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My
mother was about 65 when she first started to fool around, and lost her
mind. You may think I am too hard when I say what happened like this,
but this is what happened. She litterly lost her mind when the
Alzheimers disease started to destroy her brain. It is tragic when it
happens, and even though it happens to many people each year, I did not
know much about it before it happened to my dear mother. First I thought
she had got some psycik problems, that her nervs needed some help. But
after taking her to hospital, she got the diagnos Alzheimer’s Disease.
She,
her self, was the first person to reconise that something was wrong.
The first symtoms, as forgetfullness, she managed to hide for us for
months. Not knowing where to find things, or put things back, in her own
house, was a terrible experience for her. Things like not remembering
how to brush your teeth or how to tie a shoe become increasingly more
difficult. But the worst was when she “saw” people who were not there.
Hallucinating and anxiety become a big part of her last years, and it
was terrible to be a vitness of what was happening to her. The end
result is severe brain damage.
There is no cure for Alzheimer’s
disease. Some drugs are used to slow down the progression of the disease
in some patients. Some medications are used to treat the symptoms of
the disease which can help to make patients more comfortable.
Alzheimer’s
disease is a disease are different from patient to patient. It begins
slowly, and can take many years to be a real problem for some, for
others, it is much faster. Some Alzheimer’s disease patient will live
from eight years from the time they are diagnosed. Others can live up to
twenty years.
My mother left me more or less 2 years before she
died. She could have lived longer, but she stopped eating, would not
live anymore. Until her last days she had clear moments where she knew
me, and was very sad and sorry for what was happening to her. So was I.
So am I. Alzheimers disease is a dreadful disease. Those who get it need
to have help and understanding night and day, complete care, for years.
Not everybody have love-ones to take care of them.
About the Author:
By Randi Foerde. For more information: http://www.alzheimerslive.com/
Source: www.isnare.com
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