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Old 07-05-2008, 02:58 AM   #1
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Alzheimer’s

I saw this poem on the US 6th armored division website.



Alzheimer’s Cure

Sometimes at night he crawled up the hall.
He wasn’t playing a game at all.
He was living again once more
Those fearful days of ’44,
Fighting again the Second World War.
No, he wasn’t playing a game at all,
Those mysterious times he crawled up the hall.

That’s what Alzheimer’s does to the brain…
Things are real—the fear and the pain.
It was real to him, the shrapnel flying
With buddies all around him dying,
And valiant men reduced to crying.
That’s what Alzheimer’s does to the brain…
It’s real again—the fear and the pain.

Alzheimer’s, sadly, has no cure.
Victim and family must just endure.
But those who have made Christ their choice
Will at last one day rejoice
In Heaven with a healthy voice.
While Alzheimer’s here has no cure,
Alzheimer’s isn’t in Heaven—that’s sure1!
By Pat Lennon
September 26, 2006
(dedicated to the memory of her husband, Horace,
who crawled up the hall one night at Pendleton
Manor, while warning his buddies to stay back)
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Old 07-05-2008, 04:22 AM   #2
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Great post Sys - my dad currently has Alzheimer’s - we found out this week his days are short. It's not that big of a blow to me because he's been "gone" for about 4 or 5 years now. We'll endure and move on....
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Old 07-05-2008, 03:52 PM   #4
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Old 07-05-2008, 03:56 PM   #5
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dnag Joe I am so sorry. my brother in-law at 53 had early onset Alzheimers, it was a horro story for some 5 years, the poor guy would leave his wife and hike all around Portland,OR for hours somehow managing to get home, she was fighting terrible cancer during this terrible episode. I have never seen a person age so fast in all my life, he was at least 6 foot 3 inchs tall and this evil reduced him to a shell of 5' 7", losing his mind staring at us, lost all speech and walking like a penquin, he finally passed away due to a heart attack which was truley a blessing in disguise

what a horror this stuff is..........
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Old 07-05-2008, 04:01 PM   #6
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Did anyone get my advice about drinking orange juice with pulp ?

And yes Senility and Alzheimers is a terrible thing, worse than cancer by far.

So remember the daily dose of orange juice with pulp, that should keep this from happening to any of you.
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Old 07-05-2008, 05:06 PM   #7
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Great post Sys - my dad currently has Alzheimer’s - we found out this week his days are short. It's not that big of a blow to me because he's been "gone" for about 4 or 5 years now. We'll endure and move on....

Been in your shoes Joe .. I feel your pain and am sorry..My mom had Alzheimer's and was strange ...She seem to always know who people were around her for the most part .. It was other things she would forget...Her heart stopped thats what took her ... Before it got real bad...I know she is in a better place ..And would not of wanted to be in the state she was going to real fast...Sorry Joe..Alzheimer's can be real hard on the family
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Old 07-05-2008, 05:41 PM   #8
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Flyboy, sorry to hear about your father. One never knows how much a father means until he is gone.
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Old 07-06-2008, 07:20 AM   #9
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Sorry to hear about your Dad Joe!
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Thanks for the kind words guys - because we have had time to prepare for this, it seems things will be easier in the end. I'm going to see my folks in about 2 weeks....
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Sorry, to hear that Flyboy and my prayers to you. My grandmother had this and its a truly awful disease.
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my nan has it too,its bloody awful.yours,starling.
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My thoughts and prayers are with you Joe
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That was so nice and it let you feel the pain of seeing it. My grandmother have Alzheimer’s and guys let me tell you it breaks you up to see a loved one in such a state.

That poem brought tears to my eyes.
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Old 07-16-2008, 01:49 PM   #15
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my mother have alzheimer, she is fighting the disease and if you see her, she looks like pretty good, theres only a few moments shes lost the memory, but shes allright.

for me the best way to treat this deasease is love. you guys would think im talking BS but is not. i never pass 1 day without says i love her, and take her to rides, put her in movement and incentivates her always to be independent and make many soft activities. shes 71, but you might think shes 50 if you look her. im proud of her.

you know, i dont know nothing about medicines and the progress of researches, i just kikck the sadness out and try to live everyday more funny as possible with her. thats my message.
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