Re: Hello Again -- 2008 Gathering

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Welcome back . Yes, your cup has been overflowing! Yikes! Here's

hoping that things settle down for you. Hope we get to meet you at

the 2008 Gathering too!

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> I am happy to be able to participate once again. I have not been

active

> since my mom died in October. Too much stuff to deal with and then

my

> father-in-law suffered a ruptured aorta anurisym. Miraculously he

> survived the operation to repair the damage. He was in hospital

for two

> months and only returned home the week before Xmas. We went to

visit my

> husband's family for Christmas and then went to visit my sister, so

we

> have also been a way for a while.

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> Although my father-in-law has made an amazing recovery physically,

he

> has no memory of the operation (which is probably a good thing). I

> think he has had some form of dementia for several years (not LBD),

> however the family is loath to label him. I feel there is not much

we

> can do as we live so far away. I offered a few suggestions based

on my

> mother's experience, but there are quite a few sibblings involved

and no

> one person seems to have the whole story. My mother in law is quite

the

> optimist and thinks that now that they fixed his physical problem,

he

> will recover his memory. Talk about the cup overflowing. I guess

it is

> just too hard for some people to accept that a man who once quoted

> Shakespear now thinks he cannot read because he dosn't have the

right

> glasses.

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> I would be interested in attending the 2008 Gathering. No plans

yet for

> August (hopefully some family visits). I live in Toronto and just

spent

> a lovely time with homeland security crossing the border, but

> considering what we do caring for people with LBD it was a piece a

cake.

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> Thanks again

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