The Disease That Took My Father's Speech Away
Meghan Pearson
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Posted 02.13.2013
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Canada Living
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Dementia,
Types of Dementia,
Caring for Your Parents,
Parents and Illness,
Ftd,
Losing Speech,
Sick Parents,
Als,
FTD and ALS,
Frontotemperal Dementia,
Canada Living News
I had never even heard of "FTD" (frontotemperal dementia). Immediately, I hopped online and began researching. Within minutes I discovered the truth -- Dad was going to die. Shortly after that, he began misplacing his words, not knowing how to verbally express what he knew he wanted to say. Soon it got to the point that he could only answer yes or no questions...and then by December 2010, he lost his words entirely.
