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My mood is: preoccupied, a bit overwhelmed, stubbornly hopeful
  • planning wedding music for a friend's wedding
  • Slept from 11p-2:30 a, worked from 2:30a-now, going back to sleep
  • Boss says I may not have to take back a team to supervise after all -- maybe yes, maybe no. I'm hoping for no, but planning for yes *sighs and prays*
  • Looks like my 2nd oldest sister is really going to move to to within 250 miles of me (instead of 1000 miles) Y-I-K-E-S *runs for cover and prayer!*
  • My return work trip to Kansas got canceled, and along wit it plans I'd already made --and paid for!
  • Is my niece Leia trustworthy?
  • My little brother is trying to stir up the family pot about my sister's move; I am resisting all such attempts to get sucked in.
  • I'm having the 40-50-year old family slides digitally re-mastered and burned to CDs as a surprise Christmas present for my siblings...brings back a lot of memories, pros and cons
  • Helped rehearse with another new cantor at Church tonight
  • So glad for Lord of Light's good news and Ashlee's improvement. Still praying for those I've promised to pray for, with honor.
  • going to sleep now. Dexter Dog is resting comfortably.
 
So instead of asking, I'll assume this is your mother you're talking about. And besides praying, I'll offer one entirely amateurish suggestion:

Can you make video recordings of yourself with your mother? When she starts failing to recognize you (if indeed this is not already happening), showing these to her might succeed in proving to her that you are someone who knows her.

Somewhat less amateurishly: in previous reading about Alzheimer's, I've learned of a method called "Past Present." According to the advocates of this technique, you should allow the Alzheimer's patient to "exist" in whatever period of remembered time she feels most at home and safe with. For instance, your mother might have good memories of 1995, which manage to stay clear in her mind. So LET her think it IS 1995; agree with her about the conditions of that time. According to Past Present theory (for which successes are claimed), this will sometimes cause the patient to remember CURRENT realities after all, WITHOUT prodding.
 
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Copperfox said:
Somewhat less amateurishly: in previous reading about Alzheimer's, I've learned of a method called "Past Present." According to the advocates of this technique, you should allow the Alzheimer's patient to "exist" in whatever period of remembered time she feels most at home and safe with. For instance, your mother might have good memories of 1995, which manage to stay clear in her mind. So LET her think it IS 1995; agree with her about the conditions of that time. According to Past Present theory (for which successes are claimed), this will sometimes cause the patient to remember CURRENT realities after all, WITHOUT prodding.
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That's true. My family had to deal with that when my gramma was dying in her old age. She kept thinking grampa was still alive and his family was coming up for a visit. Well, saying this doesn't help much because she was already a few weeks away from dying at the age of 92, but what I will say is that does help and work so that way the person doesn't feel more pressured than they already are.
 
Vanessa -- No need to say more until you're ready. That news can be devastating. I'm sorry you're having to go through this. May God comfort you and bring you peace in unexplainable ways.
 
Great and wonderful people over here always cheer me up a bit. I posted a reply before but it didn't go through. I was a bit disappointd and mad we had to wait three months before we finally knew more. Even the social workers already knew the results but we didn't until today.
My mom always used to talk about her childhood. It has not been a great one so I think she might go back there when this disease is continueing. I won't put pressure on her at all. It will only make things worse and we don't want this to happen.

My feeling is hollow. An emptyness deep inside
 
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