It is a stormy Thursday night here in Decatur, Ill. I am here with my son this week while he is going through another long week of chemo. Imagine lying in bed for 7 hrs with a tube attached to a port in your chest putting in a drug to try and reduce, and kill the cancer. This medicine makes the person weak, and nausea , and sometimes they want to throw up. They have no energy, and are tired, with loss of appetite. I guess you can say this is also the signs of life. We have to take the good with the bad.

My book on Alzheimer's is about what it is like taking care of someone at home with this terrible disease. It is to make you realize that you can not do it alone. That if you take on this job, than to remember that you have to take care of yourself. Respite care is important, so that you can have some time to yourself since it is a 24hr - 7 day a week job. Support groups are very important. You need to be able to vent to people who understand what you are going through, and maybe, just maybe someone may have a good suggestion. Hospice is also very important when you are going into the last stage of Alzheimer's. They can give you advice, support, and compassion.

I hope that you are also going on line to Alzheimer Web Sites. They are so helpful with such useful information. I love to read the saying on Alzheimer's Weekly Site. This week it says ...
AGE DOES NOT PROTECT YOU FROM LOVE. BUT LOVE TO SOME EXTENT PROTECTS YOU FROM AGE.

Sincerely,
Marie Fostino
Alzheimer's A Caretakers Journal
Seaboard Press An Imprint Of James A Rock & Co., Pub.
www.mariefostino.com