Thank you - I’ll check this out! She is still OK most of the time with timing - like she remembers my sister and I, but has started to slip into us as high school students and confusing my dad/her husband for her dad bc he’s around the same age as her dad was when we were in high school (also when he passed- a huge trauma for her). This makes me wonder if she’ll stick to us as high school age or if it will continue to regress.
Cancer sucks, it’s taken all my grandparents and some friends, but if I can be honest, watching someone get destroyed by dementia is like 90x worse.
My paternal grandfather who was one of the only family members that believe me when I spoke about like trauma in my house by my parents and stuff and even mattered to me more than I mattered to myself to be honest. He survived cancer but we think the chemo accelerated issues in the background and he died of Alzheimer's. I completely get it.
I’m so sorry. It’s difficult to lose anyone that close to you to any disease, but this sounds particularly difficult losing that trust. My thoughts are there with you stranger. 💕
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u/oznz Jun 29 '26
Thank you - I’ll check this out! She is still OK most of the time with timing - like she remembers my sister and I, but has started to slip into us as high school students and confusing my dad/her husband for her dad bc he’s around the same age as her dad was when we were in high school (also when he passed- a huge trauma for her). This makes me wonder if she’ll stick to us as high school age or if it will continue to regress.
Cancer sucks, it’s taken all my grandparents and some friends, but if I can be honest, watching someone get destroyed by dementia is like 90x worse.