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| Respite!!! A Blessing | 20 Jul 2005 21:17 GMT | 17 |
Dear Friends: I hate for it to end. Got away for a week. after sleeping anytime I wanted for a few weeks. It cost much more than I expected but realize it was worth my health.
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| Somebody help me please | 20 Jul 2005 10:12 GMT | 11 |
I am a 17 year old son of a single parent. He has presenile and is only 55 years old, and I can't operate this house by myself, such as pay mortgage payments, etc. He has applied for assistance, but can't follow through with what he has to do. I don't know what to do. We need ...
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| fall monitor systems/baby monitors | 15 Jul 2005 17:38 GMT | 3 |
just wondering if anyone here has purchased a unit, and can give me a review of the unit you purchased. Please describe the unit you bought, where you purchased it, approx $, likes/dislikes etc.... here is what I am looking for, I realize you may have bought a totally
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| Father In Psychiatric Center | 14 Jul 2005 06:48 GMT | 18 |
My Father was diagnosed 13 months ago with Alzheimer's. The doctor said that he was moderate to severe with a score of 26, if I recall correctly. The last couple of weeks have shown a significant decline in his memory. He has become extremely paranoid and violent. He cannot ...
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| Met with the Doctor | 14 Jul 2005 04:28 GMT | 1 |
Risperdal (risperidone), that is the drug he has prescribed. he stated that his dosage will increase over the next couple of weeks and that improvement may be seen within a couple of days. he has extended the 72 hr hold that the jail doctor required to 5 days - not including ...
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| time off | 13 Jul 2005 12:18 GMT | 52 |
we - hubby and I - are supposed to be going away for a couple of days this week .... the 'girls' (2 of the 3 daughters) are to take care of our store, and of course, of ma .... know what? I can't seem to work up even the slightest excitement about
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| Mother gets lost | 12 Jul 2005 04:21 GMT | 13 |
One of the things I feared most happened, but it turned out ok. My mother moved into assisted living about a month and a half ago. She's adjusting nicely. On Fridays she goes across the street to the independent living apartments for a knitting group. I had assumed one
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| I have questions! | 12 Jul 2005 03:52 GMT | 15 |
I recently had what I thought were 2 mini-strokes about an hour apart. I went to my regular doctor and he immediately sent me in for a MRI of my brain. When he got the results, he called me at home and said it showed I was in the early stages of Alzheimer's. I was devastated ...
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| PDOC visit today | 12 Jul 2005 00:41 GMT | 12 |
NOW I have dementia.....I have never been so scared in my life Maxine says: Ever notice that the very people that tell you to calm down are the ones that got you mad in the first place?
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| Tumbleweed, Barb, Julian and other UK friends | 09 Jul 2005 00:39 GMT | 5 |
I hope you are all OK, and that your loved ones are also OK. Deepest sympathies over the unconscionable attacks your country suffered yesterday. Please post and let us all know on this side of the pond if all is well.
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| What experience re nutrients. | 05 Jul 2005 19:59 GMT | 24 |
I've been catching up on Dr Harmon's postings. Has anybody here noticed any effects by introducing various supplements, or in fact identifyed the lack of particular nutrients in the history of sufferers?
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| Guess who I ran into at a BBQ today? | 05 Jul 2005 01:50 GMT | 8 |
We went to a holiday BBQ today, and we ran into the woman who ran our local alzheimers support group. She was a little dismayed that we haven't been attending group lately, but was very happy to see us. An issue came up that I think is very important, and it is important for ...
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| Taking granddad with me | 04 Jul 2005 19:44 GMT | 16 |
Well hopefully in Sept. i thought it would be good if we can goto Belgium so he can see where his father fought in WW1. Spoke to Anett about it and shes going to find some info out for me. I wanted to take him some years ago but couldnt afford it, i cant now but i
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| RE AD from my email | 04 Jul 2005 17:12 GMT | 5 |
---Also wanted to share this little event, which certainly demonstrates how all of us can reach out if we'd like to: "A rather strange and rare thing happened to us recently," says Jim Claypool. "My wife Ginni had a bad day at the day care-she wandered off
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| Newbie question | 04 Jul 2005 09:16 GMT | 15 |
I'm a newbie here and pretty new to all this. I just have a couple of questions. My mother was diagnosed with dementia ( leading into Alzheimers). What I need to know is do people with this condition have a tendacy to
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