Get back 2 me on that one? ... From: "karen stewart" <rockysmom12001@...> To: <wernicke_korsakoff_syndrome@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, February 17,...
Hi, I know you have all heard from me, but I want to let you know. I am WKS survivor, and I have been performing in a play (my second, actually, since...
Hi Sherry Well done! you have every right to be proud of yourself I admire you, i do not have WKS myself but could never remember a script, or sometimes even...
... you, i do ... even why ... Thanks, Ali. I have always found it easy to learn lines, so I am very glad this is still possible. Acting is really fun. My...
Hi, It's me again. Today I have a testing session with a Dr. I've never met before. Or else I may have met him when I was in the hospital, but don't remember...
Sherry: It sounds like the test my mother took. She took it twice a year apart. I sat in for part of it. It's alot of memory stuff so they can measure the...
... can ... It may be the same. I did have memory tests and an attention span test. There were also memory tests, a personality test, and some other tests...
... can ... It may be the same. I did have memory tests and an attention span test. There were also memory tests, a personality test, and some other tests...
Hi, I'm sorry about the double post yesterday. I was on another Yahoo group and the same thing was happening to someone else, so I'm thinking it was some...
My husband was just diagnoses with this after 3 weeks in the hospital. We have been told that this is permanent and we need to look for long term care. He is...
Your husband's younger than me! I think the best help would be from the ones that have it and are doing well. Was it caused from drinking and if so, has he...
Kelli, I'm sorry you're in such a very difficult situation right now. I hope that you're getting some support from friends and family. You may need to ask...
Kelli, My x husband has it also, and i do find that he just has short term memory lose he can remember along time ago. My prayers are with you and i will...
Kelli, So sorry to her about your husband. What happened? Is this his first episode of this type? There is hope for recovery. It just take a lot of time. Time...
Thanks to everyone for your response to my email. My husband has been drinking since the age of 17. We live in houston and i am blessed that i do have family...
Kelli, your husband might be able to recover his strength after a while. When my 71-year-old father was last hospitalized, he had gait and coordination...
Kelli, My dad also has trouble walking. Sometimes it's worse. Right now, he walks unsteadily. He has therapy 3 times a week. He lives in an assisted living...
Amanda , My Brother in law was 36 when we were told he had WKS. He was a heavy drinker. We placed him in a nursing home. It takes a full year for all symptoms...
Hi, I know I haven't been keeping the group updated lately on my father... but, I have to say... that Thanksgiving was a little over a year since my father's...
Hello everyone.... I think it was just yesterday I let everyone know of my pending trip to the White Mountains in Arizona to see my dad. Today, the nursing ...
Kelli.... Keep the faith! He will recover. It just takes time. I was told my dad would never recover. I was scared to death. He scared me! To make a long story...
Carrie, I'm so sorry for you and being so far from him can't be easy. As far as the hallucinations, my dad had those in February. After he fell and was taken...
Hi Kelli, Keep your chin up and the prayers flowing... I was told the same thing as Carrie (exactly the same events happened too)... only my dad didn't start...
Hi Kelli: The nursing home may suprise you and if you think of it more as a rehabilitation for physical therapy as opposed to a long term solution it can help....