Hello everyone,
My name is Tracey and I have just been diagnosed with having early onset of Alzheimer's disease. I have known that something wasn't right at the beginning of the year, but the hardest part for me was finding someone to believe me. My GP's just pooh pooh it cause I was too young. My memory was getting worse, I would start a job in the kitchen then something would enter my head to start a job elsewhere and then I would totally forget the first job. I would cook something then forget about it. my speech gets slurred when I get tired and I get words muddled up. Sometimes the words I write come out wrong so when read it is gobblygook. For example, if I write which then sometimes I write got instead. I failed my first memory test, and totally disgraced myself in the second one by coming extemely low, below average. I'm a qualified nurse and although I knew something was wrong for a long time I feel relieved in a way that it is something but totally devastated at the same time.
I can't remember how to be a nurse, which is a berevement in itself. I was a good nurse as well. Over the past few months I have found out who my friends are as many believed it was all in my mind. Or they would say something like,' My nan had dementia and she remembers more then you so there is nothing wrong with you!!' Not helpful!!
i live alone with my cat, I have post it notes everywhere reminding me things. I have a timer o my phone which goes off every two hours when I'm at home tro remind me to drink as seem to have lost that thing in my head telling me to dring. I adapte how I can - I used to have three showers in the morning cause I couldn't remember having the first two but I do a strict routine and it seems to work. I'm not over powering mysef with scent as I used to. I stumble thike I ve been drinking when I get tired as well.
I just needed to say hello with people who unersand morew than people who really don't. The only thing I am good at is baking caks, and even that is a rigamole but I do it cause it relaxs me. I;m getting tired now so will sign off now but thank you
My name is Tracey and I have just been diagnosed with having early onset of Alzheimer's disease. I have known that something wasn't right at the beginning of the year, but the hardest part for me was finding someone to believe me. My GP's just pooh pooh it cause I was too young. My memory was getting worse, I would start a job in the kitchen then something would enter my head to start a job elsewhere and then I would totally forget the first job. I would cook something then forget about it. my speech gets slurred when I get tired and I get words muddled up. Sometimes the words I write come out wrong so when read it is gobblygook. For example, if I write which then sometimes I write got instead. I failed my first memory test, and totally disgraced myself in the second one by coming extemely low, below average. I'm a qualified nurse and although I knew something was wrong for a long time I feel relieved in a way that it is something but totally devastated at the same time.
I can't remember how to be a nurse, which is a berevement in itself. I was a good nurse as well. Over the past few months I have found out who my friends are as many believed it was all in my mind. Or they would say something like,' My nan had dementia and she remembers more then you so there is nothing wrong with you!!' Not helpful!!
i live alone with my cat, I have post it notes everywhere reminding me things. I have a timer o my phone which goes off every two hours when I'm at home tro remind me to drink as seem to have lost that thing in my head telling me to dring. I adapte how I can - I used to have three showers in the morning cause I couldn't remember having the first two but I do a strict routine and it seems to work. I'm not over powering mysef with scent as I used to. I stumble thike I ve been drinking when I get tired as well.
I just needed to say hello with people who unersand morew than people who really don't. The only thing I am good at is baking caks, and even that is a rigamole but I do it cause it relaxs me. I;m getting tired now so will sign off now but thank you
