Early Signs
I remember vividly the day i saw my dad just sat in the chair and did not move for hours. He just sat there and despite multiple requests, he did not move. My mind raced through a rainbow of emotions, none of which were good. I panicked, did not know what to do, felt very sad to see my dad in this condition. Seeing your parents, who are your role models, deteriorate in front your own eyes is very difficult. I just did not know what was happening and was lost. This happened years ago. Back then there was not much awareness about dementia.
Early days
Initially, it was very difficult to understand the behavior. We did not know how to care for our dad. We had family meetings try to figure out how to make it better for him. Wish I had a magic wand and make this thing go away, obviously that never happened but your mind plays games with you takes you to brink of insanity and reality brings you back. This pendulum swing happened on a daily basis. Not to mention other obligations of working and caring for other family members. I wish i had known about this earlier so we could have treated him better by understanding him better.
Looking ahead.
This fight against dementia, a disease that robs your identity and so many other things, is not over until we find a cure fot this. We are all in this together. Let’s help each other to generate awareness about this and provide as many resources as possible to the struggling families who are trying to care for their family members.
Please share your personal journey here to let others know that they are not alone and together we can fight this and provide a better treatment, a better care to those patients who are fighting this terrible disease.
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