Hello..its been a long time since I have posted or read orbeen in touch. My dad is Bill the fireman, who has been on and off..his WKS has reached a point where...
One option would be to call the county's Adult Protective Services (or the equivalent). He sounds gravely disabled, unable to manage his own financial...
Hi Sunni,  I'm still here. Have you thought of a "live-in" nurse's aide or some such caregiver?  Good Luck Nora Hi Sunni, I'm still here. Have you...
... Thanks for the great ideas..and replies...were still up in the air on what to do afraid aides, and ass living will take his pension that he has debts to...
another miserable long day!!!started at 10 looking for dad he walked off again...a neighbor boy said he saw him walking in his rebel hat with no shirt headed...
Sunni, I agree with Dana. I too ended up calling in Adult Protective Services on my dad. They had him placed in the nursing home and I signed the papers. He...
Thank you I agree!!! he just walked to my house 10miles..and was violent and aggressive threw myportable fireplace at me and was ready to attack...he has never...
Sunni, I haven't written anything in a long time, but I have been following your ordeal. My thoughts and prayers go out to you, try to keep your head up. ...
Your father is a danger to other people and should be put in a place where he can't hurt other people. One reliable place to contain people who are not able to...
hi Dana, I agree. The thing is the police took himalready charged him with a PI then we bailed him out and went to the hospital in hopes they would admit him...
Hi Sunni - sorry I don't check this very often but just saw your messages. My dad has been living w/ WKS for about 5 yrs now. He lives in assisted living -...
I went to the beach a few days with my son on a much needed get away..and were back..on May 30Th my dad walked to my house demanding my car and money s when he...
You did the right thing, you can not let him put you, your mom, or your son in danger. My husband was never violent but by the time he agreed to go to rehab,...
... I agree. Sunni's father made a choice a long time ago to ruin his body and brain with the effects of alcohol and thiamine deprivation. What's happening...
Thank you so much for sharing your story with me it really helps more than anything..all the options and ideas...blessings sunni ... From: kelli flynt...
I agree that videotaping may help him understand. But also, he may be past the point of being able to understand what he is doing and may see the tape and...
I always said I would tape record or video tape him...never got the chance he is sitting in jail for 7 days now..calling to get bailed out..I was told to go to...
Can you ask your father to agree to go to the 90 day rehab facility as a condition of dropping the charges? In other words, get him to agree to go there (in...
agree the last 11 days have been great, not worried if he will show up or wander here or there etc etc..The district attorney said today, that they didn't...
... Just a note. I had this syndrome and I am now working again, etc. You CAN recover from it. The basic thing is you need to keep pumping the thiamine in....
Hi, I may have posted this before, but I wanted to make sure everyone knew it. I got sick with WKS a few years ago. Before that, I had another condition...
Hi, I just saw that thing about promoting products. I do not sell thiamine! LOL I am honestly trying to let people know that this syndrome may come from some...
Hi Sherry, who diagnosed yuou had WKS? I need to get my dad diagnosed as well. how do we get thiamine? is there aprescription for that? in high doses...
... I was diagnosed when I got extremely ill, by docs at the hospital. I, to this day, wonder if that was really true. Most people who have had WKS to the...
I totally agree with Sherry, the same thing happened with my husband, the doctor's explained it to me along the line of when my husband's body processed...
Hi all..I've been reading the thread and thought I'd update you on my mother as well. She was diagnosed with WKS in January of 2003. I found her on New...
I am always so glad to hear that there are others who are experiencing this . Wish I knew how WKS was diagnosed. I have heard MRI, or a neurologist can detect...
Hi Sunni,  You need to tell them he's an alcoholic, not a mental patient. And I'm just afraid if you bail him out you are asking for trouble.  Hang in...
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