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Looking for other people who have very recently been diagnosed and are early in their Alz journey. In addition to first line therapies such as the new Anti Amyloid drugs, what else are people doing to stave off further cognitive decline aside from working out and challenging their brains. The two most promising things I…
Has anything like this happened to anyone else? I am 54 and have been recently diagnosed with Mild Alzheimer's with Mood Disturbance. I've been struggling with cognitive impairment for a few years but it's always been contributed to long covid. I started seeing a new neurologist several months ago and at my first…
First let me say how grateful I am for all the people here sharing there very personal journeys with this insidious disease. Having browsed the the discussions as a non-member, I can see the fear and confusion, along with the empathy and desire to help. I am having trouble finding any personal experiences with people using…
My last post disappeared, so I'll try to keep this one brief. Betty is a sweet friend of mine. An ex-school teacher, she is very smart, very kind and upbeat. I've been providing paid "companion care" for her this past year or so, 2 to 4 days a week. Her memory has been getting progressively worse for the last year or two,…
Hi everyone, This is my first post. Recently, my mum was diagnosed with early-to-mid-stage Alzheimer's. She is 67. This has hit our family pretty hard, especially my dad, who has taken on the mantle of primary caregiver. I still live at home, so I am exposed to the daily realities of the condition. Lately, she has been…
My DW has mild symptoms and will begin infusions soon. We are both anxious and would appreciate any information from others who may be able to tell us about their experiences with this treatment or where we may be able to find personal stories. Many thanks!
Hello! I have been on here for about a month or so now and have found everyone so very helpful. I have some thoughts I’d like to share and hopefully someone can give some insight into whether or not it would help my situation. So my dad has VD, or so we have been told. He is in a NH that he hates and he “WANTS TO GO HOME”.…
As the title states, I’m wanting to know the wheres, whats, whens, whos, hows, and whys do you utilize the most? Not getting much help from my dad’s (newly diagnosed early onset Alzheimer’s) doctor. When I asked for some recommendations (medicine management, in home care, support groups, etc.), all I got was checkout the…
Hello everyone, this is my first message, and I can use any advice you can spare. My 59-year-old husband was just diagnosed with EOA. We're both devastated. He was told he had ADHD a few years ago, plus he wears hearing aids (he's lost 90% of hearing due to being a former construction worker) so we thought his…
My Dad was a narcissistic man my entire life so far and now he is in the nursing home for PT from a back surgery he had at the end of April. Since his surgery, we have discovered he has had multiple strokes, he has been delirious and he has vascular dementia. The surgery took 8 hours and with all of his other issues such…
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