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jim36 — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:50:13 -0000

thank you so much it gives me hope to hear this from you, my prayers are for you and your family jim b

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akrunr — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:16:53 -0000

God bless Jim. My dad is 10 years older than you and he has had alzheimers for at least 15 years. He has not forgotten his family and friends despite the fact that his other symptoms have progressed. He has lived a happy life despite this disease and I pray you will as well.

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jim36 — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:15:10 -0000

i have just been diagnosed and am 74 yrs old, i thank God that i have a loving wife and family, i am so fortunate, and wish all could have this help, i will do the best i can for as long as i can, God bless you all.

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Loving husband — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:37:28 -0000

I feel very deeply for anyone who must experience seeing alzheimer's attack someone in their family. I lost an uncle (my mother's brother) about 14 years ago and then my mother 5 years ago to this vicious thief and killer. It is so painful to see how it robs them of their lives/memories and terrible how it slowly destroys its victim. My heartfelt prayers go out to anyone and any family who falls prey to this destroyer of life and God Bless all of you.

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kidme56 — Thu, 13 May 2010 11:55:11 -0000

It is staggering statistic and something the next generation have to tackle.Lucky for those who have plenty of resources such as family,personal money,community accommodation such as care home, nursing home,foster care and others.Our country have a large up and coming candidates Alzheimer's disease if we believe the statistic brought out by CDC.Not all State,family are created equal.Some of you are only child of 2 parents.And some of us have many siblings,extended family but will not even help.Have anyone ever thought of the health care system 10-20 years from now? Who will be your care taker?Are there enough people who will care like you to take care of you and me.God will provide I guest.This country have taken many people and made them great.Hope they will take that responsibility.Live a full life enjoy it while it last for tomorrow you will not recall not even your name.

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AnitaP — Wed, 12 May 2010 21:00:33 -0000

The doctors and researchers are slow in saying that offspring will get Alzheimer's because their elder family member had it. In one of the series of the The Alz Project they are watching a family that all but one offspring got Alzheimer's and the parents both died of it. I believe that whether Alzheimer's is in the family, we should still live as long as we are alive. So if eating healthy, living healthy can extend our life, we should do it. There are more benefits to eating and living healthy, and some are immediate. Last nights news spoke about a test that we can buy at Walgreens to detect whether or not we could possibly get Alzheimers. The FDA has not approved the test. What is the point???? So you test positive.....there is NO cure and NO prevention. The test will cause a person more grief and worry then help.

I hate Alzheimer's. I care for my 96 yr old mother who is calm and like a sweet obedient toddler. She has no memories of her life. She has not known me since 2006. She has no idea how old she is, or that she married, work in and outside of the home, or that she had two children. I have to do everything for her, because she can no longer do anything. She has not held anything in her hands or opened a drawer or closet in over two years. She cannot read any longer and doesn't understand TV. She cannot follow a conversation.

In 2007 I was diagnosed with cancer and had surgery. What did I learn? It doesn't matter what you get, what matters is what you do with it. So if your family has Alzheimers and you think that you shouldn't keep living, well that is your decision and you have to accept the outcome.

Some Alzheimer patients can live 20yrs with it. Many people are getting EOAD Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease which starts in their 40s and 50s.

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kidme56 — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:36:47 -0000

It seems to me one question is answered on how long a person live after diagnosis of Alzheimer's approximately 8 years but even longer if the person healthy or shorter if poor health.We can not help our self with our bad inherited genes but we could live healthy by eating the right food.But do we want to do that if we will end up like our parents anyway?What choice is a good thinking individual do when presented with mind boggling question.But just knowing there are others even if they are in the world wide webb who could at least understand what you are going through is comport inself and fear is less.

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Anonymous — Tue, 11 May 2010 21:28:30 -0000

Well, this is a first. I have never posted to a personal blog. I read beval54's comments above and I knew I needed to respond. My heartfelt prayers go out to you. I completely understand the situation you are dealing with concerning your siblings and the deep concern you have for your mother's progression. My mother died of ALZ. She was 83 and it was nearly 8 years after her formal diagnosis of ALZ. I still miss her. My best input is to keep on loving her and let her know it. The smiles, the gentle, caring voice, the lack of judgement or criticism will help her more than you can imagine. She may not always indicate that she knows you but I guarantee she does - and if you remain in daily contact with her, this will remain so for a very long time.

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virginia barr — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:02:21 -0000

i seen all of the tapes because my husband is in the last stages. I thought they could have gave more information on what to expect as the disease progressed. One man died but how long did he live once he became bed ridden? Ths is a never ending disease and sometimes we would just like to have a hint of how long we might have left to spend with our loved one. It might make a difference in when they are placed in a home.

