Welcoming you!
Hi there Lindylou,
I welcome you to the forum...... it is nice because 24/7 someone is there to lend an ear and the walls of isolation fall fast. I stupidly waited 4 years post Mum's Alz diagnosis to join, but in the end going solo is just making the journey harder.
Mum, 86, advanced Alz, and me (53 but sometimes feeling much older) joined in July last year as I thought I had no option but to deposit her in a home. Happily she is still with us here and shares our lives, as this is what she wants more than anything in the world.
Life is getting much more complicated now, toilet issues, wears disposable knickers, memory is dissolving, she, the queen of gardeners has now forgotten everything about gardening including that she used to love it!! I find it a particularly painful phase as I watch her unravel..... but dementia has one powerful trick up its sleeve, and that is Mum can live in a space of total denial of her illness.
Glad you decided to make the decision to post...... I never understood the point of reading posts and not joining in the discussion. I can honestly say that the people here have helped me give Mum better care, and carried me through some of the saddest, most irritating and most helpless days of my life. These people are worth their weight in gold.
So, joining this exclusive dementia club was an excellent decision, and we all stand to benefit. Keep posting. Huge welcome, BE
