Hello all, i’ve never had to experience such grief before, my grandma is at the end of dementia and alzheimer’s and can barely walk or stand, it is tearing apart my soul seeing her in pain. She has lost so much weight and looks so pale. I’m so scared of letting her go because nobody has ever died that is this close to me. I feel as if i’ve been grieving her for the past year but the realisation kicked in when she told another family member that she’s going to pass soon. I’m so so scared to see her go and i’m not ready to accept that this is the end.
Has anybody else had this happen to them? How did they cope?
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Hi my mum is suffering from parkinsons disease, she is 85 and at the end stages, for the last year she cant talk, doesn’t know who anyone is and can’t get out of bed.
I made my peace with it last year when she was rushed into hospital but made it through.
If you need to talk being on here helps
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i remember being in this time of life. what happens is days go by, they pass away, you go through it (but do not dwell, if you can help it,) and then one day they are gone and you are there, thinking of them.
you may not be ready to hear what i write, but i am just saying this is how it goes, having been through it myself.
it is no fun. but you do survive. be there for them is the best thing. they need you. it is hard but they are frightened, too. 
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