Hi, Just thought i'd do a quick introduction. My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's four years ago at the age of 64, she had felt for a while that her mind was slipping andhappened to mention it to her doctor who arranged for her to get it checked out and it was confirmed. My grandmother also had dementia and my mother is frightened of ending up the same way and i can't say I'm looking forwardto it much either. My mum had me quite late in life and now i find myself feeling very envious of my friends and their younger parents. None of them are having to consider caring for their parents yet let alone watching them slowly disappear but at 26 thats not something you would expect. I have two small children and i dread the thought of her fogetting who they are and the only memories they'll have is of a doolally (as she likes to put it) nanny, which is pretty much the main memories i have of my Nan. At the momnet she's doing well she lives alone and she takes care of her own bills etc the biggest change so far has been her moods. She's taken a dislike to one of her sisters for no apparent reason and she doesn't always seem to know where the line is anymore when it comes to passing coments on others. And of course the whole time you can't get cross with her because you know that it's not her fault if it wasn't for this disease she'd keep her opinions to her self(to a certain extent she never was a great diplomat!)
Does anyone else ever get angry with this bloody awful disease?
I feel like its robbing me and my children and it makes me so sad that i try and not think about it but I know i've got to face it, hence why i'm on here writing this in floods of tears.
this hasn't been the quick intro I was planning but there you go!
Louise
Does anyone else ever get angry with this bloody awful disease?
I feel like its robbing me and my children and it makes me so sad that i try and not think about it but I know i've got to face it, hence why i'm on here writing this in floods of tears.
this hasn't been the quick intro I was planning but there you go!
Louise