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Beval — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:59:36 -0000

In response to kidme56; "Even when Mother no longer remembered who I was...she knew I was important to her." My 86 year old mother is now entering what seems to be end-stage Alzheimers and your comment above struck a cord with me as I'm trying to retain her dignity, whether she knows it or me. There seems to be a special connection between us, though her knowledge of who I am is disappearing. My 84 year old father has a rapidly developing dementia and I think he's also showing signs of having Alzheimers. HE HAS 2 SIBLINGS WHO HAVE ALZHEIMERS, AND ANOTHER WHO HAS ALREADY DIED from it. As did his mother now that we look back on her behavior. Needless to say my gene pool has increased the odds of me getting Alzheimers and trying to rid that fear can be a taxing one. I'm 55 years old, and live 3 houses down from my parents home where they've lived for 50 years and raised 7 children. My siblings seem to be leaving my parents care giving solely to me due to my proxmity to their home and my 20 years working in the medical field. I've never responded to a posting on this website though I've been reading various articles in it for quite some time. It seems as times goes by I can use all the advise and comfort needed to live happily and peacefully during these trying times. Those are my thoughts for this morning, who knows what tomorrow will bring. Beval54

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kidme56 — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 05:55:53 -0000

Hugs and Prayers to those who are touched by Alzheimer especially families not very familiar and had to face it day to day.But at least everyone is becoming aware of what every one is facing in the near future and everybody could prepare.And I want to say thank you to all Health care takers- doctors,nurses, social workers.

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Patty Rose — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:36:13 -0000

When my wonderful Mother was told she had Alzheimer, we were confused as what to do.I had never heard of Alzheimers, and any news about Alzheimer was rare. I was already helping Mom and Dad find their car at the shopping center, taking them to get groceries, helping with checkbooks and medication / insurance forms.When Dad begain having strokes, it seemed to speed Mom's confusion.With no help or information, I read up on vitamins hoping that would help .Dad had to be placed in a Nursing home where he could get the proper treatment. That stressed Mom even more.Even though I had a husband, teen daughter, three dogs and a business to take care of, I was the family member to take Mother.Still no word on Alzheimers,no other care was available I rolled up my sleeves and gave my best for her.I tried to stimulate her thinking with art, boat rides, parks, singing & Church.During this time my husband found he had cancer and didn't let me know because of the overwhelming care that was needed for Mother. When they say the 36 hour day...they mean it. There is no sleep. There is no rest.I cannot remember how bad it was but I would do it all over again.Love is a powerful emotion.Even when Mother no longer remembered who I was...she knew I was important to her. We are 99% memories and only 1% today so when you lose so much of yourself, it must be horrible for the Alzheimer patient.

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kidme56 — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:59:15 -0000

I lost my mother 11 years ago,I still miss her so much.She was Mother's day of the Year before she died. For the last 10 years we,my siblings and I celebrate Mother's day to celebrate the Good Memories we had with our mother.So, for you that has mothers,wife,& sisters even if they no longer recognize you because of dementia or advance Alzheimer's celebrate remember just for a moment on a special day that that person your looking is loving,she loved you and enjoy every moment bec. it a blink of an eye they could be gone. And there is no going back.

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RSCHO19 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:16:28 -0000

I also watched all the ALZHEIMER PROJECT episodes along with my husband and 24 & 20 year old daughters. We all thought they did a phenomenal job of showing someone at all different stages of this disease and we never cried so much. My 79 year old mother was diagnosed 3 years ago but is quickly progressing. It is an awful thing to have to sit and watch as you begin to lose the Mom you love. We took care of her for a very long time and I never would have done it any other way!

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ivf255 — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:44:45 -0000

I watched all four episodes and I experienced so many feelings that it is hard to put into words. I can relate so much with the Caregivers because i am caring for my 86 year old mom with Alzheimer's currently and she is in that in-between time where she knows something is wrong but she is not quite sure what is the problem. At times it was very depressing since this is a disease that will progress and there is still no cure. It showed me of things still to come. Knowledge is power and learning the details of the current research gave me some measure of hope for the future if not for my mom. I have created a Tribute to my mom on my wall in Facebook as a result. I think the series is important to watch for anyone who has been touched by this devastating disease.

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AnitaP — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:56:20 -0000

The Memory Tapes

Did anyone watch this???

What did you think?

Others felt that it was" too clean". It didn't show the violent patient. Alzheimer's is definitely not one-size-fits-all, but so many have manic episodes, that it should be addressed.

Some others felt that if you didn't at least know someone with Alzheimer's, you would've Turned Off the program in the frist few minutes.

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AnitaP — Sat, 09 May 2009 06:37:52 -0000

http://www.hbo.com/alzheimers/the-films.html [hbo.com]

The Four videos are available now to view via the Internet.....click on the link above.

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AnitaP — Wed, 06 May 2009 08:15:51 -0000

http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=176724630067&h=YGXcb&u=FlUyQ&ref=nf [facebook.com]

This link will allow you to create a tribute to your LO on Facebook HBO:The Alzheimer's Project Tribute Wall.

Note if you see a woman with a champagne glass Lupe M., click on her and you can read my mom's tribute.

I do not celebrate holidays, especially Mother's Day, because my mom doesn't understand that she married and had children. She doesn't know who I am...and I am her 24/7 caregiver.

After the airing of the HBO:The Alzheimer Project, the DVD will be available on Netflix

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LauraL — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:29:12 -0000

This coming weekend, beginning May 10, HBO will be showing a four-part documentary called The Alzheimer's Project. Caring.com editor Paula Spencer shares more information on the show here.

In Paula's blog, there is a short preview of the program, which will include a focus on the caregivers of Alzheimer's patients.

Watch, and let us know what you thought, if you related to anything you saw, We're ready to listen.

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