Dear Dementia, thank you but no thank you for taking my father from me!
Warning signs of a patient with dementia:
Credit to www.alz.org
- Memory loss that disrupts daily life
- Challenges in planning or solving problems
- Difficulty completing familiar tasks at home, at work or at leisure
- Confusion with time or place
- Trouble understanding visual images and relationships
- New problems with words in speaking or writing
- Misplacing things and losing the ability to retrace steps
- Decreased or poor judgment
- Withdrawal from work or social activities
- Changes in mood and personality
With my father the first things my family and I noted were confusing who we were. He started calling my daughter by my name. When we visited he would tell us to be quiet because his wife ( he isn’t married) and his granddaughter were sleeping and to not wake them.
His bills went unpaid ( very unlike my father ) , yard work went undone ( to the point of the city getting involved) , his hygiene went downhill. He would also repeat himself and have to have the same pattern every day.
Today almost 2 years later there is no conversation, just laughter and repeating of asking where different people are at the time.
This has been a disease I never heard of or thought I would ever have dealt with. It’s taken my father, broken up my family and ripped my heart to pieces.
I miss my father more then I could ever put on this blog. It’s like he’s gone physically too. We used to do so much together and he was always my rock.
If you notice any of these signs with your loved one PLEASE take action immediately!! By the time we knew what we were dealing with it was too late. The damage from this disease is irreversible.
