This has been a quiet month for Anne, with no major change in her condition. She still needs help with feeding and there have been a few incontinence disasters, but that is par for the course.
The significant thing that has happened is that she now attends her day care centre three days a week. She loves being picked up and it is clear that she receives great care and stimulus. She came home one day recently swinging her arm as if she had been bowling, which she had - carpet bowls!!
When we lived in France, or taking a holiday in France or Spain, Anne loved playing pétanque. She was good at it too!! I am sure that playing carpet bowls at the day care centre has brought back some form of memory for her. Indeed, if I suggest to her that she had been playing carpet bowls, she would get very animated saying, "Yes, Yes" while swinging her right arm. It was like asking a pet dog to do a trick, but the difference was that the joy that came over her face was wonderful to watch.
Talking about memories, I have noticed her regularly looking at photographs of our grandchildren we have on our lounge wall. Sadly, she cannot remember any names now, but there is an obvious recognition there - how long before this goes is difficult to predict, and it will be sad when it comes, but I have learnt to live in the moment and it brings me great pleasure to see her looking up at the photographs.
There is another thing I have noticed this month. We still attend a fitness class twice a week at our local sports centre. It is circuit training for seniors and I am determined to keep Anne going to this for as long as possible. However, she very rarely can perform the exercises now as she no longer understands what is required. There are a few exercises like twisters, squats and bicep curls that still have a remnant of recognition, but she no longer wants to jog and when it comes to many of the other exercises she will just stand and watch. But, and this is an amazing but, she can stand on one leg without losing her balance. which is more than can be said of myself!!
I finish this month's blog with a wee bit of a tear-jerker. Last Wednesday was Valentine's Day, and over recent years I have never bothered to get Anne a card or a gift as she would have no clue what I was trying to express. Well, as Anne stepped of the care centre bus on 14th February the carer passed me her bag (which contains spare knickers and pads) and said, "There's something in the bag for you from Anne". When I looked inside there was a hand made Valentine's card and 4 hand made chocolates !!
What can I say? Grateful, humbled, welling up, surprised, smiling, feeling loved.
until next month,
aye
Gordon
Alzheimer's illness is common in my family, I have been stressed at work for at least 16 years suffered depression my thoughts were blocked. So I knew the need to keep a watch on it, that was when I began to walk several times a week, 2 miles a day and realized that was a positive thing, but it got to a point my whole body started getting weaker, I needed some help. I started up training, the trainer came to my hometown 5 times a week and he told me that would be able to help me. I agreed with him and was happy I finally found solution not until I woke up one day and couldn't walk. Tried out so many medications and diet but none of them was able to help me. In the process I knew about ZOMO, an herbal medicine for Alzheimer's disease, I followed the blog address shared; I curiously contacted him and got ZOMO. I didn’t want to be disabled at my old age, and was so hungry for more healthy days on earth. My recovery involved both medicine and diet. I never had any complications I experienced while on English medications why using ZOMO. You may contact Dr. Charanjit via his email. charantova@gmail.com or visit his blog via curetoalzheimer.blogspot.com
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