Grief

[Dawgsauce]

Last night, my family lost our dad to Lewy Body Dementia. I’ve been his primary caretaker for the better part of 6 years, as he lived with me and eventually moved in with my fiancé and I. She’s an angel and I don’t deserve her.

I wouldn’t wish dementia on my worst enemy, let alone Dean, a Cockeye or Colorado fan, or the random shitpost insiders on X. It’s fucking brutal. Thankfully, he went peacefully in his sleep.

After losing my mom 10 years ago, I knew this day was coming but damn it still hurts immensely.

I just wanted to take a second and tell yall that we have an awesome community here and when mom passed, many of you were incredibly kind in your support through that (HOL days, but you know who you are).

Don’t take life for granted and don’t take your relationships for granted. Pick up the phone and make the call you’ve been meaning to make. Life is way too short.

I’m going to miss my old man. I can’t wait to have kids to pass down the love of life and Husker football that he showed me.

Much love to you guys.

Sorry for your loss. Visited mom this past weekend, and she's getting a little tougher to be around at times. Losing her hearing, but she denies it. Leads to having to repeat everything over and over and her saying "you didn't tell me that" about things she has been told. My sister was with us as well, and both of us got to share some of the load with other things that came up. I would rather have a bad day with my mom than a day without her though, and that was always in my mind. So, I kept my patience on this visit and have been doing so for awhile now because I can't get time and days with her back, ever.

My dad is a self centered asshole, but this past father's day I picked up phone and called him for first time since 2017. Not sure why, but he'll be gone one day too and I don't want to have any regrets in that regard.

 

[BugeaterInWa]

Sorry for your loss LINK, never easy, can tell your a great man.

Stay strong

 

[Huskerbuck85]

Just in case this can help anyone, there are known cases of cobalt poisoning bringing on dementia symptoms. This primarily happened from metal-on-metal joint replacements with cobalt/chromium exteriors rubbing together and wearing off some of those metals via friction.

As best I can tell, most of these types of joints were phased out 10+ years ago (certain models were recalled), but if you're close to someone with dementia symptoms, I would strongly suggest checking whether they have an artificial joint that could be doing this. Removing it/replacing with a more modern ceramic joint has actually reversed the symptoms in some.

Certainly won't be a cure-all for dementia situations, but I wanted to mention it in case it could help anyone.

Another thing to consider is “what’s causing this” when an odd illness arises in a healthy person. Look into parasites (we all likely have them). Ivermectin protocols and some other parasite killers have been known to help people, even make cancer disappear. I’ve been researching this hard due to my Mother’s “ALS”, Lyme, Mold, toxins, metals, etc…

 

[Wasatch Husker]

I am so sorry for your loss. I pray you may find peace. I lost my dad 23 years ago this month. I still think about him everyday.