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<blockquote data-quote="Abbey" data-source="post: 296521" data-attributes="member: 179"><p>haha, Suz...you never know day to day where I am. Short story - I left, then came back a few days ago for a couple of reasons, father in law being one of them. Then I'm leaving on Wednesday to go back home for a short stay. Who knows. I had this great plan of leaving Madison and going to Vegas then SD, but my son of a gun son wouldn't answer his phone. I wanted to see him. Oddly enough, he just called. He's just being a tpyical 19 year old. I should be used to this by now. Too late to change plans.</p><p> </p><p>The job went by the wayside as I left. They called the day after I left. Shoot. I would have liked that. I do have yet another interview tomorrow morning. I need work. It's killing me having so much time on my hands. You can only clean so much.</p><p> </p><p>father in law has been completely tested and confirmed that it is Alzheimers. He's on medications, the whole nine yards. It's just the family that doesn't want to deal with it, including himself. The best I can put it is that he is/was like an Einstein. Very brilliant, active, etc. So, when he finds himself not being able to do the most simple things, he gets angry. The family cannot fathom him being in this state. Former govenor, current city council member...they are all just watching this go down. Well, how about not watching it and DOING SOMETHING? I want to step in and take the heavy hand but it's not my place.</p><p> </p><p>mother in law...I can understand her approach. She is seeing the absolute love her life slowly go down. They are joined at the hip. Her way of handling it right now is to escape. She goes garage selling, antique hunting, visits friends...whatever to not witness his decline. </p><p> </p><p>"I" need to make a permanent move. This is haunting me. I suppose someone will care for him but that's a big thing to carry on your soul. Actually, that's wrong to say. They all care for him but are not DOING anything to help him. So me, being the big flipping sap I am take it on my shoulders. </p><p> </p><p>I just don't know how to consol so many when I have my own issues to deal with. It's not that I don't care, it's just overload.</p><p> </p><p>Abbey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abbey, post: 296521, member: 179"] haha, Suz...you never know day to day where I am. Short story - I left, then came back a few days ago for a couple of reasons, father in law being one of them. Then I'm leaving on Wednesday to go back home for a short stay. Who knows. I had this great plan of leaving Madison and going to Vegas then SD, but my son of a gun son wouldn't answer his phone. I wanted to see him. Oddly enough, he just called. He's just being a tpyical 19 year old. I should be used to this by now. Too late to change plans. The job went by the wayside as I left. They called the day after I left. Shoot. I would have liked that. I do have yet another interview tomorrow morning. I need work. It's killing me having so much time on my hands. You can only clean so much. father in law has been completely tested and confirmed that it is Alzheimers. He's on medications, the whole nine yards. It's just the family that doesn't want to deal with it, including himself. The best I can put it is that he is/was like an Einstein. Very brilliant, active, etc. So, when he finds himself not being able to do the most simple things, he gets angry. The family cannot fathom him being in this state. Former govenor, current city council member...they are all just watching this go down. Well, how about not watching it and DOING SOMETHING? I want to step in and take the heavy hand but it's not my place. mother in law...I can understand her approach. She is seeing the absolute love her life slowly go down. They are joined at the hip. Her way of handling it right now is to escape. She goes garage selling, antique hunting, visits friends...whatever to not witness his decline. "I" need to make a permanent move. This is haunting me. I suppose someone will care for him but that's a big thing to carry on your soul. Actually, that's wrong to say. They all care for him but are not DOING anything to help him. So me, being the big flipping sap I am take it on my shoulders. I just don't know how to consol so many when I have my own issues to deal with. It's not that I don't care, it's just overload. Abbey [/QUOTE]
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