Re: New member, to debbie from sharon m

[Guest guest]

hi debbie,

excuse the delay as i was in hosp for 5 weeks and now my dad has

been in;/out of hosp and rehab since july 7.

i am glad you found our group and i bleieve you will fiind that we

have quite a few memebers that are in england, i am tkaing care of

my 70 year old dad, he has had lbd for about 10 year, he started

with the falls and hallucinations. he recently fell and borke his

hip so now we are dealing with post op for that.

please feel free to ask/write about anyting no matter how trival as

someone is/has gone thru it at sometime.

anyway hugs to you and welcome to our family. sharon m pensacola

florida

> Hi Everyone

>

>

>

> I am new to the group and found you on an internet search last

night. I

> live in the UK and I know that most of the members will be from

the US

> so you'll have to excuse my spelling as it'll be different to

yours!

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>

> My name is Debbie and my Dad was recently diagnosed with LBD. It

has

> taken a good 18 months to get the diagnosis but he has recently

been put

> onto some tablets to help (hopefully). We thought for a while

that he

> had Alzheimer's and it was only after reading some info on the

> Alzheimer's UK website that I realised that his symptoms were more

like

> those in LBD.

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>

>

> My Dad is 78 this month and is still very capable of doing most

things

> but there are a few that he is now having some difficulty with.

The

> worst thing are the hallucinations - he gets visual, auditory and

> oilfactory symptoms. He shuffles around a lot and has a slouch

and also

> has a slight Parkinsonian tremor.

>

>

>

> I wanted to join the group to see what other people are going

through

> and find out as much information as I can. There is very little

in the

> UK other than the Alzheimer's Association so specific information

is a

> bit limited. My Mum is the Primary Caregiver but I am the one who

tries

> to get hold of any suitable information which I can then explain

to my

> Mum and Dad (as appropriate). My Dad is actually coping very well

with

> his diagnosis - he keeps telling everyone he is going loopy! Not

quite

> the description Mum and I use!

>

>

>

> Anyway I hope to hear from you all soon and look forward to being

part

> of the group.

>

>

>

> Best wishes

>

> Debbie

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