re: I pray I live to see the day that Alzheimer’s is eradicated from this Earth.

Amen. When it took my aunt that was the worst thing I've ever seen in my life. Watching my uncle care for her and she didn't even know who her husband of 50 years was was absolutely brutal. And those last few weeks will test everything about you.

Those are some tough stories. My deepest condolences to each of you and your families.

I took care of my grandmother in her last days when I was 22. She went down fast after my mother died from cancer. Seemed like my mother’s death triggered it. It was very odd.

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I have watched this disease take its toll on my grandmother (the only grandmother I’ve ever actually known) to the point that she will probably pass away over the next few days. I’ve seen the pain it has caused so many, I just want to see us finally triumph over it.

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I hear you. It took my grandmother last month and my grandfather just this week. Both on my dad's side.

I can't imagine my poor parents having to deal with it the last few years. It had been bad with my grandmother for a while, but my grandfather was just recent. They finally had to put them in assisted living because my grandmother got sick and she didn't realize it was getting progressively worse. And my grandfather didn't either.

It was so hard seeing them the last time because I knew it WAS the last time. And they were just in such a haze.

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I pray I live to see the day that Alzheimer’s is eradicated from this Earth

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I’m with you. I watched my uncle fight it for years and basically turn into a different person. It’s a very sad and very cruel disease. To see people you love completely devolve into a shadow of themselves is awful. It fricking sucks.

My dad was diagnosed in 2014 at age 49, early onset and dementia. Most days he doesn't know anyone's name. He just picks someone in the house and follows them around all day.

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Everyday, we have to tell her he died. You can see her world shatter right before your eyes. She is crushed. She doesn't remember being there at the hospital with him when he passed. She doesn't remember the funeral. She is lost and confused.

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I don't even think my folks told my grandfather his wife died. They knew he wasn't far behind her when she died in September. I think he would ask but they would just tell him something else because they didn't want him to have the pain every time he asked.

We haven't even had a funeral for my grandmother yet (cremated). We're just doing something for the both of the next week. A military one since my grandfather was career air force.

The end just sucked so bad for my grandfather. He was such a nice and sweet man but he turned into a real mean person at the end. Definitely not the life he would have wanted to live at the end.

I hope you find a way to find some peace in this time. Watching a loved one suffer like this is horrible.

Prayers for you and your family.

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My grandma has this now. Grandpa died early August. She asks my mother, father, and myself everyday what happened to papa.Where's dad? When's he coming home? Why's he in there?

Everyday, we have to tell her he died. You can see her world shatter right before your eyes. She is crushed. She doesn't remember being there at the hospital with him when he passed. She doesn't remember the funeral. She is lost and confused.

For the past week, her disbelief that he died has turned to a slight anger. She tells us that we are lying to her. She wants to go next door to her mother's house. Her mother has been dead since 89.

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We lost my grandmother a few weeks ago to dementia. When my grandfather passed away a few years back, they never told her. It would only upset her and she would forget minutes later. It was horrible but it was the best thing to do.

Her last years were brutal. She was in terrible shape and really wasn't even capable of speaking. It was horrible to watch and to see the others going through the same thing in the home she lived in.

To OP, while it will be extremely difficult over the next few days, take solace in the fact that your grandmother will soon be free of this horrid disease. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.