I am 42 years old and my wife is 52. She was finally diagnosed with early onset alzheimers in april of this year, after a year of tests.
My guess is that she's probably been ill for about 4 years now.
She is now on aricept and that initially at least had a massive effect on her ability to cope. She can now go more than 50 yards from home without being in a total state of panic.
Short term memory is, of course, hugely affected as are conceptual things such as money, time, movement etc
the anger is the thing that i hate the most as the way are relationship is changing to more of a parent/child one - i'm not sure i'll ever get used to that.
luckily for us we live in a village with a fairly tight-knit community with many people aware of her illness and supportive when we go out.
i live in total fear of the day she does not recognise me - although she has already done this with friends.
I am so very glad that i have found this site and am sure that i shall continue to be here when i can
My guess is that she's probably been ill for about 4 years now.
She is now on aricept and that initially at least had a massive effect on her ability to cope. She can now go more than 50 yards from home without being in a total state of panic.
Short term memory is, of course, hugely affected as are conceptual things such as money, time, movement etc
the anger is the thing that i hate the most as the way are relationship is changing to more of a parent/child one - i'm not sure i'll ever get used to that.
luckily for us we live in a village with a fairly tight-knit community with many people aware of her illness and supportive when we go out.
i live in total fear of the day she does not recognise me - although she has already done this with friends.
I am so very glad that i have found this site and am sure that i shall continue to be here when i can