Welcome Lynn & Irene

[Guest guest]

Sorry for the combined post - but the past few days I've been

overwhelmed in my own 'research' and time passes quickly.

I just want to welcome you to the board and to give you a little

heads up as to what you can find on this board...

It's not just the emails that are beneficial here -- we have lots of

sections on the board that can be useful to you:

Main board:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LBDcaregivers/

(Read your emails via the board vs. your `in box'. And get into all

the different sections that are available on the website.)

Links Section:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LBDcaregivers/links

(Tons of links that is continuously a `work in progress' – all these

links are useful to the caregiver. A variety of categories neatly

organized into folders – what topic are you interested in? Find the

folder and within it find numerous links to other websites for

additional information.)

Files Section:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LBDcaregivers/files/

(Read other caregiver's stories, find the FAQ document that addresses

the Top 10 issues with LBD, read about the good & bad drugs here,

print a " companion card " from here (cards to hand out in public areas

about your LO's behavior), find the locations of other caregivers who

are possibility living in your immediate area, etc.)

Database Section:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LBDcaregivers/database

(Suggested reading, learn the common denominators about our loved

ones, medical referrals, nursing home referrals, bibliography of LBD

in literature and film, etc.)

Photos Section:

http://health.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/LBDcaregivers/photos

(Put a face to a name.)

Polls Section:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LBDcaregivers/polls

(Several polls running re: LBD)

I hope that this board is useful to you. And I'm sure you'll get

plenty of advice from other 'in the same boat'. Take care!

; loving daughter of Maureen of Boston, MA; dx'd with LBD in

2/2006; fell victim to rapid decline from Risperidone; Was successful

on Celexa, Exelon, ALA & B1; Mom became my Guardian Angel on Sept.

30th, 2006.

Visit the LBDCaregivers board on the web:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LBDcaregivers/