We're going to return to our backstory...

Episode two talked about the time before dementia really had an effect on our family and our relationship. 

Today, we'll take a closer look when my wife Shanna was in the early stage of Alzheimer's and that time leading up until her eventual diagnosis a few years later. 

 I will share how we dealt with some of the typical and not so typical experiences when Alzheimer's starts to take effect and creates the first of many  “new normal” stages of life for you and what you'll experience, how you adjust to those stages and eventually move beyond them to the next stage.

If this is where you are in your journey. I hope there will be some things that will help you to adjust to how things are in your new world. If you have moved beyond this early stage. Hearing of our experience may stir up some difficult memories for you. Regardless of where you are. I hope that you can gain a clearer perspective from our experience as you relate them to your own. 

So. Mild stage Alzheimer's. What is so mild about it?

For me, this was a very hard period of caregiving. I think mostly because at this point we did notknow what we were dealing with. It was one of the most jarring periods, everything was so new and I had absolutely zero experience in dealing with this. …..