Alzheimer's Awareness Postal Stamp Unveiled Oct. 17th

Thank you so much.I am an alzheimers primary giver and it is my husband who has it. He is only 66 and I am 56. It is time someone stood up for us and said yes this is a probaly and lets quit sweeping it under the carpet or blow it off playing the pretend game. This is so real and so horrendous. My husband is a Vietnam Vet two tours and flew cobra helicopters while there to give cover fire for planes that sprayed ageant orange. He has had five heart attacks, three surgeries to open his lower aorta and lost both legs. Now he has alzheimers,COPD and Congestive heart failureand that's just the big medical issues. No one in his family has had any of these things. The government knows what this chemical has done but they will only link it to cancer. He is 66 and has the vascular system of a 90 man. He is dying and I am angry, they need to investigate this and then admit what it did. They not only affected the Vietnam vets with this but also exposed wives and child by body fluids, I know I am living with many of the issues he is fighting and I was never there. Everyone tells us we need to do this and that to take care of our loved ones what they don't address is the causes or how the caregivers are suppose to face the financial hardships alone. Living a life filled with so much pain and no answers and no help. Thank You Connie

Thank you sue as I read Eric post I couldn't help but wonder what it looked like. It is beautiful and so appropriate for the lives we are living. It almost looks like Madonna and child but seeing it through the ravages of Alzheimer's. So sad but so true. Again thank you. Connie