Menopause Matters Forum
General Discussion => Birthdays and Events => Topic started by: CLKD on January 21, 2025, 10:44:26 AM
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Pauline Quirke, famous for starring in TV sitcom Birds of a Feather, has retired from acting following a dementia diagnosis, her husband has said.
"It is with a heavy heart that I announce my wife Pauline's decision to step back from all professional and commercial duties due to her diagnosis of dementia in 2021," Steve Sheen said.
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So sad. Dementia strikes anyone. :'(
Used to love Birds of a Feather.
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Me too. We are told often to keep the brain active: well learning 'lines' would keep the brain on the alert so what is the real causation ....... :-\
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Good point there CLKD.
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Morning. My Mum had a deep memory bank going back years, then she developed a form of dementia which was never 'named'. Now she sleeps. Not taking interest in anything, never initiates conversation and apparently occasionally responds :-\ :'(. Lockdown didn't help as she lacked stimulation as well as something to rail against, i.e. me ::)
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It's a sad and horrible disease 😢
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It is awful. With no apparently trigger.
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My mum had vascular dementia which was triggered by her heart problems caused by her diabetes. A common cause of this type of dementia.
Taz x :'(
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Was that due to medication to ease symptoms of each diagnosis? As with cancer treatment which can cause death by association, i.e. heart or liver failure?
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My dad had vascular dementia.
His decline was rapid. Very upsetting. :'(
He obviously had the disease whilst looking after my mom, then when she became so ill, and had to go into a care home, it was then that it completely took over him.
It’s so upsetting and scary to watch someone with it. :'(