Hi Joan I am so sorry about your husband's diagnosis. You have the
right doctors for him. A support group will do wonders for you. There
are some that your husband can attend too.

Roseanne

--- In spouseswithalzheimers@yahoogroups.com, Joan Ochs
<jochs7870@...> wrote:
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> My husband was diagnosed in January. He was very upset when I told
our son and daughter. He was also upset when I told his brother.
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> He's in complete denial even though he read the report from the
Neuropsychologist and we have an appt. with a psychiatrist this week
for him to go over the report and prescribe medication. He's also
seen a neurologist.
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> He's always been a very private person. He's also never been a
joiner. We have a couple of close friends, but, unfortunately, they
live in another state.
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> I'm planning to contact some caregiver organizations and go to
their meetings.
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> I feel like I need to sit him down and tell him exactly that he's
got Alzheimers. We did go to one meeting at the Alzheimers Assoc. on
coping with the disease and he's still in denial.
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> Our daughter lives in Austin, TX with her husband and 2 small
children. Out son lives approximately 30 miles from us but is very
busy with his job and his wife's daughter and her grandchildren.
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> I'm very scared.
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> Joan
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