It has been a very long time since I have posted anything. My mom was diagnosed with WKS 6 years ago and at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at the age of 56...
Michele, I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your mom. I just lost my dad to WKS on March 22, 2008 at 6:20 am. I received the call late Friday afternoon that...
Hi Michelle, I am so happy to hear your story. My dad is 60, he is a retired firefighter always string and cared for others, he has been in and out of rehab it...
Carrie, I am also sorry to hear of your loss. I felt releif at first, but as the days go by I feel terrible. I am struggling each day trying to make sense...
Sunni, I can totally relate with the roller coaster ride you are on. There were many times we thought my mom wasn't going to make it, in fact at one point she...
That sounds heart wrenching to have gone through. In a sad yet strange way, me being so far away from my dad, probably shielded me from seeing the really bad...
Gosh Michelle, I am so sorry to hear about this. How long was your mom an alcoholic and what was her drink of choice? do you rmeber the 1 st signs of wks? My...
Were your mom's circulatory problems due to the alcoholism? Did it cause alcoholic neuropathology? Such a sad story. Michele Anderson <ms_libra30@...>...
I totally spelled neuropathy wrong....... carrie buckingham <ibcarrieat@...> wrote: Were your mom's circulatory problems due to the alcoholism? Did it...
Yes she did have alcoholic neuropathy and that was what caused her leg isses. In fact, that was one the first symptoms of WKS. That and memory loss and used...
Sunni, My mom started drinking heavily when I was in about 5th or 6th grade. But both of my parents drank heavily all day long from morning until night. My...
Hi Michelle, I'm sorry to hear about your mom. Can I ask about the alcoholic neuropathy too...what were the symptoms? I'm sure my dad has that and had intended...
My mom would always complain that her feet were cold, numb or hurt. This was before she was diagnosed. She could barely walk and eventually quit walking all...
Thanks, he complains on cold/numb feet but then he also has Raynards too, he complains of burning to his legs and says he feels like 'he has wet himself' as ...
Hello I was hoping to find some answers, I am looking all over the internet in hopes of helping my dad. He is the retired firefighter, who has rsd and...
Hello I was hoping to find some answers, I am looking all over the internet in hopes of helping my dad. He is the retired firefighter, who has rsd and...
Sunni, Having been through everything you have been through with your dad and then some, I truly believe you already know the answers to your questions. Unless...
Thank you , I know you are corect, I guess Im hanging on to any hope possible, now days technology has come so far, if there were only a way for him to win and...
Carrie, how do I handle him now? any suggestions? I tell him he is killing himslef and will leave his kids to care for him and continuing to drink will only...
Sunni, I wish I had answers for you. My dad was in Arizona, several hundred miles away. In the end, I didn't have to deal with seeing what he was doing to...
Thanks Carrie, my heart goes out to you. I am so sorry for your recent loss, I didn't know he had been almost sober for 2 years? Did he go through detox in the...
My dad's placement into the nursing home this time, was different. He NEVER tried to escape. He seemed content there. Like he knew this was it. It was a...
Carrie, I am so sorry you and your son have been through so much, how old is your son? How did you explain to him this illness? My son is 6, and he asks his...
I think my son, Cody was in 3rd grade when my dad had his 1st episode. My son and I have been there through everything with my dad. We were the only ones in...
wow, I had no idea you had that long of a road traveled. I have stories from before my son was born how it began etc, looks like were on the journey now. I am...
Sunni, I feel for you as well. My dad is in an assisted living place. I tried going to the liquor stores when he was still able to get around. They told me...
Thank you Amanda for your time. Wow it's amazing to hear that there are actually other families going through the same things. Were in Texas, It has taken me 1...
You guys want to hear a good one.....where there's a will there's a way. When my dad was at his worst prior to being put into the nursing home, I kept getting...
Sunni, My dad had major heart problems. Several heart attacks. And end in the end congestive heart failure.I also think he was having TIA's or mini strokes as...
My dad has heart failure. He mentioned this to me maybe 9 months ago? Time goes so fast. He said his doctor told him that and he didn't believe him cause...
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