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Mary Fiecko - 24 Jul 2007 05:47 GMT

Thank you for your most informative posts. Maybe he does have this
instead of alzheimers - I should have taken him to a neurologist but we
have just gone to a GP. I agree that it probably wouldn't be worth
while to go to one at this late stage Our biggest problem now is that he
often wakes up several times a night to go to the bathroom. He is
incontinent and wears protection but we still have to check to see he is
wearing it. Guess we are lucky - he is always calm and good natured
but as he says "he has lost his brains"..

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Evelyn Ruut - 24 Jul 2007 22:14 GMT

> Thank you for your most informative posts. Maybe he does have this
> instead of alzheimers - I should have taken him to a neurologist but we
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> wearing it. Guess we are lucky - he is always calm and good natured
> but as he says "he has lost his brains"..

I do sympathize. There are drugs that can help with his getting up so
frequently in the night. Flomax is one, but of course you need a doctor to
prescribe it, and see if it conflicts with other meds, etc.

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Evelyn

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august - 26 Jul 2007 03:31 GMT

We aslo have to regularly check that my MIL is wearing her "night pants" so
we do not have to get up and change the sheets in the middle of the night.
She is also good natured about her memory loss. When reminded that she did
not do or forgot something or other she will just say "I'm trying" and
then pause a few seconds and then say "very". That's her little joke. I
find it really strange that she consistantly has insight into her own
deficits but is completely unable to change any aspect of her memory loss.
She's very good at playing Wheel of Fortune but if you tell her that it is
time to watch Wheel of Fortune, invariably she asks "what is that?". The
human brain is a terrible thing to break or have break down. AW

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