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Skin Cancer Drug Bexarotene cured mice of AD

By KEMM · New reply 10:06 pm
Discussion in Treatment options and clinical trials · 29 replies
Has anyone heard about this? A team at Case Western Reserve university used the drug Bexarotene and cured mice of AD. It's a very exciting study. They are in the midst of a Human trial right now and next ...

I am getting so tired of getting rejected!

By onelife · New reply 3:14 pm
Journal · 9 replies
I am getting tired of getting rejected from every agency I turned for to help me care for my mother.You think in a big city where I live it would be easy to get help. But it always the same answer " We ...

Mom

By VAE · Posted 2:17 pm
Discussion in Living with Alzheimer's disease · 0 replies
My sister and I take care of mom she broke one hip about 2 yrs ago then fractured her pelvis later and then about 6 months later broke her other hip she lives with me and my sisters cares for her when ...

Things are getting worse

By Dubbie42 · New reply 10:03 am
Discussion in Everyday challenges / daily living · 17 replies
I went to pick my husband up from his bridge game yesterday, and while waiting one of the women from the group came to talk to me. I told them last year when the diagnosis was official and they have been ...

Being charged with financial exploitation

By kahealani414 · New reply yesterday at 8:51 pm
Discussion in Financial issues · 12 replies
So..I used my grandmother's credit card to take her out to breakfast and lunch a few occasions. Over the course of a month, the charges came out to 450.00. Give or take a few dollars. The bank noticed ...

2nd victim of alzheimers

By aguaibana6 · New reply yesterday at 12:59 pm
Journal · 4 replies
I"ve been married for 43 years,my wife was diagnosed with dementia 3 years ago. At that time i din"t know that dementia was an early stage of alzheimers ,now i feel so alone, angry at god for letting ...

She realizes she has Alzheimers and it scares her to death

By jacquelake · New reply yesterday at 12:08 pm
Discussion in Living with Alzheimer's disease · 5 replies
My Mom was diagnosed @ a year ago..She's now in the moderate stage and taking Namenda. She's 81 and in great health physically. We're having Sundowning issues now. She doesn't remember moving in w my ...

I am stronge than Alzheimer's

By Dubbie42 · New reply yesterday at 10:54 am
Journal · 9 replies
My husband has Alzheimer's but I am stronger because of it. I will not allow it to destroy my joy, my faith or my life. It is very difficult at times, but I know others have gone down this road and made ...

Waves of Alzheimer's

By Daughter2481 · New reply May 14, 2012
Discussion in Living with Alzheimer's disease · 3 replies
My mom has mild to moderate Alzheimer's and seems to go in and out of awareness. One minute she is whining in a high pitch saying "oh God help me; no one cares how i feel..." and then she snaps out of ...

Earl Onset Alzheimer's ....need advice.

By Erinlynn · New reply May 14, 2012
Discussion in Young Onset Alzheimer's disease · 16 replies
My father was recently diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's , he is only 55. I am looking to talk with anyone who has or is going through this with a parent at such a young age. I am only 31 myself ...

New to this

By Jilly2 · New reply May 12, 2012
Discussion in Living with Alzheimer's disease · 17 replies
What are the definitions of the different stages of Alzheimer's? My husband, 79, was just officially told he has it. I am 15 years younger, work part time and plan to keep him at home with me. I want ...

Aloha, My name is Kahealani...

By kahealani414 · Posted May 9, 2012
Journal · 0 replies
I am a my mama's grandaughter. My papa passed away on February 23, 2012. I have been married to my best friend for 17 years but we have been together for 24 years. From our love has come 7 beautiful children ...

Mom forgot who I am

By gigik12 · New reply May 9, 2012
Discussion in Everyday challenges / daily living · 6 replies
My mom has Parkinson disease an is at the end stages of demtia an is dying. My dad helped her call me tonight an she didnt know who I was. It is the first time that this has happened. not sure what to ...

Caregiver's need care too!

By Alwaysmariposa · New reply May 8, 2012
Journal · 3 replies
I am a caregiver of my mother she is 82 and in her final stages, incontinence has just started 2 weeks now. It is almost an impossibility to get her to bathe, she is always afraid of everything, people ...

Need Help Coping

By onelife · New reply May 7, 2012
Discussion in Balancing caregiver responsibilities · 15 replies
I need help in coping with caregiving. My mother was diagnose with Vascular Dymentia a little over two years ago when she had a massive stroke,My father got sick shortly after and died in June of last ...

Husband just diagnosed, what next?

By LostLife · New reply May 6, 2012
Discussion in Financial issues · 15 replies
I am scared that I will lose everything I worked for, and am so tiered of working so hard. My husband is impossible and refuses to help around the house while i work. He is worse than living with an out ...

Denial Denial Denial

By doc1rn · Posted May 5, 2012
Discussion in Diagnosis · 0 replies
My mother in law was diagnosed in 2005, although we were seeig changes 2 yrs before. She refuses to take meds. Forgets she has been diagnosed, lost her job due to the dementia.. She is 74 and lives with ...

Grandma doesn't know me anymore

By MindiK · New reply May 5, 2012
Discussion in Living with Alzheimer's disease · 1 reply
Today was a bittersweet day I am at a loss for words but here goes. I had found this website due to my mom's health, they found nodules on her lungs and I got scared and looked it up and found inspire ...

what to do with the anger

By pontotocgirl · New reply May 2, 2012
Discussion in Living with Alzheimer's disease · 21 replies
how do you deal with the anger of the everyday stuff... when he tries to help with something he doesn't even remember how to do and it just makes your life even harder.... my husband cannot load a dishwasher ...

Dealing with Alzheimer's with spouse in 50's

By chowardtravel · New reply May 1, 2012
Discussion in Young Onset Alzheimer's disease · 31 replies
Looking for others dealing with a spouse in their 50's that has Alzheimer's Disease ...