My MIL has the beginnings of Alzheimers, and it's driving me nuts. I try so hard to be patient but she keeps repeating the same stories, 3 times in one hour and every time I see her. And NO ONE else says to her (kindly of course) "Helen, you told us that story already"
And one story is so tragic and it happened in like 1964 and she keeps repeating it. About this friend of Ed's sister, her father passed away, got electrocuted in his flooded basement. Why is that story stuck in her head
My grandma had started going into Alzheimers just before she died and rather then feeling frustrated I just felt sad. I imagine that story is stuck in her head because its so tragic it sticks out in her memory more then any other. And I suppose that people don't tell her that she had told the story so many times because frankly that would be so sad for the poor woman. I know you don't like your husband but this has to be so sad for him.
I like him but don't love him. He is sad. She used to be alot more energenic and they used to golf every Sunday. She had a very minor stroke and that kicked her alzheimers in and she lost her energy. But she did not have any paralysis and has improved.
He's kind of got really beginning alzheimers really! It runs in the family and since he smokes and drinks he could actually get it way earlier than his parents.
My mother has Alzheimers and yes, it is incredibly sad. Although she is up walking around, she really is gone. I have lost her.
Tina, please try to contain your frustration and adjust how you relate to the poor lady. Patience and compassion are the most important things now. On the days that she realises that her mind is going in loops, she herself will be very sad as well. It's a cruel disease to say the least.
Kae thats what I found with my grandmother. Last summer I was asked to watch/take care of her during what would be her last weeks. It was so sad, when she realised that she had just told me that her and my Papa had lived in Baltimore for the third time it was so sad.
My mother has Alzheimers and yes, it is incredibly sad. Although she is up walking around, she really is gone. I have lost her.
Tina, please try to contain your frustration and adjust how you relate to the poor lady. Patience and compassion are the most important things now. On the days that she realises that her mind is going in loops, she herself will be very sad as well. It's a cruel disease to say the least.
I do contain my frustration, I am very polite to her. It's when she leaves that I comment on her condition. In fact I felt that coming to this board was a great way to relieve my stress without hurting anyone.
That's the good thing about this board. You can vent and vent and it's so cathartic. I fear that my grams is in a similar spot. She however doesn't forget stuff as much. She has always been "jazzy". She's lived a Hell of a life though. I love my grams so much, she's like another mom to me. I could never imagine. It must be hard to watch it too Christine. Whern she repeats herself it's like a little sliver of hope falling away each time.
Oh this is too sad of a topic. You wanna know what my gram does that annoys me .... she'll answer the door in her ratty pj's with buttons missing, with the pups just a blowin in the breeze. Yeah you so don't wanna know.
I was 10 when my maternal grandfather died. He had cancer and I remember promising him that I would never ever smoke. You know I've kept that promise too.
