I'm very sorry to hear of your family woes and hope it somehow gets better.
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Steve Dropkin wrote:
> keith_w wrote:
>
>
>>Without a working/functional short term memory, you can't read a book,
>>sometimes not even read a newspaper.
>>You find it increasingly difficult just playing cards, because you can't
>>recall the rules, and don't really know what to DO... My MIL looks at the
>>cards in her hand with that typical "stare" the clueless get... so she
>>follows
>>directions without knowing what or why.
>>
>>So, casual conversation gets increasingly difficult, as in "what do you talk
>>about?"
>>Age related dementia [as I experience it] is only different from Alzheimers
>>in
>>that she recognizes family members at the moment.
>>Tomorrow, next week, who knows...
>
>
> Ain't _that_ the truth ... a relative of mine has severe Multiple
> Sclerosis. One of the symptoms is short-term memory loss. It's
> difficult to engage him in conversation; aside from the fact that he
> is disabled to the point which he cannot work or go out of the house
> without assistance, he doesn't even remember what little he reads or
> sees on TV. Fortunately, his anger and frustration remains
> restricted to his limitations. He does not use them against other
> people.
>
>
>>Re the fears, yes. That's a sad part of it. The fears don't go away. Probably
>>increase, as do the multitude of anxieties older folks get.
>>Then, when you get so that you don't feel you can trust those caretakers
>>around you, it gets worse yet...
>
>
> Strange how the memory may not be able to hold _anything_ very long,
> but the negative stuff "raises its ugly rear end" (to quote a local
> sportscaster) so very often!
>
> Moose, good luck in your mom getting back to better health.
>
> Steve
>
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