Hi Troops
Well its been a very eventful 2 weeks, my OH was taken into hospital 2 weeks ago tomorrow ... he became aggressive and violent in 24 hrs !! We had to have police escort to get him to the hospital as he would not go in the ambulance! but we managed to keep him calm in the car and get him in. He has become very agitated and aggressive, he has hit the nurses, had to have security to him several times and given half the chance he escapes off the ward ( locks on doors have been improved ) his current trick is throwing things out of the windows!! As some of you may be aware he has had a foot ulcer for months now which was healing but now with his constant walking around and his obsession with taking the dressings off it is breaking down again ! Having done all the tests he was due he has been diagnosed with Lymphoma it is advanced and sadly the cause for his rapid decline,(they say the Cancer will accelerate the AD and the AD will accelerate the Cancer!!) they tell me they think its months? to be honest i think it will be weeks ?? when he not The dementia demon he looks so very weak and poorly..... we are awaiting Hospital SS to get involved and he will be hopefully be moved to somewhere more suitable for his care needs? Although I have say the staff at the hospital have been marvelous with him in very difficult and challenging circumstances We occasionally see the man he was and he mainly knows who we all are at this point but is so very sad he is so tormented by it all. My heart is breaking and i am crying buckets but at least he is in a safe environment and being cared for properly i would never have been able to cope with this at home.
If anyone has any experience of Cancer with Dementia can they please let me know how they coped what to expect please .....
As always love and hugs to you all hope you are having a better time of it than me right now xxx
Well its been a very eventful 2 weeks, my OH was taken into hospital 2 weeks ago tomorrow ... he became aggressive and violent in 24 hrs !! We had to have police escort to get him to the hospital as he would not go in the ambulance! but we managed to keep him calm in the car and get him in. He has become very agitated and aggressive, he has hit the nurses, had to have security to him several times and given half the chance he escapes off the ward ( locks on doors have been improved ) his current trick is throwing things out of the windows!! As some of you may be aware he has had a foot ulcer for months now which was healing but now with his constant walking around and his obsession with taking the dressings off it is breaking down again ! Having done all the tests he was due he has been diagnosed with Lymphoma it is advanced and sadly the cause for his rapid decline,(they say the Cancer will accelerate the AD and the AD will accelerate the Cancer!!) they tell me they think its months? to be honest i think it will be weeks ?? when he not The dementia demon he looks so very weak and poorly..... we are awaiting Hospital SS to get involved and he will be hopefully be moved to somewhere more suitable for his care needs? Although I have say the staff at the hospital have been marvelous with him in very difficult and challenging circumstances We occasionally see the man he was and he mainly knows who we all are at this point but is so very sad he is so tormented by it all. My heart is breaking and i am crying buckets but at least he is in a safe environment and being cared for properly i would never have been able to cope with this at home.
If anyone has any experience of Cancer with Dementia can they please let me know how they coped what to expect please .....
As always love and hugs to you all hope you are having a better time of it than me right now xxx