It is so hard to deal with the helplessness I feel when mom says she wants to be well and wants to know what is wrong with her....I just encourage her and say she will be herself again and then distraction. Her doctors advised me just be encouraging as possible. When she was first told her diagnosis she was despondent and cried for days...then forgetfulness mercifully took that pain away. Now it is a day to day sometimes moment to moment experience. She has crossed over from mild to more than moderate and I know that severe will come but I’m just staying inThe present as much as I can. I know so many others are in the same boat....I’m doing my best and that’s all I can do. This site helps a lot.