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Very sad news, it seems Helen was diagnosed with dementia a couple of years ago, it seems both she and Jackie are struggling to come to terms with it:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/04/sir-jac...
I wish them both well. It seems to cruel for them to ensure this after escaping those dangerous years of racing.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/04/sir-jac...
I wish them both well. It seems to cruel for them to ensure this after escaping those dangerous years of racing.
Sadly it seems more commonplace these days.
My mother in law had it for two years alongside cancer until she passed due to the cancer.
My mum's best friend had it for 7 years, she was hospitalised 24 months ago and passed away 12 months ago just as my mum was diagnosed with it too.
One up side ( if you can call it that ) is that the sufferers tend not to "suffer" as much as their partners and families. My mum is displaying more and more child like behaviour but seems reasonably happy - my dad is struggling though to cope with her as are the rest of us.
My mother in law had it for two years alongside cancer until she passed due to the cancer.
My mum's best friend had it for 7 years, she was hospitalised 24 months ago and passed away 12 months ago just as my mum was diagnosed with it too.
One up side ( if you can call it that ) is that the sufferers tend not to "suffer" as much as their partners and families. My mum is displaying more and more child like behaviour but seems reasonably happy - my dad is struggling though to cope with her as are the rest of us.
My best wishes to Jackie and Helen, it can be a hard time for the family and very frustrating.
We are going through the same with my mother in law, it was just starting when I first met her about 11 years ago, now she is in a world of her own
She was a bit of a hypochondriac before the dementia, she had pains here, there and everywhere, now she is as fit as a fiddle but has lost all judgemental ability and has had to be institutionalised. It's sad seeing her and my wife says it is like a kid is inhabiting her mother's body.
We are going through the same with my mother in law, it was just starting when I first met her about 11 years ago, now she is in a world of her own
She was a bit of a hypochondriac before the dementia, she had pains here, there and everywhere, now she is as fit as a fiddle but has lost all judgemental ability and has had to be institutionalised. It's sad seeing her and my wife says it is like a kid is inhabiting her mother's body.
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