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Woman has conversation with her mother with Dementia, gets her to remember her name
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terrisus
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What has happened to your tag?...
PSYGN
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That was a nice video. My grandfather had Alzheimer's... I hope I don't get it
weemadarthur
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People with vascular dementia commonly remember the names of their loved ones, if they remain at all verbal. It's just that they don't recognize the faces in the old people that come visit them.
Of course, with Alzheimer's specifically, all bets are off.
Of course, with Alzheimer's specifically, all bets are off.
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Delta Assault
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I guess The Notebook was more realistic than we all thought.
terrisus
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AllIsOneIsNone
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Tesseract
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I killed Euler?... =(
Yea, wait, from sole gold member to banned?
weemadarthur
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Th-this didn't look like one of those scary honeypot threads...
Power corrupts.
Ape Gone Insane
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I imagine it would be like if someone was to go up to me now and tell me the year was actually 2063 and that they were a grandchild and that my own parents/friends had passed away.
I had a dream some weeks ago where I was with my grandchildren (I have neither children nor grandchildren). When my mind started to realize this might be a dream, my subconsious came up with the realization that I have dementia. It was a horrible realization and I almost cried when I woke up...
My mom has memory problems...mostly due to years of alcohol addiction...I don't know how I'd deal with it if she couldn't recognize me anymore...
Big Baybee
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My grandmother died last year at age 93. Her body may have gave out but her mind was still intact and I am so thankful for that.
One of my grandads got dimentia before I was born and he passed away when I was only 5 years old but I remember weird stories about him and my mum always says how hard it was to know that her own Dad didn't know who she was anymore (although funnily enough he remembered my dad perfectly). Dimentia and Alzheimers are horrible, horrible diseases and my heart goes out to anyone suffering with or watching someone suffer it.
That video was really upsetting in a bittersweet way.
That video was really upsetting in a bittersweet way.
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My grandma's further gone than that, but she sometimes remembers my mom's name, at least. Doesn't remember us "kids" though, me and my siblings. Doesn't even remember her own husband, my grandfather (he died a long time ago though). :/
That's why it's hard for me to watch this video because even if it's a happy sight, it reminds me that it's only temporary and not necessarily a sign that she's getting better. Even minutes after that she probably doesn't remember her name again. If you catch it early, it's treatable, but if it's gone too far you can only watch them become less and less the person you knew and more and more a shell of a person until there's basically nothing left.
I apologize in advance since I had no intention to ruin anyone's mood with this post. I've just had too much first-hand experience with this condition to feel optimistic about it.
That's why it's hard for me to watch this video because even if it's a happy sight, it reminds me that it's only temporary and not necessarily a sign that she's getting better. Even minutes after that she probably doesn't remember her name again. If you catch it early, it's treatable, but if it's gone too far you can only watch them become less and less the person you knew and more and more a shell of a person until there's basically nothing left.
I apologize in advance since I had no intention to ruin anyone's mood with this post. I've just had too much first-hand experience with this condition to feel optimistic about it.
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