have you heard of MEMORY WALK?

Philippines
July 22, 2008 9:39am CST
Hi guys! Have you heard of Memory Walk? Alzheimer's has greatly affected my family. My husband's grandmother can no longer remember current happenings and this saddens us deeply. What is worse, is that my mother-in-law's memory is also deteriorating. She writes down stuff, but couldn't seem to remember many instances. We are not sure if she is a candidate for this condition, but since she is the daughter of our grandmom, she may be. Oh we pray not. I feel bad for families whose parents get Alzheimer's because they are there, but could not remember. I think this situation is one of the saddest that can befall a family. Thank God that we have the Alzheimer's Association, a voluntary organization championing for the care of patients afflicted with Alzheimer's. They are holding the Alzheimer's Memory Walk, which is the country's largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research. Would you join this event if given the chance? Good day and God bless you! :)
2 responses
grammasnook
@grammasnook (1871)
• United States
24 Jul 08
Alzheimers is not hereditary just so you know. Alzheimers happens in the frontal lobe of the brain. Plaque builds on it and memory is greatly diminished. Alheimerz is a form of dimensia, the difference betweent he both of them is that dimensia can be brought on naturally or through trama, such as a very high fever, strokes and so forth where Alzheimers is a growth of plaque and strands. I do not know how old your mother in law is but if she is young enough I would have her checked by a doctor to make sure it is not mini strokes/ seizure disorder that is bringing on an early onset of dimensia. A cat scan of the head can find this out. Memory loss can also be from a trama in life such as the loss of her husband, as well as depression caused by stress. It is important to translate all of this to her doctor so he may properly diagnose her. There are medications out there that can be helpful to slow down the process of memory loss caused by dimensia and alzheimers as well. The newest one being aricept. Aricept works best when the disease is caught in early stages. I walk every year for the Alzheimers foundation, we also do fundraisers for the organization as well. It is a great cause and it helps so many. Keep on walking and if you have family members that have alzheimers the best thing you can do is get all the education available. Find out different stages and how to handle them as the individual goes to different stages. It will make life a lot easier for you to learn it before you have to know it. Good luck and many blessings!
nutanjain
@nutanjain (898)
• India
22 Jul 08
well i have also heard a lot abut this alzeimers disease people say initially you forge to forget your general things like handkerchief or car keys or small things just like that and then your condition starts worsening and then things go out of control when a person even forget his name and he also forget things which just happened like ten minutes ago