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looking to talk with caregivers
- By kellyjoe · Posted November 15, 2009
- Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 0 replies
- my husband 41 has a brain injury from a chemical spill which caused a dementia we have a 20 month old daughter looking to talk with other caregivers kellyjoe ...
would like to talk with othercaregivers
- By kellyjoe · Posted November 15, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- my husband is 41 and recently had a chemical spill at work that left him with a brain injury causing a type of dementia we have a 20 month old daughter looking for other caregivers to talk with that might ...
hello
- By kellyjoe · New reply November 13, 2009
- Journal · 10 replies
- hello new to site kellyjoe ...
looking to talk with caregivers
- By kellyjoe · Posted October 21, 2009
- Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 0 replies
- husband has brain injury that caused dementia and fahrs which causes parkinson alzheimers symptoms any encouragement for us we have a one year old and are in our early 40's kellyjoe ...
My grandmother and aspiration pneumonia
- By girlwithnolife · New reply October 9, 2009
- Discussion in Family and friends · 4 replies
- Hi Don't know if this is in the right spot but my grandma, who is 93 or 94 she says she's younger lol has been in a very nice alzheimer's catholic nursing home in PA. We are in MD. She has been getting ...
Dealing at Home
- By LET · New reply September 18, 2009
- Journal · 2 replies
- Hello Everyone...I knew I had to do something today or I would analize and re-analize my situation and still end up with no answer. We knew that my Mother In Law was suffering from Paranoia for years ...
Guestbooks are now live!
- By TeamInspire · New reply August 15, 2009
- Journal · 6 replies
- Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...
Hard to believe
- By pattybegood · New reply August 14, 2009
- Journal · 3 replies
- I found out I have Atypical Alzheimer's (AA does not have me) on 7/6/09. The diagnosis was made after many, many months and several misdiagnosis. I'm fortunate that my presentation has been motor movement ...
Motor dysfunction
- By pattybegood · Posted August 14, 2009
- Discussion in Symptoms · 0 replies
- My symptoms began with my girlfriend asking me "why aren't you swinging your arm?" (we were taking a walk). My deficit is all right sided and I have foot drop and my R arm stays in a flexed position ...
She is a different person
- By natileeb · New reply August 14, 2009
- Discussion in Caring for someone with Alzheimer's · 10 replies
- My mother is 63 years old. She was diagnosed about 4 years ago. She is totally a different person. The different have changed my mother into a stranger. I am her primary caregiver and I am 32 years old ...
Scheduled maintenance this evening
- By TeamInspire · New reply August 12, 2009
- Journal · 13 replies
- All, Inspire will be performing database updates this evening starting at 8:00 Eastern. We expect the updates to take no more than 2 hours and the site will be unavailable at this time. We thank you for ...
My grandmother,the love of my life!!
- By melaniec1976 · New reply August 3, 2009
- Discussion in Moderate Alzheimer's · 8 replies
- I just want to post a story about my grandmother who is currently living with alzhiemers. She was diagnosed just last year on halloween(how ironic the devils holiday) although we all new she has been ...
A Song For My Grandma
- By ElisaG · Posted July 20, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- My Grandma died in 2007 from Alzheimer's. We kept her home with us instead of putting her in a nursing home. We are lucky enough to have a large family so there was always someone here to take care of ...
HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THIS?
- By Encountress · New reply July 13, 2009
- Discussion in Caring for someone with Alzheimer's · 2 replies
- Hello everyone, I have just joined this group and am looking for advice and support. My Aunt has alzheimers and just this past fall she lost her husband of 52 years. We managed to get through the winter ...
Talking Gibberish. What Do They Hear Back?
- By sdyal · New reply June 25, 2009
- Discussion in Caring for someone with Alzheimer's · 2 replies
- Hello, I wish I knew a little bit of what my husband hears when I’m talking to him. Seems to me like he probably can’t process all the words together that I’m saying to him. Then in the other direction ...
Share your story via video!
- By TeamInspire · New reply June 23, 2009
- Journal · 28 replies
- Sometimes the most powerful message each of us can share is our personal story -- our own experience. With upcoming healthcare legislation pending, one way we can be advocates is to share these stories ...
Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!
- By TeamInspire · New reply June 12, 2009
- Journal · 32 replies
- We're happy to announce that you can now stay in touch with what's happening at Inspire by following us on both Twitter and Facebook. While Inspire communities are still the best places to connect with ...
Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire
- By TeamInspire · New reply June 9, 2009
- Journal · 35 replies
- Hello everyone, We're writing to let you know about a great new feature we'll be adding to Inspire in the very near future: guestbooks. This is a feature that many of you have requested, and we're very ...
Husband of 48 years now has A.D.
- By sdyal · New reply June 5, 2009
- Discussion in Moderate Alzheimer's · 5 replies
- I noticed the symptoms my husband had early on but the doctors were not concerned about it because they couldn’t see it. I always thought it was them thinking I was just a complaining wife and there was ...
Myelodysplasia, and onward to dementia
- By Peter · New reply May 9, 2009
- Journal · 6 replies
- This is a hard thing to write, but I hope that this story at least provides a little insight into what was a very difficult journey for my father. My father died in February of 2007, after a long battle ...
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