Finally some decent weather and we were out for a walk. My husband's gait is strange and he walks in baby steps so we only walk down past a couple of houses before turning around. We were almost home when he stopped and said that his legs didn't want to move. Is this a typical AD symptom or is it something else?
Legs are voluntary and controlled by brain. Could be that the area of your dh's brain which controls voluntary movements is being affected by the disease. If you have a neurologist, give him a call. This is something which could be temporary also. If he manages to walk in the house, encourage him. Maybe being outdoors, the distance seemed too great for him.
VaD here and we see several different hitches to his walkingat different times and/or different circumstances. Messages failingto get through to muscles.
My husband seemed to lose coordination in the last 4 months of his life. The first sign was when I was taking him to a doctor's appointment, and it was almost impossible to jackknife him into the car. It was like he was a wooden man, with no moveable joints.
Mine walks so slowly it bothers MY body! It may sound silly, but my body feels better if I walk faster. He tells me to go on ahead and when I do, I look back and he's talking to somebody or I can't find him. Went to the store the other day together, grabbed a gallon of milk and when I looked around to put it in the cart, it was nowhere to be found. He was all the way back down the aisle I can down in, talking to another man. I had to go all the way back, carrying the gallon of milk.