National Alzheimer's Awareness Month

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf6PEuLvJxw
I am so proud to be a part of this. Sue

Life

Well, it's been awhile since I wrote. I think about writing then I get sidetracked and forget about it. Alot has happened since my last writing about me including my Alzheimer's getting worse. I have been under alot of stress lately and the last month has proven stress is not good with Alzheimer's. My mother passes away a couple of weeks ago after a couple months of amazing the doctors by being taken off the vent and living more than a couple of hours as they predicted. My youngest son has gotten married and until a couple weeks ago refused to move out. My oldest daughter is stressed out carrying for her mother-in-law with Alzheimer's and taking care of her granddaughter, so my next to the oldest and I are taking turns caring for the baby (2 year old). I finished my year with National and we are wringing down the task force. It has to be finished to present in Sept. I am so thatnkful for the year I had the priviledge to be on National, it was very rewarding, and I have to admit the third Tues seemed strange not doing a conference call. I am trying to get in a clinical trial study. I have to keep getting involved or else I will go down even faster. I feel like I am in a race to do so many things that I do not have time to do. Oh well that is it for now. Don't forget about the memory game at the bottom of the page.

FREE $$$

I found this on the www.alzquilts.org, FREE $$$. This is a great way to help raise money for alzheimer's awareness. Please stop by and check it out. Thanks Sue

Looking my future in the eye

I am sitting with my mom in the hospital. She has Alzheimer's along with other medical problems. They did a biopsy this morning. Back to her Alzheimer's, yesterday I spent the day listening to the way I will be one day. She was so out there. One minute she knew who I was and then she thought I was her sister. My brother has been dead for years but yesterday she thought he was 21 looking for a job. Then she thought I was dead and my grandparents were in heaven watching over me. The list goes on and on. I was able to handle all of it but I worry that my kids and Jesse are not going to be able to when I get to that point. I will miss my first task force meeting tomorrow. Guess I will close for now. Hug someone and let them know you care. Sue

Good morning

Well, just wanted to say good morning and hope everyone has a good day. Life is good. I hope to have a rather quite week. Today I plan on staying close to the house. Tomorrow I plan on going and having coffee with a very lovely lady in our church, then to quilting class tomorrow night. Wed stay at home. Thurs to Baton Rouge and then Friday maybe a trip to Monroe or not. My 20 year old is coming back home Thursday. He really pushes my buttons and takes days off my life very rapidly. I have already started having my memory going down hill lately. I do not really need the tension he brings with him. But what is a mother to do. I did not mean to write a downer but I must have needed to voice my concerns. Anyway, hug someone today and let them know you care. Sue

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Been locked out

I've tried to get back on here a time of 2 but it would not let me in to post. We had a great time at Boogie's, youngest daughter's, outside of Dallas. All my kids where here for my birthday, except Boogie. There seems to always be one of my kids that do not show up for family events. Jesse and I started walking this morning. I am getting ready for Washington DC in March. I do not want to give out of breath on the HILL like I did last year. I want to enjoy that whole trip. Lynn, my next to the oldest daughter sent me information of where we will be staying in New York on the square. That is going to be a fun trip also. So my walking shoes are going to have to get to work. Tomorrow is our support group meeting. We did not have one in December because of the weather. Unless I can get someone else to drive me to Baton Rouge next Thursday, Jesse is going to have to take me. I have picked up a new hobby, crazy quilting. Something I can do while I am in the car or sitting in the front room with Jesse while he watches tv. I am being to get anxious when I just sit. The last few days have been a little rough. I went to the library yesterday and thought I had gotten a particular book down I wanted and left it but when I got home and started looking at the books I got I had actually checked it out. I could not remember what the book looked like. It is really getting to the point that when I go to any store and buy something and bring it home and put it somewheres I forget about buying it or doing whatever I wanted to do with it. "Out of sight out of mind." Don't let me put something in a drawer in the fridge it will rot before I find it and try to remember why I bought it in the first place. The sun is out today. No rain. Yea!!!!!! Well, for now hug someone and let them know you care. Sue