My late Husband was 58/59 when he started to feel 'odd'. He had what was described as a 'breakdown' with psychosis and sectioned. He told whoever listened that he was losing his memory but no one listened. He continued to go downhill and had a brain scan. His Dementia was missed. Two years later he was sectioned again and the scan was looked at again; the Dementia was apparently at a moderate stage when the original scan was taken. I've no idea how the Neurologist missed itAnother scan and he had progressed to low severe stage. Pete continued to take huge dips -he didn't follow the pattern of a slow decline-although, saying that, he did live for 8 1/2 years from the time he became ill. His Consultant, after looking through his notes, was convinced that he was suffering from AD at the time of his 'breakdown'. I would agree with that assessment -easy to see things with the benefit of hindsight. A few months before he died he was diagnosed with Parkinson's and prostate Cancer.
Pete couldn't feed himself, was doubly incontinent, couldn't communicate. couldn't understand the simplest of instructions on how to dress and at the end he couldn't walk.
Pete was 68 when he died last December-I was 56. I will miss him for the rest of my life.
I hope you all have as good a day as possible.
Lyn T XX
Pete couldn't feed himself, was doubly incontinent, couldn't communicate. couldn't understand the simplest of instructions on how to dress and at the end he couldn't walk.
Pete was 68 when he died last December-I was 56. I will miss him for the rest of my life.
I hope you all have as good a day as possible.
Lyn T XX