Alzheimer’s Victim since 1990

Alzheimer’s is an extremely devas-tating disease that slowly eats away at your mind, body and soul. It is extremely hard on the victim, and in a lot of cases, Alzheimer’s can be even worse on not the victim .. but the surrounding family. Forget Me Not has many support groups that have gathered victims together to share their own stories and

allow people to see that no one is alone in this fight. Sally Honig was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 1990, and passed away in 2005 at the age of 76. Sally had a husband, Roger Honig, and three daughters. In 1989, before Sally was diagnosed, her family had begun to notice some changes, she had trouble remembering newly

learned information and got often confused. As it worsened, she had problems remembering her three daughters, along with her husband of 55 years. “My mom was my best friend, and it killed me when she couldn’t remember my name. I just couldn’t believe it. This new woman wasn’t my mother anymore” says Sally’s daughter,

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Lindsey Honig.Lindsey isn’t alone in the loss of her mother to Alzheimer’s. Betty Ruth was diagnosed in 1995 and slowly began to forget her husband of 42 years, John Ruth. “Betty was my everything, she still is. Alzheimer’s has taken her memory, but not her spirit. I know she is still in there, and I will always be by

her side until the day she dies.” For John, the hardest part is watching the love of his life suffer. Robert Smith shares this same hurt with his wife Katherine Smith. “Some-days she doesn’t remember who I am, but on the days that she does, I have never been a happier man in my entire life.” Katherine Smith has been very cooperative

with Alzheimer’s research since the first day she was diagnosed. She knew that it could possible help someone in the future. The Smith family have given many donations to Forget Me Not for Alzheimer’s research and have become adament supporters of the cause.

Alzheimer’s Victims since 1998

Alzheimer’s currently is a progres-sive disease with no cure. However, as research continues, we are slowly become more and more hopeful to find treatments to Alzheimer’s that in the future could stop this horrible disease. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ap-proved two types of medications — cholinesterase inhibitors (Aricept, Exelon, Razadyne, Cognex) and memantine (Namenda) — to treat the cognitive symptoms (memory loss, confusion, and problems with thinking and reasoning) of Al-zheimer’s disease.

As Alzheimer’s progresses, brain cells die and connections among cells are lost, causing cognitive symptoms to worsen. While cur-rent medications cannot stop the damage Alzheimer’s causes to brain cells, they may help lessen or stabi-lize symptoms for a limited time by affecting certain chemicals involved in carrying messages among the brain’s nerve cells. A growing number of herbal remedies, dietary supplements and “medical foods” are promoted as memory enhancers or treatments to delay or prevent Alzheimer’s dis-ease and related disorders. Claims about the safety and effectiveness of these products, however, are based largely on testimonials, tradition and a rather small body of scientific research. For my information on Alzheimer’s visit our wbesite, www.forgetmenot.org.

As research and hope

continues, we will soon find a

possible cure to this awful and

devastating disease.

Alzheimer’s Victims since 1998