According to my notes and understanding, mom’s early stage symptoms that I tracked were indicative of stages 2 and 3 of the 7 stage GDS. She progressed through this mild stage of Alzheimer’s disease in less than 1 year.
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I would encourage anyone to work at finding that human connection with their loved one with Alzheimer’s. There is a very good chance that the power of touch can be the catalyst to that loving connection.
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With Alzheimer’s disease, the loved ones feel the loss and the grief. In my small family of three, my father and I felt the loss as my mother slipped away into her own world leaving us behind. I watched as my father tried to hang on to his wife, the love of his life. At the same time, I was struggling with my own loss of my mother, my confidant since early adulthood and my best friend. I became my father’s support and therapist of sorts during a time when I needed my own support and therapist. It felt like an impossible situation sometimes.
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Caregiver grief has altered the way I connect with my own emotions. I’ve never been void of emotion but some days I just can’t feel anything. I’m numb. Other days I’m so overwhelmed all I can do is sob. I’ve burst into tears in restaurants and hidden tears in public behind my dark sunglasses. I can’t turn those off.
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