My nan has Alzheimer's, she was diagnosed about 4 years ago now. She is in a care home & has been for nearly 2 years. She has her up & down days & I visit her as often as I can.
I feel so sad as although she is still going I sooooo miss the old her.
We have always been so close & ive spent a lot of time with my nan & I have to try hard not to sit and think about just how hard it is to have lost part of her already as I just sit and cry. But I miss the old days so much I'm crying while typing this.
I know that if she keeps going that she's just going to get worse & worse & it breaks my heart.
My nan is still able to walk, although sometimes she is too weak and need the wheelchair. She is so thin as she struggles to swallow food and drink & needs lots of encouragement. She tends to hold it in her mouth, some days are worse then others. She does manage icecream quite well.
Some days I go & see her & she will just stare through me. Other days she's quite chatty but confused & will ask how her mum is who is deceased.
Thankfully she still recognises me. Only once did she not know who I was, which broke my heart but I tried to put it down to the fact that she had been on an outing with the care home.
Although she knows who I am she struggles to label what family member I am. She will say neice or cousin etc.
I love my nan more than words & worry about the impact of what's to come. I know I've lost part of her already but to lose her completely will totally destroy me & I really don't know how it's going to affect me
I feel so sad as although she is still going I sooooo miss the old her.
We have always been so close & ive spent a lot of time with my nan & I have to try hard not to sit and think about just how hard it is to have lost part of her already as I just sit and cry. But I miss the old days so much I'm crying while typing this.
I know that if she keeps going that she's just going to get worse & worse & it breaks my heart.
My nan is still able to walk, although sometimes she is too weak and need the wheelchair. She is so thin as she struggles to swallow food and drink & needs lots of encouragement. She tends to hold it in her mouth, some days are worse then others. She does manage icecream quite well.
Some days I go & see her & she will just stare through me. Other days she's quite chatty but confused & will ask how her mum is who is deceased.
Thankfully she still recognises me. Only once did she not know who I was, which broke my heart but I tried to put it down to the fact that she had been on an outing with the care home.
Although she knows who I am she struggles to label what family member I am. She will say neice or cousin etc.
I love my nan more than words & worry about the impact of what's to come. I know I've lost part of her already but to lose her completely will totally destroy me & I really don't know how it's going to affect me