hi everyone,
my first post - though i've been reading all the excellent support/info for the past month. my 52 yr old husband was diagnosed a month ago with early onset alzheimer's moderate stage. unfortunately, due to covid-19 we received the diagnosis in a phone call from the neurologist. we have contacted our local alzheimer's association but again due to covid it will be some time before we can meet with them.
my husband has been showing symptoms for years, probably 5-7 years and seen so many professionals without a diagnosis. finally we saw the awesome neurologist we have now who did spect scans, neuropsych exam,etc and gave us the diagnosis of moderate alzheimer's.
just wondering if anyone has had the experience of not being diagnosed until the moderate stage, we ( my 15 and 17 yr old daughter's and I ) are really seeing things progressing. he was teaching last year but now is exhausted following our conversations. he also has terrible dizziness and has almost fallen down the stairs several times this week.
we are really worried that he will progress quickly - the neurologist said something about him having a great cognitive reserve that allowed him to mask symptoms for a long time, but that it is probably now exhausted...
any advice about what to expect, progression wise would be helpful..i'm a social worker myself and have some experience with neurological illnesses, but i will say that having it hit close to home has me losing all my professional insight! it is really tough to watch it happening to my husband and some days, when he is having a good day, i almost believe they have the diagnosis wrong...but then that is followed by a day when he hardly speaks and has trouble choosing between coffee and tea....
my first post - though i've been reading all the excellent support/info for the past month. my 52 yr old husband was diagnosed a month ago with early onset alzheimer's moderate stage. unfortunately, due to covid-19 we received the diagnosis in a phone call from the neurologist. we have contacted our local alzheimer's association but again due to covid it will be some time before we can meet with them.
my husband has been showing symptoms for years, probably 5-7 years and seen so many professionals without a diagnosis. finally we saw the awesome neurologist we have now who did spect scans, neuropsych exam,etc and gave us the diagnosis of moderate alzheimer's.
just wondering if anyone has had the experience of not being diagnosed until the moderate stage, we ( my 15 and 17 yr old daughter's and I ) are really seeing things progressing. he was teaching last year but now is exhausted following our conversations. he also has terrible dizziness and has almost fallen down the stairs several times this week.
we are really worried that he will progress quickly - the neurologist said something about him having a great cognitive reserve that allowed him to mask symptoms for a long time, but that it is probably now exhausted...
any advice about what to expect, progression wise would be helpful..i'm a social worker myself and have some experience with neurological illnesses, but i will say that having it hit close to home has me losing all my professional insight! it is really tough to watch it happening to my husband and some days, when he is having a good day, i almost believe they have the diagnosis wrong...but then that is followed by a day when he hardly speaks and has trouble choosing between coffee and tea....