To make a very long story short, my 45 year old brother is now in a nursing home. They told me he has korsakoff syndrome. I can't seem to get much feel for...
Hey Pattie...i'm debbie and my husband Mac has WKS for 3 yrs. now he was diaganosed 3 days after we wed in 2000. He has short term memory loss and seizures, he...
My Mom was an alcoholic for 23 years. In May 2000, she had a binge, and she never came back - that was the beginning of WKS for her. To make things worse, in...
I am a one-year recovering alcoholic who heavily abused vodka and beer (and whatever I could get my hands on) for a period of about 11 or 12 years. I also...
ClubKid_1998
melodymaker_98@...
Nov 6, 2003 7:21 am
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Hi, Dealing with WKS in a family emember is hard, as I'm sure you both know and if you have read the past posts on this group you will know that we all...
Thank you for the responses.....makes me feel like I am not so alone as I thought I was. My brother's problems are related to alcohol use, and believe it or...
You know if you are having memory lapses of that magnitude that you most probably already have brain damage. As for how long or much one has to drink, I can...
Dear Patty: I do not find it so unusual that you did not realize the extent of your brothers alcoholism especially if you didn't live with him. My mother ...
Dear Kathy, I cannot tell you how much it meant to me to see your reply. In the short time that this has become a part of my life, I have felt less and less...
Patty, I am not sure if there is anything that I can tell you that you have not heard from the group already. I am 42 and got wks not from alcohol but from ...
mamachuck61@...
Nov 7, 2003 3:07 pm
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Hi Tracey, Thank you for sharing your story with me, it gives me some hope. We have seen no improvement in my brother's mental status in a month, but...
Hi Patty: I feel the same sadness that you feel as my Mom is only 63 with 6 grandchildren ages 3-15 who have lost her. She had so much to live for but ...
Hi Kathy, Sorry for the delay in answering you. I did take a needed break from visiting Rick this past weekend. It is such a hard, sad thing. I love him...
Hello Everyone, I wish I would have found this sight 15 months ago. My Mom's Doc told me to find a support group, but at that time I thought that meant ...
I've visited your eGroup and liked it very much. Thank you for supporting me with information and declarations about WKS. I've found them very useful for me,...
TigrĂ£o
tigraohandebol@...
Nov 12, 2003 5:04 pm
763
Hi, I empathise with everything you say. It usually is left to one person and that is me also. I have cared for my dad for the past seven years and in...
Hello Everyone, It has been along time since I have posted a message. It seems I dont have time for anything any more. We finally found a nursing home 10 mins...
Hi I would just like to say I can totally empathise with everything you say about your mum too. I too am the one person eveything is left to. My mum has got...
Hi Ann Mums been in there for 4 weeks not settling at all. Crying everytime I go up or snapping at me..it's so hard. They are reviewing her medication as they...
Thank you for your empathy! I am curious about your Dads reaction to being in his "new" home. He was placed just one month after my Mom was placed. Every time...
Thank you also for your empathy. I can't help but to think that there might be a medication adjustment that your Mum might need. All the drugs in the world...
... been ... ask ... Rhonda, When we took my brother-in-law to the nursing home, straight from the hospital, He was furious with us. He wouldnt sign No papers...
Hey Rhonda> I think that the anger/frustration/despair that you are feeling is so normal and what is unfortunate is that there is not alot of support groups...
Tammy: My mom is so much like your brother in law. She seems to have wiped out all bad memories or pressures. She does not talk about my Dad, she never asks...
I too feel sorry for the life she has lost and can't help wish that she would have just drank her self to death as she is not the mum that I know. It is so...
I'm still looking for a group or person who really gets it. I've got a compounded problem in that I really did not have a close mother/daughter relationship...
I have been reading these posts the past few days, thinking about what life has come to. Isn't it sad that most of us are dealing with the hardest situation...
We all have been busy posting recently, a few weeks ago it had gone very quite. What is amazing is that it doesn't matter which part of the world we are, it...
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