We've been having a rollercoaster few weeks... with LOTS of changes... ups and downs.... etc...
My husband is not due to see his Neuro Doctor ..... and his Stroke Doctor till October.
While we have been given a Primary Diagnosis of MID ... I'm beginning to wonder if it is one of the other 'dementias'. (not that it changes much....)
Since Christmas his memory is rapidly going downhill FAST.
Just about EVERY day he asks for AT least one of his meals again.
He's becomming A LOT food obsessed....
Wants to eat ANY left overs on my plate... even hard / burnt 'toast crusts' ....
Always hungry ... though can't possibly be...
[At what stage should I get a lock for the fridge and cupboards?
He's angry that he 'has not' been fed for hours... sometimes days !!!
He acuses me of stealing food of his plate....]I have to hide biscuits (not that we have many) as he really would eat the lot!!
His 'pickyness' has increased over these last few weeks.
If there is someone on the TV that he does not like ... or like the sound of ..... he will INSIST that the channel changes....
He 'complains' that something on the TV is not 'being done' in the manner that it 'should' ....
I've tried to explain that in TV world... things are done in a 'different time'....
I've been 'having words' with him these last few days about NOT going out with his WINTER Ski Jacket on ... as it's too hot ...
How can I convince him that he really does not need a hat / scarf / gloves etc.. when it is blazing hot outside ?
Thankfully he has stopped 'playing' with the gas controls on the central heating in the middle of the night.... BUT for how long?
A new thing of his .... is to ask...
"What are you doing in my bed?" .. when he wakes up in the night...
I've had him 'not recognising' neighbours ... but to not recognise 'little me' is a new thing...
Has anyone else has this experience / or same question ?
He finds tone of voice hard to 'judge' now ... and quite often thinks I'm cross... when I am just 'calling him' for lunch etc....
He thinks I am 'out to get him' .... and want him gone (his words)....
HIS behavior has DEFINATELY deteriorated since we last saw his doctors... and I really don't want to 'bother' them 'for nothing' .....
As we are due to see them in 2-3 months anyway ... should I ask for an earlier appointment?
My GP is looking to change his drugs as his 'aggression' is increasing ... so it may be that they call us in to be seen sooner.....
Any advice out there would be appreciated.
Take care
DaisyG
My husband is not due to see his Neuro Doctor ..... and his Stroke Doctor till October.
While we have been given a Primary Diagnosis of MID ... I'm beginning to wonder if it is one of the other 'dementias'. (not that it changes much....)
Since Christmas his memory is rapidly going downhill FAST.
Just about EVERY day he asks for AT least one of his meals again.
He's becomming A LOT food obsessed....
Wants to eat ANY left overs on my plate... even hard / burnt 'toast crusts' ....
Always hungry ... though can't possibly be...
[At what stage should I get a lock for the fridge and cupboards?
He's angry that he 'has not' been fed for hours... sometimes days !!!
He acuses me of stealing food of his plate....]I have to hide biscuits (not that we have many) as he really would eat the lot!!
His 'pickyness' has increased over these last few weeks.
If there is someone on the TV that he does not like ... or like the sound of ..... he will INSIST that the channel changes....
He 'complains' that something on the TV is not 'being done' in the manner that it 'should' ....
I've tried to explain that in TV world... things are done in a 'different time'....
I've been 'having words' with him these last few days about NOT going out with his WINTER Ski Jacket on ... as it's too hot ...
How can I convince him that he really does not need a hat / scarf / gloves etc.. when it is blazing hot outside ?
Thankfully he has stopped 'playing' with the gas controls on the central heating in the middle of the night.... BUT for how long?
A new thing of his .... is to ask...
"What are you doing in my bed?" .. when he wakes up in the night...
I've had him 'not recognising' neighbours ... but to not recognise 'little me' is a new thing...
Has anyone else has this experience / or same question ?
He finds tone of voice hard to 'judge' now ... and quite often thinks I'm cross... when I am just 'calling him' for lunch etc....
He thinks I am 'out to get him' .... and want him gone (his words)....
HIS behavior has DEFINATELY deteriorated since we last saw his doctors... and I really don't want to 'bother' them 'for nothing' .....
As we are due to see them in 2-3 months anyway ... should I ask for an earlier appointment?
My GP is looking to change his drugs as his 'aggression' is increasing ... so it may be that they call us in to be seen sooner.....
Any advice out there would be appreciated.
Take care
DaisyG