Mother in law myth

bunyip · Oct 10, 2018

Or, it's all Americas fault.
MIL was entering the early stages of dementia and making some claims to the problems with the world but the one that stuck out was flooding, we were having an unusual amount of rain and floods and she came up with her own conspiracy theory, it is all the fault of America with the space programme, they put these space ships on the moon and the legs punched holes in the surface and let all the water out, so there you have it, it's all your fault!!!
I was also a communist as I had a red tie.
There were others but dementia can be priceless at times.

cqaigy2 · Oct 10, 2018

Ha, that is priceless! You better not put on those red socks with the red tie, you commie socialist. :laughing:

Jstpssng · Oct 10, 2018

It's a nasty disease which takes your loved ones from you even though they are still sitting in the same room. You do have to look at the light side sometimes.
You communists are the true cause of the flooding though; everybody knows that the moon landing was staged by a bunch of unemployed actors which Nixon hired to divert attention from Watergate.

robbyr · Oct 10, 2018

Been dealing with a mother in law who has dementia for a few years now. But you Australians don't know how to spell program.

bunyip · Oct 11, 2018

robbyr said:
But you Australians don't know how to spell program.

I get pulled up on it a lot but it stems back to my university days when we were judged and assessed on spelling from the Oxford Dictionary, most spell it program, I am just stubborn.
As an aside I know the downside of dementia, it got my Father in the end but he just accused people of stealing things that he never had or had given away years earlier, he often called me by my brothers name and could never remember my wifes name although we have been married for 35 years.
My fear now is what has been released from Mars and when will it arrive?

robbyr · Oct 11, 2018

Blessings to ya. My MIL has lost items like her eyeglasses and false teeth several times. Can remember things from her youth sometimes but not what we did ten minutes ago. I started a thread on the subject awhile back. Feel free to post your experiences.

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/front-porch/378310-dementia-b__ch.html?highlight=

bunyip · Oct 11, 2018

Short term memory loss can be measured in seconds in some cases but the long term memory can remain unaffected, the brain is an extremely complex piece of gear and discoveries are continually being made, we did some research years ago on the effects of a full moon on intellectually disabled, some are subject to change during this phase and I put forward a theory that they can perceive minor changes in gravitational pull that we can't, like animals exiting an earthquake zone before it hits.
Unfortunately we couldn't get the funding to explore this further with measuring apparatus so it remains unfounded but I am convinced that they lack the ability to function like most of us but can perceive things that we can't and the behaviour could be because of the fear of this unknown feeling of being possessed.

Birdhunter1 · Oct 11, 2018

My grandmother had dementia in her early 90's and while there were some funny moments there were alot of truly sad moments that I don't wish on anyone having to take care of a parent or grandparent.
One of the funniest, my wife and I had been married three years and we were at my grandma's 90th birthday party. My wife was stick skinny and just starting to show she was pregnant and when she went up to get a piece of cake my grandmother, who that day had no inhibitions, looked at her and said 'are you eating for two or something.' She said yes.
My grandmother said 'who's baby is it.' My wife said 'Rick's'
Now a side note my dad and I have the same first name and the family always called me Ricky and not Rick.

My grandmother scanned the room and gave my dad the look of death!

My dad felt the heat and then my wife went on to explain it was mine and not my dads, but for about 15 minutes or so grandma was on the war path.

Alan W. · Oct 11, 2018

My grandfather suffered from it. He was always sure someone had moved into the woods behind his house and were causing him grief.
He loved me taking him out to eat but the conversation would always end up about the people in the woods. As you know there is no way to convince them what they think is not real. So one day in the restaurant I told him when we got home we would get the guns and kill every one of them. He was satisfied and dropped it, but I wonder what the other patrons thought.