Surviving A Predator: Part 1 of 2

In all the years I've had contact with family members, friends and neighbors who've had Dementia there's not one who would choose our family journey.

It takes away the person we were and moves us in directions we do not choose or want to go.

No one I have known wants to "revisit" Dementia, especially Lewy Body Dementia, seldom seen or recognized in its earliest stages.

The diagnosis "tentative" or "grouped" with other types of "possible Dementias".

The journey with Lewy Body Dementia, complex and often unrecognized, even when you live together every day.  

Most of us have heard a friend or a relative say, "Oh, he/she is just in one of his/her "moods". 

"Nothing seems to go right, every little thing seems to upset him/her, they just need more rest, better food and exercise ."

The Internet has opened windows and doors to look through and go through   . . . 

      If you know where to look for competent advice.

It's like taking a trip to an unknown country with no set date for departure and planning not to return to where you started.

It's been my personal journey that's been most challenging. 

Working with friends and other relatives along the pathway of life where Dementia joins the journey . . .

I've chosen to learn locally and nationally.                         Advocate in my State. Be a "guide" for others.                                                  Sharing information, resources and support.

I encourage others to seek qualified, quality, knowledgeable medical and life changing assistance from individuals, groups and organizations dedicated to providing a better life for people with Dementia and loved ones.

Living with LBD, Lewy Body Dementia, traveling the last life road with my Mom, there were extreme challenges and outside interference with no maps or roadsigns to guide us.

We are learning, knowledge is advancing, new discoveries are made almost every day but the journey remains long and often difficult.

Dementia of any "type" or "kind" can be both a mental and a physical destructive process. 

Science is studying, many major cities have medical facilities working on the challenges and enlightening those who find out about them  on better ways to make this challenging journey.

I encourage you to NOT believe it's a choice and it's not "inevitable" with a family history. 

We do not know the cause, we barely see the effects and there are currently no tests to determine the likelihood or probability of "having Dementia of any type".

Support and follow on line resources in your general community and across the United States -- even into foreign "forward thinking" societies who create and discover ways and means to try to postpone, delay and offset the effects and affects of all types of Dementias.

There are ways to make the journey easier for the person with Dementia and loved ones who support and protect their lives.

Use the Internet to learn, to keep and stay in touch. Carefully read for content and intent. 

Just as there can be "scammers" and "manipulators", as we experienced in places we trust, as we did our Church, they can live next door, down the street or on the Internet.

Find reliable, caring resources but always on guard knowing when we have vulnerability,  whether mental or physical or both, we are prey to those who take advantage of all ages and stages in life.

Julia was our "demon in angel's clothing" -- it was through our Church she came into our home and life changing our belief there is safety in "trusted" places. 

Predators take advantage of life challenges.                       They insert themselves in circumstances& vulnerability.

Some hide their "tracks"very well and you won't see their manipulation and control until they "strike their prey"--it's often not fully visible, may be questionable, and difficult to believe.

They take advantage of and maneuver their prey into positions of more vulnerability striking when least expected and often act as "concerned" and "wanting only the best" for those they prey upon.