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Mother In Law Is Obsessed With Thinking People Are Stealing Her Things

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (107) • United States 2 Jun

We got a call from my mother-in-law Sunday night. She was shaky in her speech and she said she hated to ask (she was talking to my husband) but she asked if I had "borrowed" (stolen) her shoes to go on my trip last week as she...

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Aging

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 5 Jan

In 1900 the average life expectancy was 32 years. Now as of 2024 it is 73.33 and many people are living to 100 and beyond. The number of centenarians is rising and according to United Nations data the number is projected to be...

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About Amyloid Build Up

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 4 Jan

After first hearing about amyloid build up, I was interested and started reading and researching it. Here is some of what I found: Amyloid is an abnormal, insoluble protein fiber that builds up in organs and tissue. It disrupts...

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type 2 diabetes

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Air Pollution and Dementia

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 28 Nov

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. It is not a normal part of getting old and only about 1/3 of those 85 and older show signs of the disease. The things that play a part in determining whether a person you...

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cleaner air

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Mmm! That Smell

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 21 Jul

My daughter is fixing a sausage dish for dinner. She just started the garlic and it smells so good. Something about food cooking that has garlic in it. It smells so inviting. Pepper and garlic. Yum! It will have some herbs in it...

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The frighful death of Gene Hackman

marguicha @marguicha (230331) • Chile 19 Apr 25

I have read a lot about the death of Hackman and his wife. And I cannot understand how it could happen. In my country, people that have the amount of money that I think Gene Hackman and his wife had, also have people that clean...

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A Touching Love Story

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 13 Feb 25

On one of my YouTube channels someone shared this story. I thought it was nice and wanted to share here. There was a retired nurse who lived in a nice community with good neighbors. One day a neighbor came to visit. He told her...

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My Sister Diagnosed with Alzheimer's

Kharla Jolly @kobesbuddy (78833) • East Tawas, Michigan 30 May 24

I got a message on my phone from my sister, Lyna. She's the one who isn't causing heartache. She said that her diagnosis was Adult Onset Alzheimer's. How awful! Yikes, this is a bad disease, this was a shock to Lyna and her...

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Brainchild of the Alpha Monitor for Alzheimer's Disease

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 27 Jan 24

A teenager, age 17, created a device for Alzheimer's patients. It is a wearable device with 20 prototypes. It all started when his grandmother was diagnosed with this disease at the age of 12. The brilliant teen is Hemesh...

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About my trips to Detroit this year. Part One

Marsha @MarshaMusselman (38865) • Midland, Michigan 10 Nov 23

[If I'm able to get my picture to load it's of my lunch today. I had chipped beef over toast which is made by Stouffer's. @porwest shared his meal of chipped chicken over toast something I never heard of before. (If the pic...

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moving back home

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Psychedelics Anyone?

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 15 Sep 23

More research is showing the benefits of psychedelic drugs for help in treating mood disorders. Now I have had my personal experience with LSD when I was a teenager. ( Helped me in seeing blue Smurfs on a black and white...

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An Idle brain leads to Amnesia, Dementia and Alzheimer's

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 3 Feb 23

Thanks to technology we see ready reckoners everywhere that result in keeping our brain idle. And now AI is contributing more towards giving rest to our brain. But we have choices We need not use those ready reckoners and we...

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Ghosts? - Yes or No

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222222) • United States 30 Apr 22

A ghost is described as the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal. They can be invisible, translucent, barely visible to realistic or lifelike forms. The idea of ghosts dates back to pre-literate cultures. An exorcism is...

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Odd socks maybe but odd shoes?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Feb 22

I’ve just read a post by RufoLisa (@Shavkat) who said he inadvertently wore odd socks. You can catch up here: https://www.mylot.com/post/3497864/i-wasnt-myself-when-my-left-sock-did-not It reminded me of a teacher who was...

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A sweet note about my cousin with Azlheimers

Vicki, #1 Creek Girl @1creekgirl (44560) • United States 17 Feb 22

I saw that I had a text from my cousin Julie in Virginia and for some reason before I read it, I was so afraid it was bad news about her sister Mary Lynn (my cousin who is my age.) The last time Dale and I went to see Mary Lynn...

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Zen short story: The Zen master who reached above his reach, and died

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 30 Jan 22

The old Zen Master, Riklo Jerbosku, had been the head monk at the Doget Monastery, for the last thirty years. He was now 75 year's of age, and he had just been diagnosed, by his doctor, with Alzheimer's disease. He...

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Update on my aunt

Vicki, #1 Creek Girl @1creekgirl (44560) • United States 25 Oct 21

Just talked to my cousin and my aunt has made some improvement! She's still confused, of course, from the Alzheimers, but they did determine she had a small stroke. But there aren't any apparent effects from it, praise God. She...

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When it rains...

Vicki, #1 Creek Girl @1creekgirl (44560) • United States 23 Oct 21

I wrote about the family gathering yesterday at my uncle's house. My cousin Adrian brought his mom, my Aunt Deannie who is sister to my uncle to see the cousins from Virginia. Deannie also has Alzheimers, but her daughter lives...

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Heartbreaking Disease

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 1 Jun 21

I just finished reading and commenting on JJ's post "Update on my dad for those who have asked". @myklj999 wrote a wonderful heartbreaking post about his dad and dementia. My father had Alzheimer's and died at the age of 69....

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Visit with my cousins

Vicki, #1 Creek Girl @1creekgirl (44560) • United States 6 Apr 21

My husband and I visited my cousin in Richmond, VA today at her nursing home. She has Alzheimers and although she knew me when we saw her before the pandemic, she didn't know me today. She still knows her siblings (her two...

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