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Oh, Arkie, I am so sorry to hear about your mother. Sending vibes to Arkansas for creeping crawling progression, and vibes and hugs to you as you journey down this road with your mother.ArkieDukie wrote:An update: my mom had an appointment yesterday with a neuropsychologist. After going through a battery of exams, she was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. The telling exam: if she had a pile of letters, she could put them in the correct order. If she had a pile of numbers, she could put them in the correct order. If the two piles were mixed together, she didn't know what to do.
This is going to be really tough. Her communication skills will continue to deteriorate. We just have to hope that the progression is slow and that drugs can help. The seeming sudden appearance and fast progression to the current stage have me worried, though. Please send vibes - we're all going to need them.
My mother has been going through a similar progression over the past year. I have become the primary care giver.... a life changing transition.ArkieDukie wrote:An update: my mom had an appointment yesterday with a neuropsychologist. After going through a battery of exams, she was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. The telling exam: if she had a pile of letters, she could put them in the correct order. If she had a pile of numbers, she could put them in the correct order. If the two piles were mixed together, she didn't know what to do.
This is going to be really tough. Her communication skills will continue to deteriorate. We just have to hope that the progression is slow and that drugs can help. The seeming sudden appearance and fast progression to the current stage have me worried, though. Please send vibes - we're all going to need them.
AD, vibes and prayers for your mother, and your whole family. We're all here for you; our shoulders are broad and our ears are ready to listen.ArkieDukie wrote:An update: my mom had an appointment yesterday with a neuropsychologist. After going through a battery of exams, she was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. The telling exam: if she had a pile of letters, she could put them in the correct order. If she had a pile of numbers, she could put them in the correct order. If the two piles were mixed together, she didn't know what to do.
This is going to be really tough. Her communication skills will continue to deteriorate. We just have to hope that the progression is slow and that drugs can help. The seeming sudden appearance and fast progression to the current stage have me worried, though. Please send vibes - we're all going to need them.
I did quite a bit of work with FTD patients in graduate school and first, huge vibes for your whole family.ArkieDukie wrote:An update: my mom had an appointment yesterday with a neuropsychologist. After going through a battery of exams, she was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. The telling exam: if she had a pile of letters, she could put them in the correct order. If she had a pile of numbers, she could put them in the correct order. If the two piles were mixed together, she didn't know what to do.
This is going to be really tough. Her communication skills will continue to deteriorate. We just have to hope that the progression is slow and that drugs can help. The seeming sudden appearance and fast progression to the current stage have me worried, though. Please send vibes - we're all going to need them.
Thanks, Tilly.TillyGalore wrote:Oh, Arkie, I am so sorry to hear about your mother. Sending vibes to Arkansas for creeping crawling progression, and vibes and hugs to you as you journey down this road with your mother.ArkieDukie wrote:An update: my mom had an appointment yesterday with a neuropsychologist. After going through a battery of exams, she was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. The telling exam: if she had a pile of letters, she could put them in the correct order. If she had a pile of numbers, she could put them in the correct order. If the two piles were mixed together, she didn't know what to do.
This is going to be really tough. Her communication skills will continue to deteriorate. We just have to hope that the progression is slow and that drugs can help. The seeming sudden appearance and fast progression to the current stage have me worried, though. Please send vibes - we're all going to need them.
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Thanks, VDB.Very Duke Blue wrote:Vibes, prayers and hugs to your mom, you and your family.![]()
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Thanks, Ima. She's in northwest Arkansas, and both of my brothers live within a mile of my parents. My older brother's soon-to-be wife (getting married on April 7) is a geriatric nurse. We're blessed to have her in the family. I grew up in a community where everyone is family, so there are lots of people who care about Mom and will look out for her. She will have lots of support, as will all of us.Ima Facultiwyfe wrote:Oh darlin', I'm so sorry for this. Where is she and what family is near? So many of us are facing this and it takes extreme patience and can be simply exhausting without plenty of help. This requires PLENTY of CTN vibes. We're on it. Keep us up to date, okay?
Here is a poem I've repeated so many times to myself that I know it by heart. It's by one of my two favorite writers
Pilgrim
"This is a road one walks alone.
Narrow the path and overgrown.
Dark is the way and hard to find
When the last village drops behind.
Never a footfall light to show
Fellow traveler, yet I know
Someone before has trudged his load
In these same footsteps.
This IS a road."
--- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Love, Ima
Thanks, captmojo.captmojo wrote:As you continue...so do we!