Alzheimer's - All People Who Are Taking "namenda"

Regina

daughter living with Mom.

posted 03/25/2009, comments (4)

Loving Daughter

My Mother turned 80 years old on April 7, 2008 and I see a big difference in her. I am one of nine children and I don't know how my mother has kept her faith, hope, and love all these years. She has lost her son age 27 killed by a train, a son by suicide (2005) and Michael age 51 (2007) from cancer. She just changed so much. I don't know how much... Read more Chevron

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sojourner

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Recovered From

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posted 02/15/2009, comments (2)

with my late mother. Now, I'm diagnosed with it

Somehow, I or someone helping with the site, has had me introducing myself on posts (in medium-blue clickable text) as "beenthere" and goes on to state for me that I have recovered! Now, that would be miraculous - a cure for Alzheimer's Disease! But, my "beenthere" refers to the fat that I was my Alzheimer's-mother's caregiver, and she... Read more Chevron

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sojourner

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I'm gonna live 'til I die! I have places to go and things to do.

Living With It

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posted 01/22/2009, comments (5)

Where Do I Begin?

I'll first introduce myself. I am a 68-year-old retired woman, the daughter of a mother whose cause of death was "Alzheimer's Disease" at age 83. With that knowledge, and knowing that I could be screened for the presence of Alzheimer's by means of a PET scan, I elected to become informed. That was three years ago, that I was... Read more Chevron

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nanarosie

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I'm helping care for my aunt who has dementia shes still at home

Caregiver

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posted 10/04/2008, comments (2)

nanarosie

I live with my aunt and her daughter because aunt has dimentia,what kind don't know and we are getting ready to see regular dr. to find another nerologist and physc dr. She has outburst ,don't sleep ,sometimes shakey,going to first alz meeting what can we expect from the meeting?

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Sandy

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I have vascular dementia. Living with faith and determination.

Living With It

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posted 09/27/2008, comments (4)

Caregiver with dementia....comparable differences

I have been a caregiver to my son who has Learning differences and Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. Many of his learning differences are comparable to my deficits. Auditory memory,short term memory and written language. I had researched and found anything and everything to help my child. I always tried to put myself in his shoes...now, I am walking... Read more Chevron

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