We went from thinking we had a good plan of attack and a pathway to mom getting better, to losing her in what felt like a blink. It was such a painful shock. Finding a way out from under that pain is proving to be difficult.
Yes… #FuckCancer / #FuckMyeloma and #FuckAlzheimer’s and #FuckDementia
My brother told me there's a new season of Car SOS. I told him, my mental health is so shot atm that it might throw me over the edge #fuckdementia
had dark realisation the we may not even see him again, and even if we do then “it won’t be him anymore”
#FuckCancer
#FuckDementia
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Merry Christmas 🎄 and the warmest of Seasons greetings
Just to say
#FuckCancer
#FuckDementia
Both has hit our family this year in the multiples. But today is just another, keep the people who count to close to you all year. Reach out for help if you need it. ❤️
Reading this absolute brain diarrhea reminds me of the first time I realised that my Mum's dementia was a reality.
I'm no expert on that horrendous illness but my small amount of experience of it makes me seriously consider that the US President is going the same way.
#fuckdementia
#fuckalzhiemers
1 of my #miracle mornings a few yrs ago...
#sxwdesigns #photo #photography #photograph #photographer #sunrise #fountain #reflection #glow #pond #windsor #hope #faith #strength #reflection #trees #beautiful #beauty #tranquil #mentalhealth #anxiety #depression #dementia #mommy #losingher #fuckdementia
An empty room shot from outside and half lit from a doorway to the left. The photographers shadowy reflection is in the exterior window.
Excited about my usual Tuesday trip to mam's today.
#fuckdementia
An intetrior scene with prints on the walls a shelf of books and a curly handrail on a balustrade.
We parked the doorbell in 'Hockney Corner last night to keep an eye on mam's wanderings. She was a good mother and stayed put.
#fuckdementia
Well, that's that. My mom transitioned to... whatever is next today. I'm both devastated to not have her in my universe from today on and lightened/relieved that the Thing has now happened, and she won't linger and dwindle as a ghost of herself as the last vestiges of her mind dissolve #Fuckdementia
2300 We're playing:
Who are you, and what have you done with my Dad? Apparently, "we aren't going to be working together anymore" but first I needed to take him to the kitchen to look in the fridge. Yep, still there #fuckdementia
The conversation my future husband and I had in the poolroom of the Hole In the Wall that night in early 1988 was largely about Basement Tapes boots and the sublime weirdness of this.
Just now when we heard the news, I had to remind him who Brian was. #fuckdementia
youtu.be/iICnz3tpt7I?...
A black and white Boston terrier holding a green dinosaur Toy in his mouth. He is perfectly adorable.
We have to say goodbye to this magical creature soon. Our serious, complicated, 11 yo perfect puppy boy.
This photo is from just over a year ago. His condition has dropped sharply since. We've wrestled with how to do the right thing for him. Probably this week. 💔
We love you, Edgar.
#FuckDementia
It sucks when sundowning starts mid day...
#fuckdementia
Teaching my father-in-law how to brush my mother-in-law’s hair the RIGHT way was not on my 2025 BINGO card, but I’ll gladly do it if it means her hair gets brushed every day. #fuckdementia #eldestdaughters #hospicecare
At 4:30 AM on March 20, 2025, the bravest, most beautiful, most loving, most unforgettable, most idealistic, most rebellious, most principled woman I’ve ever known took her last breath. Dementia took my mother’s beautiful soul long before it took her body, but she is finally at peace. #fuckdementia
I hate dementia. I hate how angry it makes my grandmother get, how it turns her into someone hateful and spiteful.
I hate that even though I don't have it, I question my sanity because of it.
I hate the hold it has on us.
#FuckDementia
PHOTO - Silhouette of Crows in a bare Winter tree; grunge effect for texture, blue color for sky; distorted for us. PHOTOGRAPHER - SXW Designs, 2025
Whatever I see, she will always see differently. Altered #perception in the mind of a #dementia patient. At least we had yesterday & our #birds again. I missed the #cardinal by seconds - that was #daddy watching over us. #fuckdementia #photo #photographer #photography #birdphoto #treephoto #love
