I'm exhausted
April 14, 2008 8:36am
At some point you'd think I would get rested, but it never seems to really happen that way. Clint (my brother) tries to help but the concept of …
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I am about to turn 47 and this is my second round of caring for an ailing parent. I took care of my Dad for five grueling years (advanced diabetes, heart disease, end stage renal disease- the whole grocery list) and now I am given the challenge and the opportunity to take care of my Mom, who has been diagnosed with AD. I have no life. I am not married and have no children.
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Close Alzheimer's Disease
Stage: Early OnsetI am the adult daughter and only caretaker of an early-onset Alzheimer's patient. I was the primary caretaker for my father for five years before he succumbed to advanced diabetes/renal failure/sepsis/atherosclerosis, and here I am again.
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- Aricept Somewhat Helpful
- It seems to work a bit; she occasionally refuses to take her meds
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