I'm having a hard time having lost my sister to dementia last summer (after a long time, after she was diagnosed still in her 50s) and now going back and seeing my mother with some of the same symptoms, and a rapid decline from last summer and Dec. of 2024. It's manifesting itself in the same way as my sister 13 years ago, with a lot of problems with names and nouns, specifically, which is symptomatic of semantic dementia (my sister's ailment) rather than of classic Alzheimer's. I cannot make the diagnosis myself, but I am dreading the inevitable decline that I will be seeing on my next visit. I think these things go in one direction only, getting worse and never better. The only variability is the speed of the decline, and that is not looking good either. Everyone in my family (so far) dies long, protracted deaths. After my mom it will only be my brother and I left.
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