Is it normal that my grandma forgets everything very quickly?

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She's 76 years old. She asks me what the date is about 3 times a day. The day before yesterday she said something like ''Oh, so it's September already?''. Yesterday she asked me if it's May or April. She doesn't orientate in time at all. She forgot how to cook anything. Although, she could still cook 2 years ago. The only thing she still knows how to cook is pancakes. When she opens the fridge she can't see anything. She says that it's empty, but it's not. I have to take food out of the fridge and give her. She was much different 2 years ago. How is it possible to change like that in just 2 years?

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Based on 39 votes (19 yes)
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  • Terence_the_viking
    11 years ago

    If you are really concerned for her why not ask a doctor. Surely thats better than being slammed by people on the internet

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  • Francophile22
    11 years ago

    Sorry that's not normal it's Alzheimer's. My grandfather remembered everything the last 85 years of his life (he lived until 91). It's a myth that old people necessarily forget everything; some do, most don't. BTW my mom died of Alzheimer's.

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  • bigbangVIP
    11 years ago

    It sounds like Alzheimer's. Instead of being an inconsiderate and ungrateful grandchild, go take her to the doctor.

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  • throat_cutter
    11 years ago

    what an ungrateful granchild you are! She still knows how to make pancakes. delicious pancakes<3

    Unlike the typical sweet-hearted, dainty grandmother, my own cantankerous grandmother, when i demand that she get off the couch and make me pancakes, Old Yeller gives me an icy stare, and tells me to "make them myself". Furthermore, she criticizes my pancakes if they dont come out fluffy. This really hurts my feelings, when she starts yelling at me:(

    But i give her licorice and puzzles, and that keeps her busy until its nap time.

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  • Francophile22
    11 years ago

    Actually it's not normal, may people (including my grandfather) can remember everything in their life until they die (in his case 91).

    People have been lead to believe it's normal to be forgetful in old age but it's not actually all that common that it can be expected to be the case most of the time.

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  • autumniccole
    11 years ago

    Aging is coming after us all....it is hard to see the changes in love ones that the aging process can bring....I think it is awesome that you are concerned for your grandmother...hope everything works out for you...

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    It sounds like Alzheimer's Disease. You should take her to a doctor.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    Sounds like Alzheimer's to me.

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  • dappled
    11 years ago

    Some of this sounds very familiar to me. I was a carer for my own grandmother who was suffering several serious illnesses, the "mildest" of them being Alzheimer's.

    I sometimes didn't notice because I saw her pretty much every day of my life until she died (plus she had conditions which were more, well, noteworthy). You become used to it and only notice the deterioration if you're away from it for a bit.

    If your grandma hasn't been diagnosed with anything, it's worth getting this looked into. My other grandma lived to pretty much exactly the same age and she was as sharp as a tack.

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  • BluntsRolled
    11 years ago

    This HAS to be a troll post.

    I have to admit it made me laugh though.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      I'm not a troll. What's so funny about my post? I weren't here, on IIN, for too long, but when I registered, people were much more helpful and nicer. You should answer every post with respect. Even if it sounds funny or unrealistic, you should give a helpful answer, as if it was a real story. You never know if it's made up or not. Strange things happen to people and it might sound unrealistic, but comments like this don't help people. If you don't have anything to say - don't comment.

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      • BluntsRolled
        11 years ago

        Dude. Stop playing Alzheimer is pretty well known, I find it hard to believe that you wouldn't know what this is.

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          11 years ago

          I have heard of it but I never bothered to look up what the symptoms are. And I wasn't sure if that's normal. I thought that most of elders are that way, but I was a bit worried, though.

          So again, answers like yours are not helpful at all. Neither for the IIN community, nor for people asking questions. I suggest that the next time you see a post that looks like a troll post to you, just ignore it.

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          • BluntsRolled
            11 years ago

            You can't post shit on the internet and not expect your feelings to get hurt sometimes bro.

            As you say I shouldn't have replied, you could have just as easily ignored my post.

            No reason to be butthurt because you didn't know what the fuck Alzheimer's was.

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            • Anonymous Post Author
              11 years ago

              No one's butthurt. I'm just saying that you shouldn't feed the trolls by paying attention to them.

              I'm not posting shit. I wanted to know if that was normal behaviour for an old person. That's what this site is for, right?

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  • NeonLighterz
    11 years ago

    What a dumb grandma.

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