Alzheimer's Disease Support Group
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and characterized by progressive cognitive deterioration with declining activities of daily living and neuropsychiatric symptoms or behavioral changes. An early symptom is memory loss (amnesia), usually manifesting as minor forgetfulness that becomes pronounced with illness progression, with relative...
Had brother and his gf over for thanksgiving,Worked my butt off to make it nice.Found out later husband lied to me. and his gf is a stripper. Which added to our already messed up marraige.
Friday we took his FIL and MIL to store and helped them buy x-mas presents. then we took them out to eat. Me and husband just sat down and we were starting to talk about "our problems" as I got so mad that I left for 2 days to think!
We just started to talk and his Mother calls and said she can't find him anywhere. So hubby leaves,I wasn't worried at that point-He usually finds him and brings him back. A while later he calls me and he can't find him. It is dark, wet snow and very cold! We are both driving around on all roads close by; keeping in touch with cell phone. The more we looked the more I worried. Than it was my daughter, mom and dad and friends looking. We call the police and their also looking. 2 hours later, police find him farther away then I thought he would be!!
Next morning they come out and put one of those tracking braclets on him, he didn't seem to mind. Next morning I go there and He had took it off some how!!!!!!!!!!!! grrrrr!!
I got a call in to them but they haven't called me back yet. I keep telling my husband they are getting worse and I need some help here!! He just doesn't listen.. like everything else-- ignore it and it'll go away!
My mom calls me up last night (crying) got a phone call from her neice and my aunt is dieing (from AD). I told her I didn't want to sound cold but -her daughters had her on feeding tube for 2 years- I know my aunt and she would of not wanted that!! She has been suffering enough! I told my mom just pray that she dies fast. Because she has basically been dead for a long time. IF I HAD THE POWER TO CURE ONE THING- IT WOULD BE AD!! It is AWFUL!!
I can't seem to get anything done, I feel like I'm being pulled in a million directions every day!
Dec. 22nd My son and his gf are flying here for 4 days! His daughter is also flying here for 2 weeks! he has never had any of his kids for x-mas before; so I want it to be the best for her!
SORRY. Just had to vent a little. Love you all!!
Friday we took his FIL and MIL to store and helped them buy x-mas presents. then we took them out to eat. Me and husband just sat down and we were starting to talk about "our problems" as I got so mad that I left for 2 days to think!
We just started to talk and his Mother calls and said she can't find him anywhere. So hubby leaves,I wasn't worried at that point-He usually finds him and brings him back. A while later he calls me and he can't find him. It is dark, wet snow and very cold! We are both driving around on all roads close by; keeping in touch with cell phone. The more we looked the more I worried. Than it was my daughter, mom and dad and friends looking. We call the police and their also looking. 2 hours later, police find him farther away then I thought he would be!!
Next morning they come out and put one of those tracking braclets on him, he didn't seem to mind. Next morning I go there and He had took it off some how!!!!!!!!!!!! grrrrr!!
I got a call in to them but they haven't called me back yet. I keep telling my husband they are getting worse and I need some help here!! He just doesn't listen.. like everything else-- ignore it and it'll go away!
My mom calls me up last night (crying) got a phone call from her neice and my aunt is dieing (from AD). I told her I didn't want to sound cold but -her daughters had her on feeding tube for 2 years- I know my aunt and she would of not wanted that!! She has been suffering enough! I told my mom just pray that she dies fast. Because she has basically been dead for a long time. IF I HAD THE POWER TO CURE ONE THING- IT WOULD BE AD!! It is AWFUL!!
I can't seem to get anything done, I feel like I'm being pulled in a million directions every day!
Dec. 22nd My son and his gf are flying here for 4 days! His daughter is also flying here for 2 weeks! he has never had any of his kids for x-mas before; so I want it to be the best for her!
SORRY. Just had to vent a little. Love you all!!
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
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I'm trying to exercise daily. I was doing fairly well until I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago but now I'm getting back on the horse. Today I walked over a mile with my arm weights that are about 22lbs total. I was out of shape and it was hard on my arms. I also did my 30 situps. I'm also going to drink a lot of water and try to eat healthy. I do tend to have a sweet tooth but I'm cutting...
Am sorry about your husband being in denial, must make everything so much harder for you. My husband is in denial but he's the one with the AD so whether he acknowledges it or not my problems don't change.
Is there any way you can inlist the help of other family memembers to help him get his head out of his ass and face what's going on?
His other brother when his parents lived in S.C. lived 2 hours away and never came to see them. We had to fly there 4 times a year to help them and check on them.
Neither one of them ever call. when they found out they had AD.Their response was "Just put them in a home". (Most "uncareing family") I've ever seen.