Information and opinions on health from Barry Pankhurst at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/474024/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/474024/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/474024/index http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/123196/earthquake Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:03:17 -0400 Barry Pankhurst My dear friends     Just thought that now the internet is back on line I'd best send you a message to let you all know that all is well in the area of Indonesia where we live which is some distance away from the two devastated areas, the only problems it caused up until today was that the internet service went down and we kept having power cuts but things out here ‘Volcano wise' now seem to be settling down a bit many due to... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/123196/earthquake http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/122539/don-anymore Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:12:38 -0400 Barry Pankhurst Is it just me, or do other people with this terrible illness experience the same thoughts as I do about themselves and any possible changes in their personality, as I for one do not like what I hear, and can adjudge in myself anymore.   Prior to falling victim to this illness people use to tell me that I must have the patience of a saint as I was previously always an extremely composed person with an immense amount of tolerance and... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/122539/don-anymore http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/122262/discontent Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:40:00 -0400 Barry Pankhurst My fear started at 1am on Saturday morning as I awoke to an almost eerie silence, I quietly got our of bed, got dressed, and went into the kitchen to make some coffee then sat at the dinning table getting very apprehensive about the weekend as on the (Saturday) we had to attend my stepdaughters University Graduation so I was trying to gear up my mind and body for the occasion which I was already expecting to be extremely noisy... anyway I sat... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/122262/discontent http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/121668/alzheimer Sat, 09 Oct 2010 17:56:10 -0400 Barry Pankhurst Ever since I was diagnosed with Alzheimer's I seem to be having some extremely weird dreams and nightmares which have been getting progressively worse and far more vivid so much so... you can get to the point of thinking was it reality... or was it a dream?   Sometimes the nightmares can be extremely horrific and vivid... I start screaming and shouting in my sleep with my arms and legs lashing out as though I'm trying to defend myself but... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/121668/alzheimer http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/121441/christmas-isn Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:50:42 -0400 Barry Pankhurst Christmas isn't as far away as you might think, so here is a great idea for a special gift for family or friends with one of my books of poetry and My Alzheimer's Journey ‘Life's Paradise Lost'... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/121441/christmas-isn http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/121225/confession Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:33:37 -0400 Barry Pankhurst Well here we are at the beginning of October and Christmas is already starting to brim over the horizon especially in the shops which is all a bit scary and makes me wonder where the time flies to so fast, it also makes me realize that this coming January 2011 will be my 6 years with this terrible illness which only gets more thorny as the days go by... so I think it's time for me to make a confession as over the past few weeks the realization... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/121225/confession http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/121039/praise-mercy Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:43:38 -0400 Barry Pankhurst Hi folks This is written in a somewhat different poetic style to the way I normally write, its known as a (Kyrielle) being medieval French and derives from a part of the church liturgy called the "Kyrie Eleison"       O Praise the Lord for mercy unto me     Once I stood proud, to conquer a crowd, With fluency of voice echoing out loud, Thence wall would crumble and window did break, O praise the... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/121039/praise-mercy http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/120762/poem-loving Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:01:12 -0400 Barry Pankhurst I'm sure some people would say, this poem is not dementia related, (but how wrong they would be) since it's my Alzheimer's disease that's made me realize even more the passionate love I have for my dear wife... that impelled me to write this poem.        Loving You    ‘Tis the hour of the day when I'm laden with woe,     Thence my spirit descends as withered autumn leaf, Yet you... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/120762/poem-loving http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/120149/poem-lament Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:27:21 -0400 Barry Pankhurst     Oh my dearest sweetheart, are you still there within,     Since I looked into your eyes and saw only a haze, You're immersed within a world of another dimension,     With my daily affray and it's relentless frustration,   Whence I weigh on your mind and eat upon your soul,     Consuming of your life, yet ‘tis mine that slips away, I'm pulling you down with me; I can... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/120149/poem-lament http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/120141/september Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:01:07 -0400 Barry Pankhurst With World Alzheimer's day being on (Tuesday 21 September) I would respectfully ask that you all listen to this recording: http://www.askmycommunity.com/medialibrary/group-alzheimers-dementia/talk-dementia-video-0001   And then make your own voices heard to an illness that still has no cure, and that is still shrouded in stigma. Barry...   http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/474024/120141/september