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question about progession of AD
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| KarRealtor 2005-01-27, 8:29 am |
| It became obvious that my MIL was in the earlier stages of AD in 2000. 2 years
ago we could no longer take care of her in our home and she was placed in an
excellent ALF. She has been incontinant for about 2 years, now she has gotten
to the point that she cannot speak coherently. She is speaking a lot less and
its mostly gibberish. I have been told that she will probably stop speaking in
6 months or so and probably stop eating about 6 months after that. So far, she
is in excellent physical health. I know there is a huge varience from case to
case but does this seem like a likely timetable unfer the circumstances??
KarenC
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| like you said... there is a huge variance... and so many things that can
change the course... illness, especially any that require intervention
involving any sort of anaesthesia, for starters...
some people seem to hit plateaus along the way ....
could be that she'll follow the timetable you've been given .... but just as
likely (if not MORE likely) that she won't.... certainly wouldn't count on
it
"KarRealtor" <karrealtor@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20050126220758.12708.00000213@mb-m24.aol.com...
> It became obvious that my MIL was in the earlier stages of AD in 2000. 2
years
> ago we could no longer take care of her in our home and she was placed in
an
> excellent ALF. She has been incontinant for about 2 years, now she has
gotten
> to the point that she cannot speak coherently. She is speaking a lot less
and
> its mostly gibberish. I have been told that she will probably stop
speaking in
> 6 months or so and probably stop eating about 6 months after that. So far,
she
> is in excellent physical health. I know there is a huge varience from case
to
> case but does this seem like a likely timetable unfer the circumstances??
> KarenC
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| Evelyn Ruut 2005-01-27, 8:29 am |
| "KarRealtor" <karrealtor@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20050126220758.12708.00000213@mb-m24.aol.com...
> It became obvious that my MIL was in the earlier stages of AD in 2000. 2
> years
> ago we could no longer take care of her in our home and she was placed in
> an
> excellent ALF. She has been incontinant for about 2 years, now she has
> gotten
> to the point that she cannot speak coherently. She is speaking a lot less
> and
> its mostly gibberish. I have been told that she will probably stop
> speaking in
> 6 months or so and probably stop eating about 6 months after that. So far,
> she
> is in excellent physical health. I know there is a huge varience from case
> to
> case but does this seem like a likely timetable unfer the circumstances??
> KarenC
Hi Karen,
I would say that these kinds of projections are somewhat ok in the order of
progression, but the timetable is definitely variable according to the
individual. Many people linger in one stage or another for a long long
time. A relative of mine lingered in late stage for over 10 years. Ida
still has a good appetite as of the moment.
--
Regards,
Evelyn
(to reply to me personally, remove 'sox")
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