LoisJean
Registered User
On a lighter note, when we bought the shoes in Hotter we had a slight altercation over the size. She has always been a 4 but said they felt a bit big, I said they seemed fine (many years experience of checking my 3 kids shoes for size!). They were lace ups, so just do them up tight and perhaps wear socks instead of tights. She insisted on trying the 3 which I said looked too tight but she started to get a bit loud so I gave in and bought the size 3s. (Sorry this is going on a bit!)
Hi, Carrie(boo).. I have vascular dementia and I must admit to you that I had a bit of a chuckle after reading about your mom and her shoe size. Same thing with me.
Sometimes I put a pair of shoes on and honestly, I am swimming in them. I look at them, take them off, put them back on and still too big. I add thick socks and sure enough the shoes are too tight. Now I'm really confused and angry because I HAVE TO WEAR SHOES AND ITS GOT TO BE THOSE D**N SHOES AND WHATS WRONG WITH MY FEET AND WHO STOLE MY SHOES AND LEFT THESE???!!! I live alone so have no one to blame except a home invader. Or the cat.
I could go on and on about what my brain is telling me. After I whirl for awhile, I toss the shoes aside and get busy doing something else and completely forget about my shoe problem...until the next time when I put that same pair on, find they fit just fine and have the instant recall that just yesterday they were too big. This happens with just about every thing I wear...(including underwear), not all the time, but enough times to let me know that it's only my wacky brain trying to process the simple act of dressing...and for some reason, it backfires. I now understand why the tendency to put clothes on backwards. No doubt that will come soon enough for me..hopefully there will be someone around to provide a switcheroo before I go out in public
I'm grateful that I can still recall these events later and write them down. I'm also very glad when I read of someone else who experiences this, too. Keeps me from feeling like I'm the only one. I know this isn't easy for you and I can truly appreciate your frustrations..please don't think me flippant. But I can personally relate in some ways to your mum, too.. And I believe that deeply down inside of herself she knows the problem is with her..not you. Her brain simply will not allow her mind to express that to you.
Peace and that in abundance to us all..LoisJean