Hello everyone
Although I think my Mum is in the relatively early stages of AD and her personality is pretty much intact I suddenly discover such strange things like that she doesn't remember the house were my brother and I were children for 15 years. It's so confusing because although her short term memory is increasingly affected she could certainly 'pass for normal to people who don't know her well and yet there are some yawning gaps in her long-term memory which I had thought would be retained for longer.
It's so painful. She doesn't remember some special moment that have always bonded us together. I am at a loss and so is she - we just keep clinging to each other and sobbing but the gulf we can't close is only set to widen isn't it? How do so many people bear what is unbearable. Can't life be put in reverse or at least paused? Everything is streaming and screaming past my ears - can't I fix my Mother with glue? Of course not , but like so many on here I am broken hearted and at a loss ...
Although I think my Mum is in the relatively early stages of AD and her personality is pretty much intact I suddenly discover such strange things like that she doesn't remember the house were my brother and I were children for 15 years. It's so confusing because although her short term memory is increasingly affected she could certainly 'pass for normal to people who don't know her well and yet there are some yawning gaps in her long-term memory which I had thought would be retained for longer.
It's so painful. She doesn't remember some special moment that have always bonded us together. I am at a loss and so is she - we just keep clinging to each other and sobbing but the gulf we can't close is only set to widen isn't it? How do so many people bear what is unbearable. Can't life be put in reverse or at least paused? Everything is streaming and screaming past my ears - can't I fix my Mother with glue? Of course not , but like so many on here I am broken hearted and at a loss ...
