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Originally Posted by LubeMaster77

Worse thing in the world to happen IMO - saw my Mom deminish into a vegatable due to it. The books out there will provide a little insight but really folks read them to get their mind off the pain and focus on the topic in a logical aspect. Again, this is only my opinion.

One thing I noticed was that as it progressed, she had no short term memory but could recall facts from 50 years ago. She would ask the same questions minutes apart. Thats pretty typical but what was interesting was that she would never go out on her 2nd floor patio. I scared the shyt out of her. I think that folks who suffer from it have a reduced if not eliminated ability to understand the immediate past as in not even understanding their place where they are. Like they have no past vision - think of the angst you would have if you didn't even know you took a couple steps to get where you were.

I feel for ya man. Its gonna suck and it will only get worse. There were periods when we had hope. Seemed like she was getting better. The drugs seemed to help at first but then she would have a 'bad day' and our hopes were dashed.

Word for word....exactly what I went through with my Mom. We lived on the lake and she was terrified to go out on the deck.
She actually forgot how to swallow and refused to eat.....got down to 63 lbs at her death.
If he or she tells you that "something" happened and you know in fact that it didn't....don't dispute or argue or even try to reason with them that they are wrong. They are convinced they are right and the best thing is to just agree with them.
Her Doctor told us it was only a matter of time. When you hear those words you can't help but think that means a very short time. It doesn't. She lived 7 years after the Doc saying that. She was in Hospice for 5 years, longer than any other patient that they have had here. The last two years of her life was torture for her......and for us to watch and not be able to do anything about it.