T:alzheimer's for <time_period> and in a <institution>	Q:Dear Friends,  I have written before several times on this forum but It has been quite awhile ago. It was about <time_period> when mother began having symtoms of alzheimer's. She is in a <institution> now and in a wheelchair. She can no longer help lift herself up to go to the bathroom,  so someone has to support all of her weight and it takes <num> people to put her on the commode and put her to bed. My brother goes during the day and I go in the evening and feed her supper and stay until after she is in bed for the night. She sleeps all of the time unless she is taken down for meals or to have a bath. She cannot talk anymore but tries at times but we can't understand her. I know this must be very frustrating for her. She doesn't know who we are anymore. Her face used to light up with my brother or I would walk in,  but not anymore and for the last <time_period>,  she sits with her head down which she never used to do. I know she is in the final stage of alzheimer's and I hope the Lord takes her before she is completely bedridden. My brother has told me how terrible the final stage of alzheimer's in. Mother is <age>. It's very hard to see her like this. She was always such an indenpendent person and worked all of her life. <name>	A:So sorry to hear of your pain. I hope that you are able to find some peace.  (((hugs)))<name>


A:I too am so sorry for your pain i have been thru a situation where i was found in a seizure from there on life supporti had forgotten most of the ppl in my life and this really hurt my daughter <name> hv regained most of memory but am totally deaf and still quite weaki honestly felt like just giving up for awhile but i know i have reasons to stiull be here or i would have not lived thru what i didboth my parents had alzheimers and i lost them within <time_period> of each otheri believe dad just gave up without his love my mom. again im so sorry i do feel your pain n i also can empathize with your motherit is very scary n hard not to remember . huggs to you <name>


A::-) Thank you <name> and  <name> for your conforting words.  <name>,  I'm so very sorry you had to go through what you did,  but am happy to hear that you have regained your memory. I hope that your hearing returns one day too. Do the <professional_practitioner> know what caused the seizure? May God Heal You Completely. <name>


A:Hi therefrom what they think with mom n dad passing away howie leaving and just other issues as well i just basically blew a gasketi will never get hearing back hun its gone but thanks for your kind thoughtsblessings <name>


A:KEEP us posted on how things are going n how you are mking outhuggs <name>


A:Dear  <name>,  What a trooper you are :-) My brother who is a <location> vet developed a form of maculer degeneration in his late <age>. <professional_practitioner> from all over the <location> have come to the <professional_practitioner> to check out his eyes and they still don't know exactly what he has. He worked as long as he could and then he drove as long as he could. Then,  he moved in with mother and lived with her for over <time_period>. He is the one who took care of her for about <time_period> before she went into the <institution>. But he never complains. You remind me of him. 'Did you have to learn sign language? <name>


A:I am starting at local college like place to learn sign i hv books but its just not the sameit is so hard when youve heard all your lifelol ppl use to say i had fup mother hearing. i could hear a pin drop really Now i cant hear squat except a constant noise in head like tv when it goes off the air ya know the static noiseits really aggravating to say the leasti sure have learnt to hv more empathy than ever now with ppl that hv hearing/ vision loss as well as othersty for askinghuggles <name>


A:Dear  <name>,  I just wanted to say that I hope the sign language will be easy for you to learn :-) I watched a movie last year,  The Family Stone and one of the young men in the family was deaf and all during the movie,  members of the family signed to him when someone else was talking. That was the first time I have ever seen anything like that in a movie and it really touched me. The movie is a comedy. <name>


A:HMMM i will hv a look n see if i can find that movie on cd sounds greati am looking forward to signing as it is so difficult to communicate as i am sure you understand waiting for approval for my tty phone to b paid for thru disabiltythank God i love reading as i hv to watch tv shows thru captioningit amazes me things i missed when hearing in a movie n now reading what is being saidya learn each dayblessingsn thank you <name> huggles
