Ep10 - Living, Laughing & Cycling with Dementia The Dementia Adventure

Peter was depressed to the point of suicidal when he was diagnosed with early onset dementia. Had the Ipswich train not have been cancelled, Peter would not be here today. You won’t think it when you meet him! This jovial, raconteur, whose lust for life is infectious now calls his terminal illness his "Dementia Monster." It helps him to picture his dementia as something other, not inside him, not HIM. Peter says the more he smiles the grumpier his Dementia Monster becomes and that makes Peter laugh all the more. Peter says his dementia has and will rob him of so much, but that it hasn’t stopped him from being who he is and if there's something good that's come from it, it has forced him to live in the present moment. With his great friend Deb, Peter cycles all over Suffolk and though they realise that they can’t outrun his Dementia Monster, sometimes, together, they do out-cycle him! Leaning on their bikes they see only what is in front of them, content and happy just to be.
 Presenter: @RosannaMiles; in association with @AlzResearchUK #InspireFund @SondertideT