It took sometime for me to find how to post a message but then I just seemed seemed to stumble on it.
My Wife Val was diagnosed with Alzheimers in 2014 at the age of 73. I think the Alzheimers may have started to appear when Val reached 70 but it was mild and developed slowly. It is only in the last few years that Val's memory has deteriorated a lot. I will soon be 67. I was made redundant when I was 59 but I'm pleased about it now as it hase enabled us to be together all the time now. We used to look after some of the grand children. But we have had to give this up as it was too much for us to cope with and I was often accused of carrying on with mums at the school, by Val. Dispite them being young enough to be my daughters
Val has a way with her. She makes everyone laugh with her funny quips. But she can also dislike people for no apparent reason.
We have had difficult times in recent years and I have had to learn to cope and not to try and reason with her.
For sometime now Val often asks about where someone is. It's as if she has just been speaking to someone and they have gone out without saying a word.
I think she used to live in a household where there were alot of people coming and going. Just recently Val has started to to forgett how long we have lived together. When I say its 22 years she says I'm having a laugh.
Yesturday evening we had a bad patch, for about a week now when it come to time to go to bed she thinks that we need to go back to her house. She gets upset when I say we only have to go upstairs to our bedroom. I'm getting to the point where I dread the evening and the stress it causes. Val does have four lovely daughters from a previous marriage who I phone when things get hard.
It certainly helps to put my thoughts down on paper. By the way I should have started by saying how much I love Val.
Jim
My Wife Val was diagnosed with Alzheimers in 2014 at the age of 73. I think the Alzheimers may have started to appear when Val reached 70 but it was mild and developed slowly. It is only in the last few years that Val's memory has deteriorated a lot. I will soon be 67. I was made redundant when I was 59 but I'm pleased about it now as it hase enabled us to be together all the time now. We used to look after some of the grand children. But we have had to give this up as it was too much for us to cope with and I was often accused of carrying on with mums at the school, by Val. Dispite them being young enough to be my daughters
Val has a way with her. She makes everyone laugh with her funny quips. But she can also dislike people for no apparent reason.
We have had difficult times in recent years and I have had to learn to cope and not to try and reason with her.
For sometime now Val often asks about where someone is. It's as if she has just been speaking to someone and they have gone out without saying a word.
I think she used to live in a household where there were alot of people coming and going. Just recently Val has started to to forgett how long we have lived together. When I say its 22 years she says I'm having a laugh.
Yesturday evening we had a bad patch, for about a week now when it come to time to go to bed she thinks that we need to go back to her house. She gets upset when I say we only have to go upstairs to our bedroom. I'm getting to the point where I dread the evening and the stress it causes. Val does have four lovely daughters from a previous marriage who I phone when things get hard.
It certainly helps to put my thoughts down on paper. By the way I should have started by saying how much I love Val.
Jim