Newly diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's I'm 59

agillohio

Im single and work fulltime. I live paycheck to paycheck. I'm in early/mild , kinda crossing over. I have no idea what to expect. Or any kind of timeline. I have debts and need some direction. There is no long/short term disability where I work. I expect a 2 week severance when they find out. How long will i be able to work (accounting clerk), how long before I can't be independent?

Sorry this is 3 days new. Oh and my husband passed 14 yrs ago so how can I help my adult children learn what's going to happen and accept they will be alone.

Thanks Ann

keep_hope_alive

Not sure where you are located, but can you apply for federal disability payments? It's probably easier sooner than later.

Also, perhaps call the Alzheimer's hotline at 1-800-272-3900. It's free and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In addition to guidance, they may be able to direct you to some local resources that could help you.

TheSteven

Hi Ann,

I replied to BreeAnn yesterday but never go to read and respond to anyone else.

Welcome, I was diagnosed with with younger onset ALZ when I was 56 in March 2014. My wife and I eventually determined in my case that it was due to the mercury in my numerous amalgam fillings. I stopped my ALZ progression and reversed most of my symptoms after removal of those fillings at an iaomt.org approved dentist. I documented my journey on my blog which includes the books, steps and links to web sites showing information about the dangers of amalgam and how to detox the amalgam. https://alzconnected.org/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fthestevenalztreatment.blogspot.com%2F2015%2F07%2Fstrategy-results-and-log-thus-far.html

Recently I also heard of others with ALZ who reversed their symptoms by doing fecal transplants from a spouse who did not have ALZ into their colon which helped populate the ALZ spouse with the necessary microbes into their gut microbiome so that it effected changes in the ALZ brain microbiome. There are some free episodes available now to watch regarding the gut microbiome available. The previous series might be available at goodnesslover.com but you can watch some of the free episodes here that might give you an idea as to what to expect https://alzconnected.org/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fgutimmunesolution.com%2Ffreescreening%2Fday3-star6sv5t%2F

Episode 6 talks about how microbes and partially digested proteins escaping from a leaky gut can lead to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's among other diseases. I suggest you watch that. I won't explain all that here since those doctors do a much better job.

I hope this helps and give you hope