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Any one else  here have any experience with dementia?  like family members. I have

sootedupCyndi » 05 Jul 2024, 11:40 am » wrote: ↑

05 Jul 2024, 11:40 am

Any one else  here have any experience with dementia?  like family members. I have

My MIL passed last Summer after a two year battle with progressive frontotemporal aphasia... the same form that Bruce Willis has.


 

sootedupCyndi » 05 Jul 2024, 11:40 am » wrote: ↑

05 Jul 2024, 11:40 am

Any one else  here have any experience with dementia?  like family members. I have

my mom suffered from dementia 

then it turned into alzheimer's

A terrible thing for the patient 

even worse for loved ones that are no longer recognized 

sootedupCyndi » 05 Jul 2024, 11:40 am » wrote: ↑

05 Jul 2024, 11:40 am

Any one else  here have any experience with dementia?  like family members. I have

At the moment, there are about 333 million people familiar with someone with dementia. 

*rippy38 » 05 Jul 2024, 11:44 am » wrote: ↑

05 Jul 2024, 11:44 am

My MIL passed last Summer after a two year battle with progressive frontotemporal aphasia... the same form that Bruce Willis has.

my father started losing it- and doing bad legal things to me. but anyways... so i joined a dementia board for 3 years for help. There were some funny tales there.
But

My FIL had dementia- and he had two wives. The first for over 25 years.  She died.
He remarried to another woman and they stayed together 30 years.  Her name was Jane.
my old man would visit him in the Va hospital.
He did Not even remember his second wife.  At all!!! and she was looking after him. nice lady.
 He would wander around family reunions. 
have fits of anger- drop his pants and take a pizz on the floor.
he had those blank eyes.
 

sootedupCyndi » 05 Jul 2024, 11:40 am » wrote: ↑

05 Jul 2024, 11:40 am

Any one else  here have any experience with dementia?  like family members. I have

My father-in-law was diagnosed with it.  Fortunately for everyone involved, 8 months later he died of a heart attack.

My mother-in-law is currently under long-term care for it.  We lived with and cared for her until it started adversely impacting our health and she started needing specialized care.  We were able to find a facility that specialized in dementia care.  There have four wings that deal with various levels of the disease.

 

ConsRule » 05 Jul 2024, 11:53 am » wrote: ↑

05 Jul 2024, 11:53 am

My father-in-law was diagnosed with it.  Fortunately for everyone involved, 8 months later he died of a heart attack.

My mother-in-law is currently under long-term care for it.  We lived with and cared for her until it started adversely impacting our health and she started needing specialized care.  We were able to find a facility that specialized in dementia care.  There have four wings that deal with various levels of the disease.

I know! it's a huge strain on the family! too much to handle. really.

My dear Mom was 86 Alzheimers took her. She always thought that doing crossword puzzles would prevent her from getting Alzheimers.
It didn't!!!!
Like me she had emphysema. And like me she lost her driving privelege; which put her into a deep depression. Her husband died and no one to take care of her, until my sister and BIL took her in; she slipped and fell on a hard Mexican tile and broke her back.      
 

I doubt I will ever get Al;zheimer's!
Why? Because I am very cerebrally active.
I watch two baseball games at the same time, read the news,and take phone calls as well. And make and eat dinner too.
My caregiver is'nt around that often,so I am forced to fend for myself.  
 

I am also a voracious reader! I always have two -four books that I am reading- NON FICTION! Books on foreign policy, race relations, Trump and other famous outlaws.        
 

I doubt I will ever get Al;zheimer's!
Why? Because I am very cerebrally active.
I watch two baseball games at the same time, read the news,and take phone calls as well. And make and eat dinner too.
My caregiver is'nt around that often,so I am forced to fend for myself.
 

Beakman » 05 Jul 2024, 1:20 pm » wrote: ↑

05 Jul 2024, 1:20 pm

My dear Mom was 86 Alzheimers took her. She always thought that doing crossword puzzles would prevent her from getting Alzheimers.
It didn't!!!!
Like me she had emphysema. And like me she lost her driving privelege; which put her into a deep depression. Her husband died and no one to take care of her, until my sister and BIL took her in; she slipped and fell on a hard Mexican tile and broke her back.    

Did/do the two of you smoke?
if your answer is yes, I have no sympathy for you.
 

 

RebelGator » 05 Jul 2024, 3:41 pm » wrote: ↑

05 Jul 2024, 3:41 pm

Did/do the two of you smoke?
if you answer is yes, I have no sympathy for you.

But Mom and I are both Trumpies! LOL!
Let's see what you say now, huh?

@RebelGator  

I have dementi... what were we talking about?

Beakman » 05 Jul 2024, 3:48 pm » wrote: ↑

05 Jul 2024, 3:48 pm

But Mom and I are both Trumpies! LOL!
Let's see what you say now, huh?

@RebelGator

well- i am way way  younger then you- and i cant remember where i put stuff from day to day.... LOL      
i'm not sure that's my fault? i have a ton of craft stuff--- add an afternoon beer or a few- to the mix... 
where is dat?
i usually call Bob out from his man cave... Bob? do you see where i put that? LOL he does.
maybe i need glasses too.  
 

sootedupCyndi » 05 Jul 2024, 4:39 pm » wrote: ↑

05 Jul 2024, 4:39 pm

well- i am way way  younger then you- and i cant remember where i put stuff from day to day.... LOL      
i'm not sure that's my fault? i have a ton of craft stuff--- add an afternoon beer or a few- to the mix... 
where is dat?
i usually call Bob out from his man cave... Bob? do you see where i put that? LOL he does.
maybe i need glasses too.

sootedupCyndi » 05 Jul 2024, 11:58 am » wrote: ↑

05 Jul 2024, 11:58 am

I know! it's a huge strain on the family! too much to handle. really.

This song helped me a lot 

pretty deep song that Glen Campbell made when he found out that he had alzheimer's

his last recording 

https://youtu.be/yrIW5RpvBnM?si=-oJzC2F4TmP3l92w


 

sootedupCyndi » 05 Jul 2024, 11:40 am » wrote: ↑

05 Jul 2024, 11:40 am

Any one else  here have any experience with dementia?  like family members. I have

My Mother and my wife's Dad both had dementia.

Very hard to deal with and depressing 
 

This is adorable. for those who never saw it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ip4xR4Nub0
 

sooted up Cyndi » 05 Jul 2024, 11:40 am » wrote: ↑

05 Jul 2024, 11:40 am

Any one else  here have any experience with dementia?  like family members. I have

What if dementia is the same thing that happens to a newborn at age two entering the "No" phase at 2 years old or terrible 3's always asking "why do I have to do this, reality?".

Brain getting corrupted by societal rule of law and brain giving up on society's broken promises of truth and justice when nobody is left understanding the simplicity of adapting as displaced since conceived. Come on, genetic outcomes are self evidently alive today with everything globally happening now.

Hell of an idea, right? You been through this. So have I.