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I am so sorry to hear that. My grandmother has it and I believe she's in the last stages. She's done the anger, "mean" thing. She repeats questions constantly, she doesn't remember how to operate certain things. (she tried to eat a tea bag once because she didn't know what it was for) She falls, she pees in random places in the house, she doesn't know she's a grandmother or even a mother. She talks about her childhood and where she used to live and she sees people outside. She also speaks complete nonsense. You just sort of have to nod your head and agree with her because she doesn't know.
It's such a heartbreaking disease. In one sense, it's good for them, because they're not aware of the negative, but no one wants to live like that. But it's hard on the loved ones because it's hard to accept that they no longer even know who we are when we love them SO much. They are no longer the person we once knew.
I watched that HBO thing... The Alzheimer's Project. It was quite interesting and I found myself in tears quite a few times as I watched.
And they do say it's sometimes best to keep them at home, as they tend to live a bit longer than if they're somewhere else. My grandma is still at home. I don't know how she's still around. I think she's hanging on to my grandpa. He's the one person she still knows, which is good. When one goes, I don't think the other will be too far behind.
=( My heart goes out to you.
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