just venting - it’s not a bad thing to have several offspring worried about next steps, but it’s so complicated. The focus of care on our shared loved one is being clouded by finger pointing, accusations, insinuations, and other nonsense rooted in incompatibility but we are at a crossroads to work together for best outcome. Is there a right time for someone to tie charge?
We’ve been dealing with dad and although he hasn’t “failed” a cognitive test per se, because he still knows what year it is / the inability to focus on anything : conversations, plans, meals etc. is completely obscured by an obsessive concern with poop regularity. It’s almost as if no new information can be processed heard or entertained until his bowels clear to the degree that he deems acceptable and it’s just constant bitching about constipation and needing more laxatives and “feeling better” once he’s pooped.
Anyone else? I feel like we’re dealing with anorexia or something that completely takes over every thought to the point of not being able to function.