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How do I know if things are worse?

Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Nov 8 2:08pm | Replies (20)

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@celia16
My husband sits on the toilet for long periods of time —sometimes 45 minutes —and I know he's not doing anything. But can't tell me why. Your dad thought he was still urinating even though he wasn't? Could he tell you that he thought he was still urinating?

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@trishaanderson, yes. He was able to have conversations about it. He would say, I’m peeing, but he was not. We would say that we didn’t hear it. He’d say, yes, I AM doing it. This went on for up to an hour. My mom would even go to him and hand him tissue paper and ask him to hold the tissue paper underneath him. Totally dry. No urine. But, he was not convinced. He still believed he was urinating. We, along with his doctor, concluded that he had a full feeling from his prostate that felt full. So, he took a med for his prostate. I’m not sure it helped. We had him checked for UTI and it was always negative.