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Comment by lou2949 on March 14, 2011 at 1:00pm

My family has been more than touched by dementia/alzheimer's as well......my grandfather, my aunt, my mother in law and now my 61 year old cousin (daughter of the aunt). I just came back from Atlanta where my cousin lives as her husband, who was her support and caregiver, suddenly died of a heart attack. There are no children so my brother and myself have helped as much as we can but we both live out of state. She does have 3 step daughters and their spouses who have all been wonderful but at 61, she just moved into an assisted living facility in Atlanta. She started showing signs in her mid 50's (unbelievable) and had to give up a big job. She's in a study at Emory Hospital for those diagnosed with this illness and tested positive for the Alzheimer's gene. She takes an infusion treatment every 13 weeks which is administered like chemo and takes a few hours each time.....she will do this for 18 months, however, she doesn't know if she's getting the actual drug or the placebo. The drug doesn't cure the disease but slows down the progression quite a bit. She also has all kinds of neurological testing done as well. It's a great study and she is very fortunate to be in it. This study is going on all over the world and could prove to be a real break through for those with the disease. I'll be going back to Atlanta in April and every few weeks for a long time...just so sad, so my heart goes out to each of you who are going through this with a loved one. It is very difficult.

I saw Coming Home last night...it was wonderful and I shed some tears for sure.....

Comment by lsP3Orion on March 14, 2011 at 11:35am

Denise - watched the show for the first time last night - OMG, had never seen or heard of ths how until you mentioned it - what an emotional roller coaster it was, very well done though.  I plan to watch it regularly - it's on at 10:00 pm on the West Coast.  I believe the host Matt Rogers, was on American Idol a couple of years ago and I remember really liking him, he does a great job.  Keep us posted if you hear the date for your son's appearance.

Comment by lsP3Orion on March 13, 2011 at 1:39pm

"Top Gun" alert - after you watch Denise's DS on Lifetime - turn to ION (if you get that channel in your area) for Tom & crew :)  At least crank up the volume for the first few minutes of the movie!

Comment by Paymaster on March 12, 2011 at 9:16pm

Rose....You make me laugh.  When I think of all the clothes I have made for my daughter and all the times I made her try something on one more time and all the times she would try it on again, I justed laughed to myself when you referred to your teddie as your willing model.  Thanks for the laugh

Comment by lsP3Orion on March 12, 2011 at 1:28pm

I also know someone from Portland (Oregon) going on the tiger cruise too, isn't it a VERY small world and I don't believe they have sailed yet from Hawaii.  I gave him AH's info and vice versa and hope they connect!

 

Leslie, if you find the Wings of "Gold" in silver, please let me know!

 

Nancy, very sorry for your loss.

 

Comment by Paymaster on March 12, 2011 at 11:34am

If you want to know which ships are being directed to Japan here is a link

 

http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/03/11/idINIndia-55514820110311

Comment by Paymaster on March 12, 2011 at 11:26am

Rose...Love your flight suit!  Did you use a childs pattern or did you free hand the pattern?

Comment by Michelle on March 12, 2011 at 5:02am

Thanks Navymominohio for posting news, as I often can't write to this site.  I'm able to read more often so I really appreciate the contact by following everyone else. Our sons will be going to Kingsville. Thanks for the congrats!

Nancy, sorry about your dad.  I hope you can rest easily now that he is at peace.  It's wonderful that soon you'll have two new granddaughters.

Comment by lou2949 on March 11, 2011 at 4:40pm

Yeah..this mom is freaking too.....we don't have a date yet but if he gets the E-2 it will be sooner rather than later...I agree with you snowmc, I don't want to know much but I can have a wild imagination and that's not always so great. I know how important SERE  training is though and my son is always up for a challenge......

Comment by snowmc on March 11, 2011 at 2:31pm

I was fine....had tons of other stuff to occupy my mind.  Think it was harder on the wife...she had to close on the new house, move in and painted the entire thing by herself while he was gone.  Now she is just waiting to bring him home.  He sounded good but tired when we talked last night.  He is glad it is over.  He could not share much....classified stuff...which is fine with me...the less I know, the better.  I just pray he never has to experience the real thing.  Please God...keep them safe and bring them all home.

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