You just have to laugh sometimes.....
Some of my recent favourites are:
"I had a terrible night last night. I had to stay awake .. until I went to sleep" (said several times over, with greater emphasis each time, because of course if you repeat it, then it must make sense.)
"drinking water causes gas, so no water, and no salt, cause salt makes you drink water"
"the toothpaste took all the enamel off my teeth in just 3 days!"
I had to laugh, she was so sincere, all I could say was "well sweetie you have me there." And we both laughed.
The diagnosis wasn't what he was most concerned about...
His big fear was about a carotid artery ultrasound test he has to take next week.
He wanted to know, if they were going to make him wear a tin foil hat & hook up wires to his head, & accused me of conspiring with the Dr.s to put him in, His words.. "The Loony Bin"
His recent cognitive test results said there is no evidence of delusional thinking or thought disorder.
Then after she passed I took her cell phone and listened to all the messages. There really wasn't anything, except that over the course of a year and a half, her 90 year old little sister had left 13 messages on the phone, yelling into the phone... as if when she spoke louder, mom would be able to hear her, telling mom to PICK UP THE PHONE! Finally, one of the last messages she said she would send her husband, who used to work for the phone company but is now dead, the 5 hour trip to my mom's to teach her how to use the phone. By the time we heard the last message of mom's little sister yelling PICK UP THE PHONE we were in tears, laughing so hard. They were great sisters. They talked to each other at least twice a day, even though they lived 5 hours apart. Now I try to call mom's little sister every now and then, just to give her a boost ...
Thank you so much for making me laugh again with this wonderful topic! I love it. After being sad at the loss of my mom, you are helping me remember the good times and cherish them even more.