My Mom is Fading Away

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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My Mom is Fading Away - Laura's mom is in a stage of memory decline, and Laura feels resentful and angry that her family hasn't done more to try to slow the progression of the disease. - Dr. Laura: "It's normal to miss the way things were and to be scared for yourself." - Have you ever had to face memory loss in someone you love? Email me your thoughts at: [email protected] | To participate on the radio program; call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment - https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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1:05.7	I'm looking for some wisdom. My mom is 75. I'm only child. I'm very close to my parents,
1:14.9	and I love them dearly. For the last few years, my mom has been dealing with the memory loss.
1:20.9	There's no diagnosis. I've probably seen it longer than my dad will admit that we've seen
1:28.7	the signs, but now it's very, very noticeable. Okay, memory of the last five minutes, memories
1:35.8	of yesterday, memories of names of books, or what is it? What is her memory problem?
1:42.0	Past memories are very strong. She seems to really focus on when she was a younger girl in a teenager.
1:48.5	In current conversations, she gets lost. She loses the words she's looking for.
1:54.0	She almost just checks out of conversations and just nods and she knows. She knows that it's
2:01.5	happening, and so she kind of fakes it, which I understand. It definitely makes communicating and
2:11.1	engaging difficult. You can't really carry on any kind of significant conversation anymore.
2:17.0	I think I'm resentful that I'm losing my mom. I feel like I've been mourning that for a year or so.
2:28.6	Just because she used to be close, she was somebody I would call for advice or just talk about our days.
2:35.0	I am resentful that I think even though I talk to both my parents, I talk to my dad for a few years,
2:42.6	that no steps were taken. There was no opportunity to try to intervene to slow the process or do
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