too but I just knew there was more to it .Things like Dad thought I was at their wedding (I wasnt even born then) and Dad being convinced somebody else being buried with Mum (I think Dad was thinking of Young mum and older Mum as two different people.
Anyway Dads finally been diagnosed .What Im extremely worried about it that in just 3 weeks Dads symptoms have really accelerated .A few weeks back Dad could still use a knife and fork to feed himself still converse fairly well most of the time .But over the last couple of weeks we have to feed him as he just cant do it ,he is saying very little and looking so frail .
Im so worried about Dad and cant understand how things have accelerated so quickly ?
With Mum ,she had Early Onset Alz and sadly in the last few months of her life her decline was very fast but the first couple of years it was very gradual but this with Dad is really shocking .
My brother and I have only really just started grieving for Mum and still have a lot of disbelief that she has gone and now for Dad to have it too is so terribly sad : (
Please can anyone relate to this or help me understand whats happening with Dad for things to progress so quickly .
Thank you so much
Lottie x
I lost my dear Mum to Early Onset Alzheimers 2 yrs ago at 67 and now my Dear Dad has been diagnosed with Dementia .
Im not surprised at my Dads diagnosis as I was seeing signs /symptoms which were ringing alarm bells but I was still shocked hearing the word .
After Mum died I have been seeing signs of Dementia in Dad ,memory issues,confusion over things,fiddling with things almost obsessively and more .Initially the Dr's said it was grief and depression which Im sure was there too but I just knew there was more to it .Things like Dad thought I was at their wedding (I wasnt even born then) and Dad being convinced somebody else being buried with Mum (I think Dad was thinking of Young mum and older Mum as two different people.
Anyway Dads finally been diagnosed .What Im extremely worried about it that in just 3 weeks Dads symptoms have really accelerated .A few weeks back Dad could still use a knife and fork to feed himself still converse fairly well most of the time .But over the last couple of weeks we have to feed him as he just cant do it ,he is saying very little and looking so frail .
Im so worried about Dad and cant understand how things have accelerated so quickly ?
With Mum ,she had Early Onset Alz and sadly in the last few months of her life her decline was very fast but the first couple of years it was very gradual but this with Dad is really shocking .
My brother and I have only really just started grieving for Mum and still have a lot of disbelief that she has gone and now for Dad to have it too is so terribly sad : (
Please can anyone relate to this or help me understand whats happening with Dad for things to progress so quickly .
Thank you so much
Lottie x