Hello,
I’ve not been in touch for a while, just trying my best to get through each day.
I’m at this crossroads of when / if to say I can no longer do ‘this’ on a permanent basis. It’s just a mater of time really, I do know that.
BUT WHERE DOES A YOUNG ALZHEIMER’S PATIENT GO?
It’s been a horrendous struggle JUST to get respite.
Things have been BAD again.
Husband’s aggression is reallllly back on us.
So MANY threats to hurt/harm me.
(CPN etc all aware, and concerned for me).
Had a medication review last week.
Where does this aggression come from?
His life is so calm and ordered.
We have ‘no triggers’ for this, and that’s the problem…
Not being able to anticipate an outburst.
At the same time as the aggression has increased, so have the obsessions.
(the tissue hoarding !!), the paranoia, the delusions, the blame/shame, the storytelling.
FOOD is a huge problem now. EVERY SINGLE meal he has he forgets!!
He’s ALWAYS starving, not just hungry.
I know some carers have trouble in getting their ‘patient’, to wash.
My husband, once he’s in the shower WON’T get out !!
If I gently persuade him to finish washing, he will start over again, making himself all soapy. As far as he’s concerned, he’s only just got in the shower.
(Have to stay with him as he fiddles with hot tap, and he NEVER feels the water as hot enough, unless it’s scalding!!).
He shaves (electric) over and over, his face is all blotchy, won’t stop as….
This is THE first shave he’s had today … (tried to hide razor… just gets angry)…
Last night it took me 2 hours to get him to go to bed.
It seems as though everything has come at once, and I am so tired at having to keep going, with a smile on my face, as though there is nothing wrong at all.
I’m just so shattered right now.
Thanks all for letting me rant on…
Take Care
DaisyG
I’ve not been in touch for a while, just trying my best to get through each day.
I’m at this crossroads of when / if to say I can no longer do ‘this’ on a permanent basis. It’s just a mater of time really, I do know that.
BUT WHERE DOES A YOUNG ALZHEIMER’S PATIENT GO?
It’s been a horrendous struggle JUST to get respite.
Things have been BAD again.
Husband’s aggression is reallllly back on us.
So MANY threats to hurt/harm me.
(CPN etc all aware, and concerned for me).
Had a medication review last week.
Where does this aggression come from?
His life is so calm and ordered.
We have ‘no triggers’ for this, and that’s the problem…
Not being able to anticipate an outburst.
At the same time as the aggression has increased, so have the obsessions.
(the tissue hoarding !!), the paranoia, the delusions, the blame/shame, the storytelling.
FOOD is a huge problem now. EVERY SINGLE meal he has he forgets!!
He’s ALWAYS starving, not just hungry.
I know some carers have trouble in getting their ‘patient’, to wash.
My husband, once he’s in the shower WON’T get out !!
If I gently persuade him to finish washing, he will start over again, making himself all soapy. As far as he’s concerned, he’s only just got in the shower.
(Have to stay with him as he fiddles with hot tap, and he NEVER feels the water as hot enough, unless it’s scalding!!).
He shaves (electric) over and over, his face is all blotchy, won’t stop as….
This is THE first shave he’s had today … (tried to hide razor… just gets angry)…
Last night it took me 2 hours to get him to go to bed.
It seems as though everything has come at once, and I am so tired at having to keep going, with a smile on my face, as though there is nothing wrong at all.
I’m just so shattered right now.
Thanks all for letting me rant on…
Take Care
DaisyG