Dementia

[Spiky Bugger]

That’s his official non-VA diagnosis. We see the VA in a few weeks.

The only evidence is that his memory is shot and there appears to be no other organic reason. He’s still intelligent and logical and all that stuff IF HIS MEMORY HAS RETAINED THE ESSENTIAL DATA ON THE TOPIC AT HAND.

It will never get better, but also may never worsen.

HE got very angry on Aricept, so he’ll start on Namenda.

Old age sucks.

 

[JackieOnLine]

Old age sucks.

yep.

I'm sorry, Sue.

 

[Larra]

I'm so sorry! And yes, old age sucks.

 

[Spiky Bugger]

Shouldn’t we be beautiful and dumb as life is ending…and as smart as can be to deal with our not-so-attractiveness in our youth?

(ETA…. In MY family, the most awkward, ugly-looking year of life is right about age 12. That’s my frame of reference.)

 

[Spiky Bugger]

Otoh…the Psychiatrist/Neurologist, age 80-ish, wrote the date on the new Rx as 6/13/23…so there’s that…LOL.

 

[Spiky Bugger]

yep.

I'm sorry, Sue.

Thanks, and Happy Belated! I’ve been more Sue-Centered than usual lately. Sorry.

 

[Susan in Tennessee]

That’s his official non-VA diagnosis. We see the VA in a few weeks.

The only evidence is that his memory is shot and there appears to be no other organic reason. He’s still intelligent and logical and all that stuff IF HIS MEMORY HAS RETAINED THE ESSENTIAL DATA ON THE TOPIC AT HAND.

It will never get better, but also may never worsen.

HE got very angry on Aricept, so he’ll start on Namenda.

Old age sucks.

That’s a really BIG IF, isn’t it? I hope he does well on the Namenda.

 

[JackieOnLine]

I’ve been more Sue-Centered than usual lately.

you've got a LOT going on!

 

[southernlady]

I hope the new medication works.

 

[hilary1617]

I'm sorry. Lots of hugs to you.

 

[Spiky Bugger]

That’s a really BIG IF, isn’t it? I hope he does well on the Namenda.

That’s an IMMENSE IF.

And, since he doesn’t forget EVERYTHING, he sounds like he knows whereof he speaks…but then there are the details and we have to figure out what’s missing.

 

[Spiky Bugger]

I'm sorry. Lots of hugs to you.

Thank you.

 

[southernlady]

That’s an IMMENSE IF.

And, since he doesn’t forget EVERYTHING, he sounds like he knows whereof he speaks…but then there are the details and we have to figure out what’s missing.

We call that “the Swiss cheese” brain. Both of us have it and if the holes ever line up, we’re screwed. In the meantime, we are both pretty good at figuring out what word is missing.

 

[Spiky Bugger]

We call that “the Swiss cheese” brain. Both of us have it and if the holes ever line up, we’re screwed. In the meantime, we are both pretty good at figuring out what word is missing.

Ah! Togetherness!

 

[JackieOnLine]

I was going to say "teamwork!"