How do you forget this....

[longbow]

My FIL says he is in pain below his waist. For 10 minutes he tells us what is wrong. We figure out he has to go. He forgot how and we had to tell him how to go.

i hope this is not a hint of what will happen this weekend.

 

[MCgrease08]

Unfortunately this happened with my uncle as he dealt with severe early onset dementia.

He took to pooping in the shower and "discovering" the results in the tub when he was done. Then he started trying to hide it in his pockets.

He no longer understood how to wash himself, eat a bowl of cereal, etc. Towards the end he told my mom he forgot how to swallow.

He died suddenly just last month at the age of 62. We don't know if it had anything to do with the swallowing issue or not. Waiting on autopsy results.

That horrible disease hit him like a ton of bricks.

 

[MrsSilverlight]

That's so hard. I don't have great any advice or suggestions on it but to maybe suggest Alzheimer's testing like mentioned above.

 

[Thor]

At 62 !?! That is earlier than I've heard before. I just had a friend that died of a massive heart attack at 59 without warning. Here's hoping I remember what I'm doing at the end and am not a burden on my family.

 

[SSGSAD]

Unfortunately this happened with my uncle as he dealt with severe early onset dementia.

He took to pooping in the shower and "discovering" the results in the tub when he was done. Then he started trying to hide it in his pockets.

He no longer understood how to wash himself, eat a bowl of cereal, etc. Towards the end he told my mom he forgot how to swallow.

He died suddenly just last month at the age of 62. We don't know if it had anything to do with the swallowing issue or not. Waiting on autopsy results.

That horrible disease hit him like a ton of bricks.

I am so sorry to hear this ..... Please accept my condolences, and prayers, to you, and yours .....

 

[yeahbaby]

Sorry to hear about this. MY FIL hung on for 5 years with dementia before he passed away.

 

[SSGSAD]

My FIL says he is in pain below his waist. For 10 minutes he tells us what is wrong. We figure out he has to go. He forgot how and we had to tell him how to go.

i hope this is not a hint of what will happen this weekend.

Prayers, sent, to you and yours .....

 

[longbow]

He is 87 and I hope he is not impacted.

We just went to the big guns to help him out. This happened to my mil and she was gone within 3 months.

It is like the body has had that memory erased.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

My MIL never did forget how to do it, but she's paralyzed, and she can't do it without help, sometimes "hands on" help.

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

Prayers to all above involved that have to deal with this terrible condition. I've have lost a Grandpa and good older friend/mentor from dimentia and Alzheimers.

It was just terrible.