I wanted to know if anyone here has a family member, or if they themselves, are suffering with Alzheimersa dn what do you do to help slow the disease from geting worse? How do you cope or fight this illness? My dad was diagnosed with it a few months back and he is in the moderate stage, so he still has memory but many things have changed and I wanted to know what can help slow the disease or what are possible cures for it. I know there are "no" cures, but I think there must be some type of cure for it around.

Golden_Girl

Hi Clough. You know, some days a good and some days are not good. The positive things I can say though is that my dad's appetite has been coming back which is great, he still hasnt been drinking as much fluids as we try to get im to drink though. And my older sister is coming down from California November 11 for 1 week, which is another plus. So maybe she will also call more regularly? Any time I can get my dad to smile and my stepmom laughing is also very good. But other than that, I think I have been getting physically sick due to the stress of it all. My IBS symptoms have been coming back and I know I would never be able to adjust to my dad's illness, so that part makes me very depressed and sometimes absent-minded.