Comments on: WELCOME http://dontloseheart.org caregivers caring for caregivers ~ information and support Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:26:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jan H http://dontloseheart.org/comment-page-10/#comment-94404 Jan H Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:59:56 +0000 http://dontloseheart.org/?page_id=1185#comment-94404 Well, I'd like to shake the hand of the person(s) that found it! Well, I’d like to shake the hand of the person(s) that found it!

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]]> By: Jan H http://dontloseheart.org/comment-page-10/#comment-94403 Jan H Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:57:29 +0000 http://dontloseheart.org/?page_id=1185#comment-94403 Fantastic news! I get alzheimers from both sides of my family. My dad had dementia, and grandmothers on both sides had alzheimers. This is great news! I am tired of losing to this disease! Fantastic news! I get alzheimers from both sides of my family. My dad had dementia, and grandmothers on both sides had alzheimers. This is great news! I am tired of losing to this disease!

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]]> By: Betsy http://dontloseheart.org/comment-page-10/#comment-93917 Betsy Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:32:41 +0000 http://dontloseheart.org/?page_id=1185#comment-93917 Dear Cindy, I just read about your Christmas Day with Dianna, and I was so happy that you were given those few wonderful hours. You have been such an angel for your best friend in her need. I want to thank you for those last comments in your above posting--how we get caught up in the caregiving and forget sometimes to see our loved ones as themselves. This rang so true for me. I have felt such guilt over the last two years as I realized how often I had let that happen and was sorry I hadn't spent more time trying to remember who my husband REALLY was, as he suffered with dementia. Your words helped me to realize that my actions weren't abnormal, and I was doing the best I could in my circumstances. Blessings to all of you who are BEING with Dianna. Betsy Dear Cindy,
I just read about your Christmas Day with Dianna, and I was so happy that you were given those few wonderful hours. You have been such an angel for your best friend in her need.
I want to thank you for those last comments in your above posting–how we get caught up in the caregiving and forget sometimes to see our loved ones as themselves. This rang so true for me. I have felt such guilt over the last two years as I realized how often I had let that happen and was sorry I hadn’t spent more time trying to remember who my husband REALLY was, as he suffered with dementia. Your words helped me to realize that my actions weren’t abnormal, and I was doing the best I could in my circumstances.
Blessings to all of you who are BEING with Dianna.
Betsy

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]]> By: Jean F http://dontloseheart.org/comment-page-10/#comment-92708 Jean F Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:13:37 +0000 http://dontloseheart.org/?page_id=1185#comment-92708 Pete, thanks so much for trying - others have been unable to vote too - you have to have a Facebook account or Google account. Your words here are all the vote I could ask for. Love, Jean Pete, thanks so much for trying – others have been unable to vote too – you have to have a Facebook account or Google account. Your words here are all the vote I could ask for.

Love,
Jean

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]]> By: Karen http://dontloseheart.org/comment-page-10/#comment-92628 Karen Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:25:14 +0000 http://dontloseheart.org/?page_id=1185#comment-92628 Yes, yes wonderful news! I also read another article today that got me very encouraged as well: a graduate student discovered a drug all ready approved to treat skin cancer that reversed Alzheimer's in mice. Although the lead researcher cautions that it doesn't mean it will necessarily work in humans, at least they can begin trials on humans within months from now since it is all ready FDA approved and also has an acceptable safety record. I shared the article with my family as soon as I read it. Fingers crossed everyone! http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/09/health/us-cancer-drug-alzheimers/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 Yes, yes wonderful news! I also read another article today that got me very encouraged as well: a graduate student discovered a drug all ready approved to treat skin cancer that reversed Alzheimer’s in mice. Although the lead researcher cautions that it doesn’t mean it will necessarily work in humans, at least they can begin trials on humans within months from now since it is all ready FDA approved and also has an acceptable safety record. I shared the article with my family as soon as I read it. Fingers crossed everyone!

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/09/health/us-cancer-drug-alzheimers/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

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]]> By: Mary R. http://dontloseheart.org/comment-page-10/#comment-92355 Mary R. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:46:32 +0000 http://dontloseheart.org/?page_id=1185#comment-92355 Fantastic news! As the child of 2 parents who suffered with this disease, this news is very comforting! Fantastic news! As the child of 2 parents who suffered with this disease, this news is very comforting!

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]]> By: Susan Dewell http://dontloseheart.org/comment-page-10/#comment-92334 Susan Dewell Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:58:23 +0000 http://dontloseheart.org/?page_id=1185#comment-92334 This is GREAT news!! It would be great if they can stop "tau". And, I heard President Obama has requested an increase in funds for Alzheimer's research. Maybe this will be the tipping point. Susan This is GREAT news!! It would be great if they can stop “tau”. And, I heard President Obama has requested an increase in funds for Alzheimer’s research. Maybe this will be the tipping point.
Susan

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]]> By: char http://dontloseheart.org/comment-page-10/#comment-92070 char Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:43:53 +0000 http://dontloseheart.org/?page_id=1185#comment-92070 Wonderful news, giving us more proof that miracles happen every day. Being a researcher has to be very rewarding when something like this is found. ~Char Wonderful news, giving us more proof that miracles happen every day. Being a researcher has to be very rewarding when something like this is found.
~Char

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]]> By: Jean F http://dontloseheart.org/comment-page-10/#comment-92048 Jean F Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:42:38 +0000 http://dontloseheart.org/?page_id=1185#comment-92048 Good news in the news today: Alzheimer’s disease seems to spread like an infection from brain cell to brain cell, two new studies in mice have found. But instead of viruses or bacteria, what is being spread is a distorted protein known as "tau". The surprising finding answers a longstanding question and has immediate implications for developing treatments, researchers said. And they suspect that other degenerative brain diseases like Parkinson’s may spread in a similar way. The new studies indicate it may be possible to bring Alzheimer’s disease to an abrupt halt early on by preventing cell-to-cell transmission, perhaps with an antibody that blocks tau. Read the entire article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/health/research/alzheimers-spreads-like-a-virus-in-the-brain-studies-find.html Good news in the news today:

Alzheimer’s disease seems to spread like an infection from brain cell to brain cell, two new studies in mice have found. But instead of viruses or bacteria, what is being spread is a distorted protein known as “tau”.

The surprising finding answers a longstanding question and has immediate implications for developing treatments, researchers said. And they suspect that other degenerative brain diseases like Parkinson’s may spread in a similar way.

The new studies indicate it may be possible to bring Alzheimer’s disease to an abrupt halt early on by preventing cell-to-cell transmission, perhaps with an antibody that blocks tau.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/health/research/alzheimers-spreads-like-a-virus-in-the-brain-studies-find.html

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]]> By: Jean F http://dontloseheart.org/comment-page-10/#comment-91866 Jean F Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:51:48 +0000 http://dontloseheart.org/?page_id=1185#comment-91866 Jeff, thinking about your mother today, wondering how she's adjusting to the PEG tube, I hope the surgery went well. ~ Jean Jeff, thinking about your mother today, wondering how she’s adjusting to the PEG tube, I hope the surgery went well. ~ Jean

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