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Sadly we lost mum on Friday 6th March 2015  from this awful disease. Mum seemed very peaceful. She will always be loved and forever in our hearts.

As some of you may or may not know, mum has Lewy body disease with Parkinson's

This means she is bed bound all day, she can't feed herself or do anything for herself anymore. It seems she doesn't even know we're there anymore which is so sad as she'll never see her grandchildren grow up.

Mum has only had the condition for a few years but she has rapidly declined in this time, such a shames as she used to be so full of life and always made people laugh.

I would like to raise as much as possible to help stop this life changing condition.

Below is a brief outline on the condition.

Each case of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is as individual as the person who suffers from it. Different people will show different combinations of symptoms. At present a diagnosis of DLB can only be confirmed by autopsy but a careful clinical evaluation of the patient and his or her symptoms can, in many cases, form the basis for making a reasonably confident lifetime diagnosis.

The central symptom of dementia with Lewy bodies is dementia , or progressive mental decline serious enough to interfere with normal daily activities. Significant memory loss may not develop until later. There may also be problems with attention, problem solving and spatial awareness. This can easily be mistaken for Alzheimer's disease or for Parkinson's disease (PD) with dementia.

Two-thirds of patients with DLB experience vivid and recurrent visual hallucinations. For some people these are pleasant visions of animals or small children but others have terrifying, threatening hallucinations, which cause them - and their carers - intense distress.

Supportive symptoms: These may assist in a diagnosis of DLB but are not conclusive in themselves.

• Fainting
• Falls
• Problems with swallowing or continence
• Delusions
• Depression
• Other hallucinations ( hearing, smelling or feeling things)

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