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“You don’t look like you have Alzheimer’s disease”
A few weeks ago, I developed a cough. I went to the doctor, they checked everything out and sent me home. But I wasn’t getting better. I started to worry when the cough got really bad and I was having...
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I was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s on my 63rd birthday
Helpful information related to this story: Hear from more early stage voices If you have early stage Alzheimer’s If you have younger onset Alzheimer’s (diagnosed before age 65) Find early stage...
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What’s it like to have Alzheimer’s? A first person account
When the lights are on, I can do anything. But when the lights are off…. I could see things, but they just didn’t make sense It’s just like physical work for my brain Helpful information related to...
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How I cope with living with Alzheimer’s
I deal with it day by day I just have to take a little more time Helpful information related to this story: Hear from more early stage voices If you have early stage Alzheimer’s If you have younger...
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My message to other people who are experiencing memory loss and their families
Don’t fall off the edge Get help now! Helpful information related to this story: Hear from more early stage voices If you have early stage Alzheimer’s If you have younger onset Alzheimer’s...
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Will you run this race for me when I can’t?
Helpful information related to this story: Hear from more early stage voices If you have early stage Alzheimer’s If you have younger onset Alzheimer’s (diagnosed before age 65) Find early stage...
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Hiking the Appalachian Trail for Mom on The Longest Day
Papa Bill, Mom, me and my oldest brother John at the Appalachian Trail On June 21, I will begin the second half of my thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail beginning at Rockfish Gap, VA-the southern start...
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Team Soggy Waffles honors Dad with a day of adventure from sunrise to sunset
Our team Soggy Waffles, is participating in the Longest Day in honor of all those affected by Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, especially my dad Jim. My family noticed symptoms in 2008, during...
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Why I Walk: Victoria’s story
Our family on my grandmother’s 87th birthday I Walk to End Alzheimer’s for my grandmother Maria Villarreal. My grandmother is my family’s rock. She has six children and worked as a field laborer and a...
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Why I Walk: Kirstin’s story
2013 Team Handsome Howe I walk for my grandpa, Clifford Howe, who fought Alzheimer’s disease. It was not easy to watch a man with a genuinely good heart – who always did whatever he could to help...
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“… And that’s why we’re best frenemies” The friendship of Mom (Cori) and...
Mom and Beast Frenemy (less commonly spelled “frienemy”) is a portmanteau of “friend” and “enemy.” Frenemy refers to someone that is a true friend, though also a rival. This rivalry is part of an age...
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Why I Walk: Jordan’s story
Grandpa, me and Grandma My Grandpa was good at everything. He was an endless fountain of knowledge and loved to teach. He never stopped learning or teaching. He had a personal library filled with all...
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Why I Walk: Ashkhen’s story
I met my husband Greg at an Armenian Youth Federation Convention in 1978. He was born in Fresno, but moved to Palo Alto when he was two years old. I was born in Syria, grew up in Lebanon and moved to...
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Guest blog: I was stationed in Puerto Rico
Chris and her husband Harry My husband is very social, which wasn’t always the case. I consider this to be a blessing at this point, since he is willing to talk to just about anybody (even strangers on...
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Batman & Robin
Sha and I Ten years ago, I gained such an incredible friend, mother-in-law and mentor in my life. As a coach’s wife for more than 40 years, she was the quiet, steady, selfless, dependable and...
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Why I Walk: Debby’s story
Debby and Mike My name is Debby. My husband Mike was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s three and a half years ago. I am not a newby at being a caregiver for Alzheimer’s. In 1990, we rented out our...
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In 2013, Sushma shared photos of her caregiving experience with her dad Daniel, who was living with Alzheimer’s disease. At the time, Sushma had been living in Antioch, working full time in Walnut...
View ArticleVideos: Why I’m grateful for my care partner
Our early stage Alzheimer’s support group members just can’t thank their care partners enough! Feeling inspired to thank the caregiver in your life this National Caregivers Month? Visit www.alz.org/nadam
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Finding the “sweet spot” as a caregiver and daughter
Erin and her mother Erin Kane is a volunteer advocate for the Alzheimer’s Association and loving caregiver to her mother. This is her caregiver story: I’ve spent the past 7 years living with my mother...
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