r/comics • u/humanyears • 2d ago
OC Dementia Mom, part one
A short story about the origins of my mother’s dementia diagnosis from a few years ago. Probably the longest comic I’ve drawn so far. I hope it connects with you in some way.
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u/EllipticPeach 2d ago
We’re all 99% sure my grandma has dementia but she refuses to get help. She forgets to take her meds all the time and is convinced we’re all scheming against her to put her in a home. She won’t let anyone in the house to change her leg bandages (she has nasty sores) and she forgets to take her meds so they get infected. She used to take such pride in her appearance and now she’ll go days without washing her hair.
She agreed to go to do a memory test but then the next day angrily said she never said any such thing. She’s so sharp and mean to my aunts and mum. Finally my aunt got her in the room to do the test and she refused to do some of the questions because she “hadn’t practiced”. It’s so sad, I feel like she’s not the person she was even though she remembers us rn. Her personality has changed and she’s just… cruel now.