Alzheimer\'s Disease?
 

Hi
I was just wondering if anybody else has had a family member/family friend who suffers from Alzheimer's? My nan has had it for about 4 years now and i dont really get to talk about it to anyone.
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My grandad had it but he died when I was about 5 so I don't really remember much.

Aww sorry to hear about that. x

Nah its alright, don't be :thumbs:

My Grand dad has it, he can't even dress him self now, you say things to him and he doesn't remember it 5 minutes later.
It's heart breaking for my dad because he doesn't even remember who his kids are.
He's had 2 strokes this year, almost losing him twice.
I don't have any other Grandparents, he's the only one i have left and he doesn't even know who i am :(.

He's had it for 8 years.

Aww, my nan has had it for about 5 years now. You can just see her getting worse shes like a child. She cant really remeber who any of us are and i probably spend the most time with her :sad: its horrid because ive lived with her all my life and shes always been the one helping me and now its the other way round. I cry so much about it but i try not to anymore. She has a carer twice a week and my auntie comes down too look after her for 3 days in the week. And i look after her on Thursday and Monday and Friday afternoon :sad: x

I am so sorry to hear that your family members are afflicted with this horrible illness. It is just such a cruel thing for anyone to have.

Thats ok, it really is a horrible disease its like watching people forget who you are and how to do simple things in days :sad: x

I am sorry to hear that your nan has that terrible condition, I know a friend who ahs a father with the same condition and he has had to go to hospital and stay there as he has turned violent to his own family as he has become so confused due to his memory loss

Aw! Im dreading the day nan gets like that, she can be quite agressive sometimes but were all used to it now :sad: x

My friend was on the phone with me only an hour before I came on here which is pretty ironic now I am talking about it here.

He tells me how his father just doesnt know where he is sometimes and those in the room with him, his wife and son are strangers to him so I must guess that he gets confused and just hits out. But maybe your nan might be different hopefully. It can take different strains

No, unfourtunatly shes the same she dosent know who people are, she would let a stranger into the house if they told her they were family :sad: she dosent have a single idea who my auntie or mum are, she knows who my dad is but she thinks im more than one person. I could sitting in a room with her and ill go out for 5 mins and come back in and she'd think i was another girl. Shes now scared of being alone in the dark shes crying right now because she dosent want to go to bed (it really is like going back to childhood). Unfourtunatly its me that has to put her to bed so its horrible having to sit here and listen to her crying :sad: x

This may not be much help for those who have this, but this research, seems to suggest a way to protect against it.

Meanwhile, this organisation may be of some assistance to those who have relatives affected by this condition.

I ignored this thread for a reason.
but wow. That's really creepy.

My nan suffers from it.
&she's had it about 4 years now too.

Yes, me dad has it. He isn't really bad with it, but obvs one day he will be, he has had it for 7/8 years now I think. It very hard on all of us, because me and my brother mised out on so much as we were growing up.

Aw im so horrible i cant imagine what its like for a son/daughter to have their parents have it :sad: x

Aww sorry to hear that. Does your nan live with you? x

Thanks for those links Sticks xx