. things too that happened.
She was easily angered, her comprehension was waning, there's no reasoning with her, she was becoming obsessed and paranoid. I live at home with her. I remember once I bought some DVDs and a few weeks later I discovered they were gone. I wasn't made at her but I asked her where they were. She took them and hid them in case they got wet. I can only presume she was referring to the bottles of wine that were nearby as if they were going to spontaneously leak and ruin the DVDs. Another day came home and she had the the TV's wrapped up in towels to keep them cool from the sun coming in through the windows.
I don't have a diagnosis for her. Everyday is different. Sometimes she's ok. Then other times she's not quite right. Lately she's utterly obsessed with cleaning.
I am on my own with this. Her GP is looking for a memory loss before they consider a referral.
Even though what I read online, there's a forum of dementia that presents with behavioural issues and not so much memory loss.
Lately there's more anger and rages from her. She took mail from me a few months ago and said she's minding it in the spare room. I was so busy, I meant to get it but I never had the chance. I asked for it recently because it's a legal document and all she did was rage at me about it. I reckon the anger was her forgetting about it and trying to cover it up. Her reaction was abuse to me and it wasn't appropriate.
All my siblings live abroad. They have no idea what I am seeing at home. They say she seems fine on the phone when they phone her.
One sibling is coming home for Christmas. I think I would love to be at home with him but I am thinking should I go elsewhere and make myself scarce. She doesn't cook much any more but I know here, out of habit or nostalgic reasons she will likely cook a meal just for him. I suspect she might take any frustrations out on me. I would like to disappear for the day so that I am not available at home and I am not a familiar face for her. I would like my brother see if he sees anything amiss with her. If I am there I am only going to be a target for her abuse if she feels like it. If though I am not a lazy person and I would likely be helping her. If she becomes frustrated, it's going to result in anger from her to me. If I leave and if she struggles, he will likely see it. I would like him to spend as much time as possible at home with her to see if he can see what I am observing with her. There is definitely a decline in her mind.
Does that make sense?