AND THE RESULT IS ..........ALZ
A page in the diary "the carer got sick - no help for them"
Written by Faye Friday, 7 August 2009 21:55
After all the testing, worrying and wondering the rsult is in - early on-set alz. CRAP!!! Now at least we know what we are dealing with, it was a shock no history anywhere in the family (though always thought the mother on law was "not the full Quid") Jim is in the moderate stage, they say 5 years left at this stage, so they say, glad we went to the research test, could never afford to pay for the PIB test ourselves, but is the only test in Australia, that gives a direct diagnosis.His brian is full of tangles and amolyoids, yet that was dismissed earlier by 2 of the specialists.
I saw a segment on SBS yesterday about early onset Alziehmers and they mentioned that it’s on the increase and that now 10-15% of new cases are affecting people under the age of 65, and the proffessor pretty much confirmed that,the thing that worries the research team is that so many younger people are being diagnosed with FTD when it is Alz, becoming so much more common now as i said before, anywaym Jim was treated so well by all the team at Frontier, and they were so good with my daughter and I - but does not make things easier - one good thing there is so much research into Alz and so many new drugs on trail maybe just maybe there may be wonder drug being developed that may help.......... We live in hope.