[Shaun @ Tru6]

About 6 months ago my mom's oncologist, and his nurse called me saying that she had, from their experience, early onset dementia, after her examination that day. The nurse and I talked for 20 minutes about her experience with her own mom. I had seen signs after my mom's husband passed away 2 years ago but she went back to her old self and had been fine since. I tried to get my mom to see someonemonths ago but she wouldn't go and, again, talking with her every day, seeing her once/twice a month she turned the tide and was fine again.

That lasted until recently. The last few weeks it became ferocious, a term the nurse above used to describe her own mom's development. Christmas was normal and very pleasant but leading up to was starting to worry me. After Christmas, something happened and the last week has been really bad. Of course she won't go see anyone.

Her mom had Alzheimers' but she was as gentle as a lamb her last few years of life. Like the nurse whose mom was the sweetest, nicest, most giving person imaginable, so is my mom, both have had severe personality changes.

Has anyone here dealt with this successfully? I must admit as the only one in my family taking care of my mom, it's completely overwhelming.