Anyone here have a relative with dementia?

my great grandmother had it from an early age, it really sucked...it was like she was meeting me for the first time for the last 10 years of her life.

My Mom suffered from this during her last years. Sorry to say that it's terrible to see a loved one go through such an ordeal. Towards the end, she didn't recognize anyone. My Mom loved to knit, so she would do that continuously in a pantomime motion.

I wish you and your grandmother the all best.

My grandmother has it. She remembers me, but is convinced we get up to some crazy antics together. She watched a western one night and was telling me the next day how upset she was that we hung "those men." Took me a minute to figure that one out.

My grandmother always remembered me but I had two girlfriends after she got dementia and she ALWAYS thought their names were one of a GF I had like 10 years earlier. She must have really liked that one!

My grandmother has it. She's great in the moment but she will forget later. Even the significant stuff. For example, my grandfather was on his deathbed last week and my aunts and uncles who were in town to say goodbye (and for the funeral) woke her up around 10 pm and told her she should go say goodbye to him. She went down and did that and took about 30 minutes (my aunts and uncles gave her privacy). Then she went back to sleep and he died at 2am. My grandmother doesn't remember saying goodbye.

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She went down and did that

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Then she went back to sleep and he died at 2am.

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frick....I would actually want to have dementia if I was that old and had to say goodbye to my wife.

Lost my favorite aunt and uncle to it. I was so close to them growing up and respected them like no other. The last time I visited them they did not know who I was. It broke my heart.
One thing to remember when you are with her...enter her world when you are with her...don't try to bring her to a place she can't remember. It will be easier on both of you. No matter where she is, your kindness will be appreciated.
God bless both of you... It's difficult to deal with but you still have good memories to hang on to.

Mom has it. And she is only 65.
It fricking sucks big time not being able to have a real conversation with her any more, and likely never again.

My grandfather has it. He's in his mid 80s. It's hard to see him now. Cousin were talking one day and she said the grandfather we knew and love died a while back. We've accepted that it won't be much longer.

Yes. They passed away.

Terrible. Amazing the things they remember with perfect clarity though