As a long time group member (august.western@various ISPs) I thought
I’d give notice that I’ll be taking a break from the group due to a
significant relapse in my on-going battle with cancer.  Having cancer
over the past 10+ years has slowed me down to where I have had plenty

My Italian girlfriend's mother has been diagnosed as having an early
stage of Alzheimer's
We are currently worried that it could be a later stage than what the
diagnosis says, basically because her symptoms are such that we had

I just got an email from the National Family Caregivers Association
informing me of a free webinar they're putting on about effective
communication with doctors.  Back in September, they also held a webinar,
this one on details about how to deal with Medicaid.  So what's ...

...My (81 yo) mother has been diagnosed with a series of vascular strokes
and a likelihood of symptoms of Alzheimers. It's obvious that's what's going
on.
My father died of Alzheimers complications about 8 years ago (at 82) and now

Hi Group
I have never felt strongly enough to take part in one of these groups
but I have just registered my mothers death and found to my amazement
that the cause of death as well as pulmonary embolism was Alzheimers

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1070673/Terry-Pratchett-Im-
slipping-away-bit-time--I-watch-happen.html
http://preview.tinyurl.com/3w2zs6
http://tinyurl.com/3w2zs6

My father has severe dementia and is currently in a residential care
home in Northamptonshire, but the price has recently gone up and his
pension no longer covers the cost.  We have applied for funding, but
ir is very unlikely that we will get it as he used to own property and

After 7 years in the nursing home, having lived at home for the first
year after her diagnosis with AD, my mother-in-law, Doris Faye Mears
Cole, passed away late on September 29.
http://tinyurl.com/4tye3z  has her obituary.

I haven't posted for awhile.  Things have been pretty much status quo for
quite awhile.   Then I went on vacation.   While I was in Scotland Mom
developed a urinary tract infection.   My brother was called and he called
me on my cell.   It seems Mom had all the symptoms and ...

"Iron may play a role in neurodegenerative disease."
ScienceDaily (Mar. 14, 2008) — A team of scientists, led by Professor
Jon Dobson, of Keele University in Staffordshire, UK, have found, for
the first time, raised levels of magnetic iron oxides in the part of

This time I'm using motzarella

Things are going along pretty well.  The medication the doctor has given my
brother-in-law seems to be working.
My brother-in-law seems to wake up during the night and starts looking
through all the drawers, pulling clothes out and leaving them on top of the