Dementia is......(fill in the blank)

LadyTexan

I previously saw a topic on the board that was something like "Dementia is _______ (fill in the blank). I could not find it this morning to add the following thought.

Dementia is: struggling to get the flushable items (urine and feces) in the toilet AND keeping the non-flushable items (you name it) out of the toilet.

Michael Ellenbogen

I can.t use the word I want here.

Doityourselfer

Dementia is a nightmare.

JM1316

A prison sentence for the caregiver!

60 falcon

Killing my wife & destroying everything that used to make me...me. And so much more!

amicrazytoo

The cruelest disease.

French

Something you can’t imagine if you haven’t faced it

M1

Surreal and sad.  Death in life.  Saying it doesn't matter when you pour my iced tea down the sink and don't realize you've done it.  If love is never having to say you're sorry (remember that?), dementia is always having to say it doesn't matter. Let it go, as my granddaughter would sing.

JoseyWales

Exhausting.  

Enough said.

Joe C.

A thief in the night!

Ed1937

Insatiable.

Kevcoy

Something I truley never thought would be in my life.

Firedoggy

A one way trip at different speeds but one ending

CStrope

a never ending source of pain, for everyone

abc123

I’m with Michael E.

DWck

Overwhelming sadness dealing with ambiguous loss.

Dreamer Lost

Death by a thousand cuts.

Davegrant

An emotional roller coaster ride for the caregiver.

tcrosse

Purgatory.

karwiy

So true.

karwiy

I'm with all of you on all of the above. Like Dorothy Parker once said, "what fresh hell is this'?

White Crane

Cruel, relentless, heartbreaking, killing both of us.

David J

A colloquialism I haven’t heard in years:  It’s the pits.

Jeff86

The saddest experience you’ll ever know.  (Thank you, Three Dog Night)

David J

@jeff86 Two can be as bad as one, it’s the loneliest number since the number one.

DJW4Christ

Yes!!!!  DH says "I'm sorry" and "I'll remember that" so often I want to scream, cry, or laugh hysterically (if only you could remember).  I've lost my friend, partner, companion, help mate, and myself!  Dementia is a thief.

piozam13

is... is... is... oh I forgot

ladypeewee

Is a thief of stealing the best part of my life.

Janmirig

Lonely......

IWBH1990

Dementia is to me about MEMORIES..............The fact is on many days now DW has little to no memory, and on many days all I have to cling to are memories........52 years worth of wonderful memories that try to drown out the reality of day to day declines.

banpaeng

Dementia is like fighting the biggest bully every day.  I am fighting back as hard as I can and all the bully does is laugh.  I am tired and beat up.  I just hope one day I win.  I will keep fighting this SOB.