Denial is Not a Strategy

Dealing with a disease like dementia or cancer and especially Lewy Body Dementia requires getting early attention and diagnosis. The effect of not openly seeking help is self-doubt, depression, inward and outward anger and just plain frustration.
EARLY DIAGNOSIS IS CRITICAL
The problem is the decay in mental processing does not happen all at once. You can have good days and bad days.

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Thank you, Ted.

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Inspirational.

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You’re a living miracle. Keep going ❤

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This gives me much comfort knowing you had eventually come to terms with the dementia and the loss of cognition, focus, and memory. At the moment I am gripped by this fear everyday now, but each day I do a little bit better letting go and facing the truth, instead of hiding from it. Although, I don't do too good of a job and I feel am not made for this. Even as ugly as my mind is, I can still find beauty in knowing that this too is part of life and when contrasted with the beauty of the natural world that I once held in my mind's eye, it tears my heart to pieces. Now the anguish from the loss I think is the point, to let it teach me one last lesson. Since, "Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” I appreciate what I had lost with a new degree of understanding, although I feel incapable of it. Also, I am not a religious person, but find great strength in these words and humanity, since it is so fragile and worth saving. Take care Ted.