I too am a primary caregiver it is my husband who has alzheimers. He is 66 and I am 56 it wasn't suppose to be like this. We met and have been married for 28 years. We have faced so many challenges together, he has had 5 heart attacks the first one we spent our first wedding anniversary while he was having open heart surgery. He got better and on... Read more
I wanted to write this because a very sweet lady I wrote to and told her about this ask me to share it with everyone. Families and friends of loved ones with Alzheimers, stop the pretending this diseasse is not happening because it is, its real, it very real. You are not helping the patient or the care giver by pretending this is not... Read more
I have wondered if after being on the same alzheimers medication was it still helping my husband. It is! I found out the hard way, he's been taking Arecept for over two years now and just had to change doctor's. He had ran out of medicine two days before his appointment at the VA so I went to the pharmacist and ask for enough to get him through... Read more
I hadn't been signed into this site an hour before a very nice person contacted me. If you haven't joined do so, it's like walking out of a closet into the light their are other people out there that care and are sharing what you are going through. I have felt so alone and afraid but now I have a place to go and some one to talk to about this. It... Read more
My husband of 28 years has alzheimers and I am struggling to deal with this disease and the lose of my husband everyday. As a spouse dealing with an alzheimers patient you know what I am talking about. My husband is 66 a vietnam vet and double amputee. this disease and his exposure to agent orange while in vietnam is in my opion is what has cause... Read more
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