Guest guest Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Dear jennifer, Thanks for telling your story about your Mom. I appreciate it. I know we all learn a little something if not a whole bunch from everything we read on here. I understand about your Mom and how she must feel. I know you have an appt to go over results, hopefully you will get good news... With my Mom, it is a little different. We don't know when she had a stroke, it was just infarct strokes so there was no symptoms. But, when she had an MRI they said that they showed up. She could have had them 10 years ago...they showed up 5 years ago in an MRI..She went on a decline with signs of dementia when Dad died in 2000 and it has just progressed. As long as we reassure Mom she doesn't have AZ she is happy. I don't know if you read it, but her Dad and sister both had it when they died; so she has always worried about it. She is typical LBD...so far...she couldn't handle knowing that and at this point wouldn't even understand it. She barely knows how to tell time anymore... Thanks again and keep us posted... Carol Incognito > > Carol, > I felt like you do for a long time. I didn't want to upset my Mom more by putting names like Dementia out there. But she was always asking what was wrong with her. She has had strokes also, but after the 1st stroke there was no dementia and she remembers she came back from it. She thought she was just plain old going crazy, and I think her biggest fear was AD. Unlike your Mom, mine is not classic anything. And her Neuro seemed to think it didn't matter what type of dementia she had. So when we (or I) decided to look for a definite DX, Mom was willing to go to another Dr. She was definitely on Show Time during most of the testing, and she is looking for an answer as much as I am now. I guess my point is that I was afraid discussing a DX with Mom would upset her more, and it turned out to have the opposite affect. She can't do a lot of reasoning on her own, but she can understand that something is wrong, she just wants to put a name on it. So maybe the Dr will call > today?!? > Anyway, I know every person is different, and we deal with things in different ways. I'm sure you will do what is best for both your Mom and yourself. Hang in there. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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