Talk:My Grandfather Suffered from Dementia/@comment-25922165-20150321023853/@comment-10222945-20150330132631

This is one of the most autobiographical pastas I have written. My grandfather is still alive, but he's a shell of the man he used to be. He was a bright, funny, loving man, and now he barely recognizes my father, who he sees weekly at least, and doesn't know me at all. My wife and I recently had our third child. He will never know her, never realize he has another great-grandchild. He has violent episodes. He talks about people who aren't there. This story was sort of a way to deal with watching these changes and not being able to help him.

I'm sorry about your grandmother. Believe me, I know how it feels to see it and fear it happening to you.