Ten Warning Signs of Alzheimer's
Oct 12, 2023 5:56:39 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Oct 12, 2023 5:56:39 GMT -5
Ten Warning Signs of Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's is a very devastating disease that can gradually sneak up on us. So catching it early will help to reduce its impact. The video below describes the symptoms and how we can try to protect ourselves from suffering unnecessarily In any case, it still remains incurable.
My personal experience with it involves my mother who suddenly started to show signs of severe cognitive impairment at approx. the age of 85. She suddenly lost her job as a Social Worker. Then she suddenly began forgetting to pay her rent. Then simple conversation became increasingly impossible. She would ask the same question several times per minute and not be aware of it. Then one night, she suddenly wandered aimlessly into the dark city streets, was found by the police, and was hospitalized.
Now, that was just the start, the same gradual and inexorable cognitive deterioration continued until simple things, such as turning on the TV, bathing and signing her own name, became impossible. Then conversation became gradually totally impossible. Finally, her long-term memory, such as whom she had once been married to, what city she was in, what year it was, also began to fade.
Meanwhile, I as her only son, had to watch this process which has been described as the slow farewell, of the person whom we knew so intimately, gradually begin fading away right before my very helpless eyes. Yes, it is indeed a very cruel, and unmerciful experience to endure, and unfortunately, I had to endure it alone since I had no siblings, and her grandchildren, who claimed to be Jehovah's Witnesses, ignored her totally for the full four years of her hospitalization.
My personal experience with it involves my mother who suddenly started to show signs of severe cognitive impairment at approx. the age of 85. She suddenly lost her job as a Social Worker. Then she suddenly began forgetting to pay her rent. Then simple conversation became increasingly impossible. She would ask the same question several times per minute and not be aware of it. Then one night, she suddenly wandered aimlessly into the dark city streets, was found by the police, and was hospitalized.
Now, that was just the start, the same gradual and inexorable cognitive deterioration continued until simple things, such as turning on the TV, bathing and signing her own name, became impossible. Then conversation became gradually totally impossible. Finally, her long-term memory, such as whom she had once been married to, what city she was in, what year it was, also began to fade.
Meanwhile, I as her only son, had to watch this process which has been described as the slow farewell, of the person whom we knew so intimately, gradually begin fading away right before my very helpless eyes. Yes, it is indeed a very cruel, and unmerciful experience to endure, and unfortunately, I had to endure it alone since I had no siblings, and her grandchildren, who claimed to be Jehovah's Witnesses, ignored her totally for the full four years of her hospitalization.