It's been a terrible six months, my husband who is 75, I'm 58 we found out in June that he has terminal prostate cancer, then a couple of months ago we found he had a heart problem.
Now we have learned he has alzheimers, we are still awaiting the results, but the doctors are very sure.
He has been getting worse over the last few weeks with hallucinations, he's not sleeping, he can be up at 2,3 and 4am, he starts talking to himself, or to people who are not there. He also gets very paranoid and keeps saying I'm making it all up.
He gets very agitated if i mention things he's forgotten he's told me. He finds it very hard to get his words out and just lately he has started talking to me like I'm a third person.He will sit and talk to me about his wife I say to him I'm your wife. This was the part I feared most if he started to forget me, it's not all the time, but when it does happen it hits me like a ton of bricks every time. I am also disabled, i am in pain every day and I have noticed my husband doesn't have the same loving feelings he used to have. Some days he's like the man I married but as soon as my guard goes down, it's like he's a different person.
His daughters do help the best they can but they have families of there own. They also don't see him at his worst.
Now we have learned he has alzheimers, we are still awaiting the results, but the doctors are very sure.
He has been getting worse over the last few weeks with hallucinations, he's not sleeping, he can be up at 2,3 and 4am, he starts talking to himself, or to people who are not there. He also gets very paranoid and keeps saying I'm making it all up.
He gets very agitated if i mention things he's forgotten he's told me. He finds it very hard to get his words out and just lately he has started talking to me like I'm a third person.He will sit and talk to me about his wife I say to him I'm your wife. This was the part I feared most if he started to forget me, it's not all the time, but when it does happen it hits me like a ton of bricks every time. I am also disabled, i am in pain every day and I have noticed my husband doesn't have the same loving feelings he used to have. Some days he's like the man I married but as soon as my guard goes down, it's like he's a different person.
His daughters do help the best they can but they have families of there own. They also don't see him at his worst.