I’m relieved that at least there’s something to be done and if the Memantine gives mum ( and us)some respite then that’d be great, I’m hoping it’ll take the edge of her ansxiety away. It’s tough though realising that mum will gradually disappear so even with the problems at the minute it’s good to have her as her if you know what I mean! I’m still encouraging independence and it was reassuring to hear that we did the right thing taking her home, the familiarity and company are helping her. I’m so glad we got the carers in the morning and now the OT will be out as well to see if there’s anything to help mum at home plus now we can push for more care to come too.The doctor at the memory clinic was great, she listened to mum unlike some other meds and treated her as a person in her own right, she’s arranged for the next appointment to be at a centre closer to home too. The hard thing is mum knows something nots right but she’s not ready or may never be ready to face it, the doctor though said not to worry, as even if mum was told, she would get distressed and worry, then forget and could well continue the cycle each time she remembered. The doctor was going to try to raise it in some way but mum refused to go back in to see her at the end, I think because she was afraid. But we can cope with that, it’s just hard to say yes you’re getting better(she keeps asking when she’ll be back to her as normal again)
but if it reassures her then that’s what we’ll do.