Philip's story by George Smith https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q Progression and Realisation en-us 2016-11-29 13:37:09 UTC 2025-12-01 21:32:43 UTC hello@padlet.com Hello my name is... smithgeorge1953 https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140483069
  • Hi my names Philip, I am 45 years old I am married to my Wife Sarah and have two young children, Jessica and Samuel. I have Fronto-temporal dementia.

    • ]]>     2016-11-29 13:39:40 UTC https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140483069     smithgeorge1953 https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140483396 2016-11-29 13:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140483396 Genetics smithgeorge1953 https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140483475
  • My father was diagnosed with it and unfortunately died 9 months later with pneumonia.I was told the cause was still unknown, it could have been to do with genetics slightly, so I wasn't worried it was going to be passed on to me.

    • ]]>     2016-11-29 13:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140483475     Language variants smithgeorge1953 https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140485377  After all that trouble at work, I started to struggle to remember basic objects like the TV remote and even some of friends names. I thought it was just down to stress of work. My wife began to worry.  ]]> 2016-11-29 13:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140485377 Early Signs smithgeorge1953 https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140486822
  • It all started with financial problems, my money management was non-existent first gambling on the company credit, then with the family finances, I was only trying to earn the company more money. 

    • ]]>     2016-11-29 13:49:41 UTC https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140486822     Assessment smithgeorge1953 https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140490481 After heavy and persistent pestering from my wife, I visited my GP and she referred me to a specialists.]]> 2016-11-29 13:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140490481 Behavioural Variants smithgeorge1953 https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140490501 For me the most devastating thing was feeling like I was incapable of loving my children. Jessica feel over in the garden and I can honestly I wasn’t bothered, does this make me a bad parent?]]> 2016-11-29 13:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140490501 Not the same person smithgeorge1953 https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140493215 Losing interest in rugby which I have played since my school days and fishing . Not being able to hold down a conversation, going completely off topic with inappropriate jokes.]]> 2016-11-29 14:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140493215 Cravings smithgeorge1953 https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140495616 Sweets and a McDonald’s Big Mac, are constant cravings of mine!]]> 2016-11-29 14:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140495616 The know, the ermm.. smithgeorge1953 https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140496183 Always getting things wrong, missing words out, my wife being an English teacher hates it!  ]]> 2016-11-29 14:12:07 UTC https://padlet.com/smithgeorge1953/xr7u0nffzn2q/wish/140496183