This blog is about life with my husband who was diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's and Frontal Lobe Dementia in 2008. He was 64 at the time although now, knowing more about the disease, Alzheimer's was present many, many years ago, which is why early detection is so important. As you read the blog the character "Al" that I created in 2008, represents the way that Alzheimer's is invading our daily lives.
There is an archive tab further down the page that starts from the beginning of our journey.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Living with Bob and "Al"

Sheri remembers riding in the car with Bob for hours at a time, in complete silence. Sheri would ask Bob a question, he would answer and then back to silence. This drove Sheri crazy. The neurologist that did his exam years later , explained that if you ask Bob a question he can answer it, if Bob has something to say he can say it, but what Bob and "Al" can't do is go into their head and pull out something to start a random conversation. Hence the reason that as Sheri types this Bob an "Al" are sitting 5 feet from her and it is dead silent... as it has been for the last 45 minutes of today, and last 10-15 years of her life.
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