Weird happenings around my house. This disease continues to puzzle me. I invite you to log onto the home page - www.thealzheimerspouse.com - and read today's blog. Do similar scenarios happen in your house? I am curious to hear. Please post comments and stories here.
Oh, Joan, happens all the time here! He can't understand to tear across the shredded cheese package - wants to tear downward. Gets frustrated when I have to do it for him. So....I continue to ask him to do things I KNOW he can do (at least the last time he did). He still needs to feel helpful. Today he's going to vacumn. I'll be really upset if he forgets how to do that! Impossible to understand these things.
Hey Joan, the "off brand" of Crystal Lite (Walmart and in our case, Kroger) still have the handy little tubs...you might try switching & save your hubby some frustration, as well as some $$$. They taste equal to me/us.
As for some days they handle stuff, some days they don't, it was explained to me light a lamp cord that is faulty...it you giggle it "just right", it works, but then we all know what eventually happens and WE are frustrated with that lamp until we probably break down & replace it...not so easy with Alzheimer's!! :( Hang in there & keep on encouraging & we'll in turn encourage you as well!! ((((HUGS))))
I went to the doctor today because my voice has changed. Turns out the vocal cords are OK, he thinks it's the muscles around the vocal cords. why did this happen. I could be age (66) or it even could have been the Lyme Disease (for those who don't know, I was hopitalized with Lyme in July, and then continued to go each day for IV antibiotics). My DH said to me, when i told him what the doctor said.... where would you get Lyme disease. Like he didn't know that I was sick the entire summer.... I know he forgot but I was so hurt by that, how could he forget? (silly question, he doesn't know where we live) and yes, he then went outside, and swept off the leaves from the deck, and remembered that he could pull up the netting (so the dog doesn't fall off) and just push the leaves out.
chris a friend of mine lost her husband suddenly at a young age. She totally lost her voice for over a year and it was very strained when she did get it back. Nerves will do it. Sorry you're having such a rough time. I'm sorry for all of us.
Remembering that he could pull up the netting but forgetting you were sick is just what I am talking about. It makes no sense, except for natsmom's explanation about the faulty lamp cord.
When Sid has trouble doing something simple, then accomplishes something more complex, I always say to him - "I don't get it. How can you do this and not that?" His answer is that he has no idea, but to just imagine how frustrating it is to HIM.
Joan, I don't remember my DH putting anything together even before AD. I am the one that put together lawn mowers, outdoor gas grill, computer desk and a writing desk and anything else that need to be put together. Maybe he started with AD almost 30 years ago. Just joking, I think!