Guest guest Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 hmmmmm lets see my dad was a helo pilot for the navy, no war zones, thank God, he was a chronic alcoholic and a heavy smoker. dad started his hallucinations and unexplained falls abou 1993-4. that would put him at exactly 60 years old at teh oonset. sharon m Date: 2005/08/11 Thu AM 11:58:08 EDT To: LBDcaregivers Subject: I was wondering a smile a day, keeps the meanies away!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 Penny, Dad was 75 when I first noticed any symptoms and over 80 when he was diagnosed. Margee > > > Date: 2005/08/11 Thu AM 11:58:08 EDT > To: LBDcaregivers > Subject: I was wondering > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 I don't know of any chemical exposures my Dad had. He did serve in World War II, but he spent the entire war in Norwich, England as a clerk. Back then, they didn't give the soldiers the vaccines that could be triggers either. The only possible environmental exposures are broom straw as a child and second hand smoke as an adult. Dad's father, then brother and nephew all ran small-scale broom shops. However, Dad didn't like working in the factory, so when he was old enough to help out, he worked on the sales end of the business. I don't think the second hand smoke was any more than any other adult in the 1950s and 1960s experienced. By 1968, even that was nearly gone since Dad got his own (smoke-free) office and Mother quit smoking inside the house. As far as travel, the only time Dad was out of the country was the 3 years during the war he was stationed in England. He lived all of his life in Dallas or Keene Texas. No agricultural or garden chemicals either. Having a garden implies work which Dad avoided at all costs. There also is no significant history of dementia of any sort in his family, either. His mother was one of 12 and his father was one of 6. Of the 17 that lived to adulthood, all lived to be over 60, most over 70, and only one had any sign of dementia. Neither of Dad's siblings had dementia, and both lived to be over 75. I don't know if this means anything except that the LBD trigger may be incredibly hard to pin down. Margee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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