Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My MIL developed some hallmark symptoms of dementia over two years ago; notably,
got terribly lost while driving to a close by,
familiar location.
FIL was concerned to alarmed but recalled MIL saying (of her own mother who had a long slide in Alzheimer’s) that she’d rather “k herself” than to get an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. FIL ignored all increasingly concerning behavioral changes. Apparently there’s a brief window of time when these meds are effective and FIL recently told that to start now is futile.
Her diagnosis is now no longer discussed. Maybe together they made a decision to not treat? Everything’s a secret with them.
My dad somehow missed a major intersection twenty times and drove around in a wider circle until he needed gas and then I just walked over to the gas station. It was scary for me.
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