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Kat63

So for months now my DH has not been able to push the right buttons to run our dishwasher and if he chooses to help with dishes he doesn’t even put the dishes in the dishwasher but rather washes and dries them by hand. It’s as though he doesn’t remember we even have a dishwasher. So this morning he not only puts the dishes in the dishwasher but pushes the right buttons to run it, all without any assistance from me. Can’t remember the last time he was able to do this. Has anyone else experienced times like this, where they remember how to do something they haven’t been able to do for quite sometime?? Scared it’s a good day before another downturn and enter into the next stage.

Ed1937

This sometimes happens. But it doesn't mean a downturn is right around the corner. This disease is like a roller coaster, and that makes things harder for us to handle. If it was always the same, it would be easier, but the uncertainty is rough.

GG06

Hi Kat63 - I posted a similar question the other day. My husband has aphasia and struggles with finding the right words which causes his sentences to sound choppy and fragmented. Last week, his speech sounded noticeably better. He self-corrected when he used the wrong word and did not ask me to read his text messages for him which he usually does. This week he has reverted back to where he was. In fact, I've noticed more episodic memory issues as well.

It will be interesting to see if your husband continues to push the correct buttons to operate your dishwasher. Keep us posted.

toolbeltexpert

I believe this is very common . Things start off once or twice forgotten and it gets worse over time. It is this part of dementia that causes the caregiver to question everything or at least it's that way for me. The loss whatever you observe will eventually become permanent.

Or at least this has been my experience.

Stewart

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SDianeL

Some days my DH sounds almost normal. Other days he's like a lost child. What Victoria2020 said.

Kat63

Update on my DH. He is back to washing dishes by hand, so just able to remember how to use dishwasher that one time. This week has not been a bad week, as he has been more settled in the evenings, where he actually will sit and relax a little before going to bed, as opposed to what the last few months have been, where he is walking around the house all evening checking on this or that or wanting to go “home”. Of course see what tomorrow brings!!