Granny Primark
29-03-12, 07:14
My dad started with alzeimers when he was in his early 50s.
At the time we hadnt got a clue what was matter with him.
My mum was partially disabled and dad used to nip down the local shop to get things she run out of. (me and me hubby always took my mum out to do her weekly shop)
Shed ask him to get maybe bread and milk and hed either come back with one thing or nothing at all.
When my mum died suddenly age 60 my dad was a wreck.
We went down to see his doctor and told him we were baffled at my dads behaviour.
He looked at us blankly and asked me "hadnt your mum told you?"
Apparantly hed been diagnosed with alzeimers.
I hadnt got a clue what alzeimers was. He just said "your dads losing his memory fast"
The following year we had a much wanted child (a daughter}. By this time my dad was living with us and it truly felt Id had 2 babies.
My dad was living with us. Id tuck him up in bed and hed say "I dont know who you are but your bloody good to me"
My health anxiety is that Im petriefied of this illness. If I forget things I panic so much. Im at the age that my dad was when he first started forgetting things now.
We donate money monthly out of my hubby wages to the alzeimers.
Im wondering if my fear is making me forget silly things.
I constantly do crosswords, word searches etc in fact anything to keep my brain active.
My mum always said use or lose it.
Sorry for going on and on.
At the time we hadnt got a clue what was matter with him.
My mum was partially disabled and dad used to nip down the local shop to get things she run out of. (me and me hubby always took my mum out to do her weekly shop)
Shed ask him to get maybe bread and milk and hed either come back with one thing or nothing at all.
When my mum died suddenly age 60 my dad was a wreck.
We went down to see his doctor and told him we were baffled at my dads behaviour.
He looked at us blankly and asked me "hadnt your mum told you?"
Apparantly hed been diagnosed with alzeimers.
I hadnt got a clue what alzeimers was. He just said "your dads losing his memory fast"
The following year we had a much wanted child (a daughter}. By this time my dad was living with us and it truly felt Id had 2 babies.
My dad was living with us. Id tuck him up in bed and hed say "I dont know who you are but your bloody good to me"
My health anxiety is that Im petriefied of this illness. If I forget things I panic so much. Im at the age that my dad was when he first started forgetting things now.
We donate money monthly out of my hubby wages to the alzeimers.
Im wondering if my fear is making me forget silly things.
I constantly do crosswords, word searches etc in fact anything to keep my brain active.
My mum always said use or lose it.
Sorry for going on and on.