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Old 09-07-2004, 12:25 PM   #5 (permalink)
raeanna74
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Originally Posted by maleficent
is one of the warning signs of alzheimers, from all I've read on the subject, however I recall your mom being quite young, I thought alzheimers struck later in years.
She is 57. The thought had crossed my mind about alzheimers. A close family friend is going through it right now and is up to stage 6. The Dr's only gave him 6 months. My grandmother (mom's mom) had trouble with senility as a result of health problems that reduced the oxygen that she was able to get. My suspicion is this. She does have a number of health problems related to weight primarily and hypoglycemia (not treated besides with diet) She could be having trouble with senility. I have wondered about the alzheimers partly because Uncle David's condition is formost in our minds. I think that they fact that his condition is foremost is part of the reason for her defensiveness. I think she notices the memory lapses and is afraid that it could be alzheimers. I think her fear is what makes her defensive.

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What about getting together with your brother and telling her flat out, you are seeing a problem wiht her health, and behavior, and that you think she should go to the doctor. She'll probably get mad, but explain that if you didn't love her and weren't concerned about her, then you wouldn't be going thru this.
This is a good idea I think. The only reason I've hesitated with this is that my brother does not handle my mother's attacks well at all. He has a violent temper and the entire situation could become extremely explosive because he would take her attacks personally. I have thought about getting her pastor involved but I don't feel comfortable with him. I may have to sit down and talk to him about it and see what he says. The only problem with him is that he is not discrete. A VERY bad situation for someone who is a minister.

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