My Dad of 85 has Alzheimers (diagnosed early this yr) but had been having memory problems for about 5 years or more. He has recently struggled to recall my sister-in-law's name (she's been married to my brother for more than 25 yrs) and recognise his grandson of 23 yrs. His short-term memory is very bad - conversations repetitive etc but he is 'still himself' and knows he has a problem. He always knows my voice the minute he picks up the phone (I am his youngest child born when he was 39). I know we face a very difficult and upsetting future and I know that cases vary from individual to individual but one of the things I would most like to know is how long do we have (ballpark) left while he still recognises me. I know I will be heartbroken the day he doesn't and I know many people on this forum have had to experience that. I live 140 mile round trip from my Dad and work full-time etc but I don't want to look back and find I didn't realise how quickly he would deteriorate and regret not having spent more time with him or made more fuss of things like his birthday etc while he could still appreciate it. I am left wondering do we have 6 months, 1 year, 2 years ...
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