" UNPREDICTABLE SITUATIONS "

I WAS READING UP ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OTHERS HAVE GONE THROUGH WITH THEIR LOVE ONE WHO ALSO SUFFERS FROM ALZHEIMER'S, AND BECAME VERY THANKFUL.  THE ARTICLE SAID THAT PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE CAN ACT IN DIFFERENT AND UNPREDICTABLE WAYS.  THEY SAID IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE PERSON IS NOT ACTING THIS WAY ON PURPOSE.  WHAT EVER THE BEHAVIOR, TRY TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE, AND POSSIBLE SOLUTION. THEN IT WENT ON TO SAY THAT PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE MAY FORGET THAT THEY ARE MARRIED AND BEGIN TO FLIRT OR MAKE INAPPROPRIATE ADVANCES TOWARDS OTHERS.  THANK GOD I HAVE NOT HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT ASPECT OF THE DISEASE THUS FAR WITH MIKE!!! NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT HAPPENING EITHER!!  THEN IT SAID THAT THE PERSON MAY FORGET HOW TO DRESS OR TAKE CLOTHES OFF AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES AND IN UNUSUAL SETTINGS.  WELL, SO FAR THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE HAD WITH MIKE WITH CLOTHES, IS THAT HE NO LONGER CARES IF SOMETHING MATCHES OR NOT.  ALSO IF HE LIKES SOMETHING, HE WILL WEAR IT AND WEAR IT AND WEAR IT FOR DAYS.  HE DOES WASH IT IN BETWEEN TIMES, BUT WITH NOT JUST ONE CLOSET FULL OF CLOTHES, BUT THREE, YOU WOULD THINK THAT HE WOULD VERY HIS CHOICES MORE.  NEXT THE ARTICLE SAID THAT THE PERSON WITH ALZHEIMER'S MAY NOT UNDERSTAND OR REMEMBER THAT MERCHANDISE MUST BE PAID FOR. HE OR SHE MAY CASUALLY WALK OUT OF THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING-UNAWARE OF ANY WRONGDOING. SINCE I TAKE MIKE EVERY WHERE HE GOES, THE CHANCES OF THAT HAPPENING ARE SLIM, BUT I GUESS IT IS GOOD TO KNOW AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR.  IT WOULD BE AWFUL FOR HIM TO BE ARRESTED AT HIS AGE!! THERE WAS A WHOLE LOT MORE INFORMATION ON THE SUBJECT, BUT SINCE I AM NOT ONE TO LOOK FOR TROUBLE,  I THINK THAT'S ABOUT ALL I CAN DIGEST FOR THE MOMENT.  I MUST SAY THERE IS ALSO A BRIGHT SIDE TO THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE.  TODAY OUR DAUGHTER ASKED MIKE IF HIS SURGERY ON HIS NOSE WAS PAINFUL, AND HE REPLIED "I DON'T KNOW-I CAN'T REMEMBER".  TILL LATER-JUST ME