KC, there really isn't anything to say. I'm not looking for consolation. Sorry if it seems that way. I'm expressing a few thoughts and emotions which is good for the soul. I've been on a discovery trip for some years. As early as 2000, when we retired back to Toronto, she was pretty much unable to enjoy old friends or do go out on her own. By 2002 I had to write her Christmas letters, etc. She had accumulated a list of some 70 "friends" she was ever faithfull to. Mid 2003 she could no longer function normally. Her form of dementia is different than Alzheimer, the more common form. My Mom died of Alzheimer, but she could still carry on a conversation right up until she died, even if she hadn't a clue who she was talking to.
Thanks for caring.