I’ll let you know how it goes tomorrow
And thanks everyone for the kind and thoughtful comments.
I was thinking today about this whole dementia business and others attitudes towards the condition. If, for instance, dementia type symptoms were brought about by, say, a brain tumour ( a cancer) then there would a sympathy and understanding that is lacking in society about dementia. After all, cancer can happen to anyone, at any age and does. Dementia has associations with getting old ( unless it’s early onset) and is somehow a bit shabby. Is it less worthy, less deserving of consideration- of course not, but i feel that those outside of any experience of dementia have little or no understanding of the trauma we carers are going through. Cancer is clearer to understand, dementia not so much.
Dementia is insidious and, for Bridget, started to appear gradually in uncharacteristic shows of temper. Oh, and the rest as you all know by now.
I mainly forget the bad times now and miss the good times. That’s what makes it so upsetting
Bless you all
Peter
peter
And thanks everyone for the kind and thoughtful comments.
I was thinking today about this whole dementia business and others attitudes towards the condition. If, for instance, dementia type symptoms were brought about by, say, a brain tumour ( a cancer) then there would a sympathy and understanding that is lacking in society about dementia. After all, cancer can happen to anyone, at any age and does. Dementia has associations with getting old ( unless it’s early onset) and is somehow a bit shabby. Is it less worthy, less deserving of consideration- of course not, but i feel that those outside of any experience of dementia have little or no understanding of the trauma we carers are going through. Cancer is clearer to understand, dementia not so much.
Dementia is insidious and, for Bridget, started to appear gradually in uncharacteristic shows of temper. Oh, and the rest as you all know by now.
I mainly forget the bad times now and miss the good times. That’s what makes it so upsetting
Bless you all
Peter
peter