Ms. Daisy has gone through so very many changes in the past 2 years. She quit cooking (no discussion) never looked back, stopped driving begrudgingly, and handed over her finances since my memory is slightly better than hers. Two years ago I requested her primary care physician prescribe something for her memory loss but she informed us that dementia is part of growing old and there was nothing that could be done about it. Well she has gone from crabby & crotchety to downright evil and will go from sweet unassuming old lady to Senora Satan in a matter of seconds. She will tell people she has fallen (she fell 1 x in the house and the paramedics were called), she has bumped her head (NOPE, not even), she still drives (HAHHAHHHAAAA Hell NO), she takes the bus (thou shall not), she has been out of town (not recently), and when I get home from work I say "What did you do today?" Her response can be something like "Oh I went to Fontana to see my sister"...said sister has been dead for the past 38 years. Or she may say "Where's my bag? Who's going to take me to the train station in the morning?" When asked where she's going she says "Home, I have to leave Texas I have an appointment with Dr. Johnson next week"... Dr. Johnson? I believe he's been dead since the mid 80's, she also has begun asking if I have seen her mother
;-( I try not to put her on blast about her forgetfulness but then sometimes she get VERY angry and will slam her hand on the table with great force. She has surprisingly strong hands for an old lady, that cracks me up...her hands are stronger than mine! Well she gets mad, cackles to herself about things that didn't happen, she has tried to fight my dad cussed her daughter out (not surprising) SEVERAL times and threatened to call the police on her. FINALLY someone has listened...today she was prescribed medication to help her with her memory and something to take the edge off the BAA *BadAssAttitude* There are some possible side effects but they can't be worse than what we deal with now...#GODHELPUSALL
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