Alzheimer's Disease Support Group
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and characterized by progressive cognitive deterioration with declining activities of daily living and neuropsychiatric symptoms or behavioral changes. An early symptom is memory loss (amnesia), usually manifesting as minor forgetfulness that becomes pronounced with illness progression, with relative...
My husband asked me to write a letter to his daughters, so I did. He is angry that they don't contact him and that they are mean to me so he told them so in his letter. I typed it exactly like he said it to me, wrong words, wrong grammar, everything. He said in his words, 'I am sick, I don't have much longer and I am sick of being treated badly by you."
We'll see what comes of it. I think this is another thing in his mind that he doesn't have much longer and he wants to set things right before he goes. What do you think? He still says at least once a day a comment about 'not being around much longer".
We'll see what comes of it. I think this is another thing in his mind that he doesn't have much longer and he wants to set things right before he goes. What do you think? He still says at least once a day a comment about 'not being around much longer".
a feeling about how long we have to live, but he is certainly feeling
something.
It is hard to imagine what they are thinking or feeling. He must be afraid on many levels. At least he can
still share some of that with you.
This has to be hard on you,too, Deborah.
I've been thinking about ya...
It could be that he does feel the end of his life approaching, many people do but it could also be that he knows on some level that he is almost at the end of his ability to communicate wiht you and others and he wants to let people know how he feels and get things cleared up while he still has some chance of doing that