Neurologists say Dementia should be called "failure of the brain," because the other names are nebulous and do not show the severity of the disease to most people. As the patient's brain slowly dies, they change physically, lose the ability to speak, and the caregivers are often in shock, and exhausted!! Patients will end up bedridden, unable to move, and unable to eat or drink. But it is the different phases beforehand that are just as painful. The day they suddenly forget how to dress themselves, and become confused or combative when you try to fix the clothing they've put on backwards. When they repeatedly ask where their life-long mate is or where their children are while looking straight at them. When they are confused, angry, or frightened, it is because they are still partially aware of who they were, yet are that person no longer...
There will be people who will scroll by this message because dementia has not touched them. They do not know what it is to fight or to have a loved one who leads a battle against dementia
For all the men and women I know, I ask you a small favor. If you know someone who has lived a battle against dementia, still struggling, or has lost the battle, please add this to your status for one hour as respect and remembrance... copy and paste it in support of the victims, families, and friends affected by Dementia and Alzheimer's as there is no cure.
Just recently in the past month one of our dear friends from Tasmania visited us and even though we have picked up that she has been asking and repeating things over the past 18 months. Other half said she is getting an assessment when they get back home, where they are now.
She had a little cry when she said to my other half that she is not looking to the future where she won't know her own grandchildren.
It certainly is a little depressing as she is only 71
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Age does not weary us, makes us go travelling more
Currently have a good mate in the throes of this dreadful disease.
All we can do is give as much support as possible and particularly to his partner.
Very sad to see him disappearing before our eyes or at least the mate we all knew and liked a great deal.
It is life ending for me if ever I get diagnosed, it's bush one day, and I will stay out their to the end. The missus knows this, has promised to let me go. I will still be pretty much with it when I make the decision to go..
Been thru it once 5 years ago, now a life long friend is in the first stages, have to force myself to visit Her.
Most God awful affliction of all, so drawn out it brings those around them to a feeling of helplessness.
