I can understand where you're coming from, darling... And while it's a horrible thing that someone else has to deal with watching their loved one go through this disease... it's slightly comforting as well.
My great-grandpa calls every boy "partner" and all the girls "sweetheart" because he can't remember our names... and he only knows that we're related to him because when my grandpa brings him home for holidays, only family's around then...
*hugs* I can sympathize with you on it... I'm sorry. :(
On a lighter note... xD You know what plays with your head a little? See "Love Actually".... Trelawny and Snape are married! (Er... Emma Thompson's character and Alan Rickman's character)
I don't know if he has Alzheimer's (either he wasn't diagnosed or he was and no one's told me), but it's just sad. He's not the person he used to be; now he's quiet and seems afraid of things he didn't use to be before (falling, hurting himself, etc.) I guess I'm just used to the way he was before.
I'm sorry to hear that for you as well. :( That sounds even worse than my case. *hugs* to you; that must be upsetting to deal with.
I've never seen "Love Actually". ^^; I'll have to look into it. Sounds interesting if you know HP. :P I actually read something somewhere (can't remember where/when) that said any offspring of Trelawney and Snape would be "hook-nosed greaseballs running around predicting everyone's death". If I ever watch Love Actually, that will be in my head. And I can say that you started it. ;P
in any case, whether he has alzheimers, dementia, or is just getting old... it's still a hard thing to deal with.. And i don't wish it on anyone because it's so hard. :(
*hugs* it's something you learn to deal with, but it still surprises you from time to time...
:D i warn you, there are really dirty parts in that movie... But it is the best british, christmas, romantic comedy around... (Probably one of the only british, christmas, romantic comedies around.. ^~ lol).... xD No... their kids don't really have hooked noses... and don't predict people's deaths... but one of them is the lobster in their school's nativity scene... ^.~
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's dementia. I can console myself ever-so-slightly with the fact that I don't see him very often. Horrible to say, I know, but that way I don't have to see him getting worse in front of my eyes.
A lobster? o.O Now I have to see it. :P And it's okay, I'm a big girl. I think I can handle the dirty parts. ;)
My great-grandmother, the one that died when I was four and I can remember being mad at not being able to go to the funeral, only seemed to remember my mother and her name. Funny thing was, this was my father's grandmother. I sort of remember her, but, like I said, I was four when she went. My other great-grandmother passed away a month before my gradnfather. My little cousin kept asking if he died because he missed him mother. We told her yes.
Nursing homes disturb me, too, and I hate going to them, I hate to say. I avoid them at all costs. When I was younger, I went with Girl Scouts to a nursing home, and one of the ladies tried to 'kidnap' me. Or so my mom says. Since then...*shutters*
I haven't seen Nanny McPhee yet. I'm holding out for HBO to show it, because I do want to see it. Just not rent it. x.X
And if Messanger works, maybe try to get on tomorrow night? I got off work at 10:30, sorry, but I have off tomorrow. (If not, that's cool, what with visiting family and monooplizing the computer and all. ^^; )
That's so sad. :( My great-grandfather, immediately upon being hospitalised, recognised my mother straightaway. Unfortunately I couldn't go at that time because I had a cold. >_<
I don't go into rest homes often, usually only when I'm here because I rarely am. So I don't actively try to avoid them, but I'm not exactly thrilled to be there either. Luckily I never had an experience like yours. ^^;
You'll be glad to know that I'll probably be able to get online tomorrow. The computer's in the basement and my grandparents go to bed around ten, so I should be on. I might be a little later than usual, though. ^^;
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My great-grandpa calls every boy "partner" and all the girls "sweetheart" because he can't remember our names... and he only knows that we're related to him because when my grandpa brings him home for holidays, only family's around then...
*hugs* I can sympathize with you on it... I'm sorry. :(
On a lighter note... xD You know what plays with your head a little? See "Love Actually".... Trelawny and Snape are married! (Er... Emma Thompson's character and Alan Rickman's character)
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I'm sorry to hear that for you as well. :( That sounds even worse than my case. *hugs* to you; that must be upsetting to deal with.
I've never seen "Love Actually". ^^; I'll have to look into it. Sounds interesting if you know HP. :P I actually read something somewhere (can't remember where/when) that said any offspring of Trelawney and Snape would be "hook-nosed greaseballs running around predicting everyone's death". If I ever watch Love Actually, that will be in my head. And I can say that you started it. ;P
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*hugs* it's something you learn to deal with, but it still surprises you from time to time...
:D i warn you, there are really dirty parts in that movie... But it is the best british, christmas, romantic comedy around... (Probably one of the only british, christmas, romantic comedies around.. ^~ lol).... xD No... their kids don't really have hooked noses... and don't predict people's deaths... but one of them is the lobster in their school's nativity scene... ^.~
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A lobster? o.O Now I have to see it. :P And it's okay, I'm a big girl. I think I can handle the dirty parts. ;)
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Nursing homes disturb me, too, and I hate going to them, I hate to say. I avoid them at all costs. When I was younger, I went with Girl Scouts to a nursing home, and one of the ladies tried to 'kidnap' me. Or so my mom says. Since then...*shutters*
I haven't seen Nanny McPhee yet. I'm holding out for HBO to show it, because I do want to see it. Just not rent it. x.X
And if Messanger works, maybe try to get on tomorrow night? I got off work at 10:30, sorry, but I have off tomorrow. (If not, that's cool, what with visiting family and monooplizing the computer and all. ^^; )
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I don't go into rest homes often, usually only when I'm here because I rarely am. So I don't actively try to avoid them, but I'm not exactly thrilled to be there either. Luckily I never had an experience like yours. ^^;
You'll be glad to know that I'll probably be able to get online tomorrow. The computer's in the basement and my grandparents go to bed around ten, so I should be on. I might be a little later than usual, though. ^^;
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