Comments on: The Tipping Point–the moment I knew that I couldn’t ignore the signs of dementia http://hollyeburne.com/alzheimers-and-related-dementia/what-were-the-signs-telling-me-that-my-husband-has-dementia/ Enriching Lives, One Step at a Time Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:18:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hollyeburne http://hollyeburne.com/alzheimers-and-related-dementia/what-were-the-signs-telling-me-that-my-husband-has-dementia/comment-page-1/#comment-20 hollyeburne Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:33:22 +0000 http://hollyeburne.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-20 Hi DeeDee, It is so great to hear back from you. I can appreciate what you are going through because I think that I told you I lost my Mom when she was 60. The hole is huge and unexplainable. There are many times when my life with dementia seems surreal, and that I can snap my fingers and my life will return to the way it was 3 years ago. It can't, and so I use my writing to help me understand the lessons I am meant to be learning. I think my next post will be about my son, Kyle, 27, and how he is living with losing his Dad. Thank you again for staying in touch. Take care, Holly Hi DeeDee,
It is so great to hear back from you. I can appreciate what you are going through because I think that I told you I lost my Mom when she was 60. The hole is huge and unexplainable. There are many times when my life with dementia seems surreal, and that I can snap my fingers and my life will return to the way it was 3 years ago. It can’t, and so I use my writing to help me understand the lessons I am meant to be learning. I think my next post will be about my son, Kyle, 27, and how he is living with losing his Dad.
Thank you again for staying in touch.
Take care,
Holly

]]> By: deedee http://hollyeburne.com/alzheimers-and-related-dementia/what-were-the-signs-telling-me-that-my-husband-has-dementia/comment-page-1/#comment-19 deedee Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:27:18 +0000 http://hollyeburne.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-19 Hi, Holly, I will sit down and read all of this blog (I quickly read the most recent three, but would like to read all of it..which I will!) but wanted to reply to this post. I read your post on my blog. Thanks for keeping in touch about my Mom, and I hope to keep in touch about Dave. Red Flags for us...for me, it was when she said the word Plastic. She asked us what we should put on a couch if her boyfriend was allergic to the couch. We answered, maybe a type of plastic covering. She repeated the word plastic, "plastic, plastic, plastic, plasteeek". Then she wrote the word down, asking us how to spell it. That was when I saw it the first time. Her boyfriend had noticed she didn't recall the names of restaurants they had been to before. Common restaurants she would refer to as "that restaurant that starts with an S.....". I agree that these blogs will help others coping with the same questions we once had at the beginning (and throughout as well!) Hi, Holly,

I will sit down and read all of this blog (I quickly read the most recent three, but would like to read all of it..which I will!) but wanted to reply to this post. I read your post on my blog. Thanks for keeping in touch about my Mom, and I hope to keep in touch about Dave. Red Flags for us…for me, it was when she said the word Plastic. She asked us what we should put on a couch if her boyfriend was allergic to the couch. We answered, maybe a type of plastic covering. She repeated the word plastic, “plastic, plastic, plastic, plasteeek”. Then she wrote the word down, asking us how to spell it. That was when I saw it the first time. Her boyfriend had noticed she didn’t recall the names of restaurants they had been to before. Common restaurants she would refer to as “that restaurant that starts with an S…..”. I agree that these blogs will help others coping with the same questions we once had at the beginning (and throughout as well!)

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