new member, brother just diagnosed with LBD

[Guest guest]

Greetings,

I am on several cat yahoo groups, but this is my first human one. My older

brother (9 years older) was just diagnosed with LBD. He is 65 and has been an

alcoholic all of his adult life. I have another brother who is 69 and apparently

healthy, and a younger brother 54, with Crohn's disease. My mother had

Alzheimer's, diagnosed in about 1996, she died at 87, in 2004. My mother had 5

sisters, at least 3 of them also had Alzheimer's, although her 2 brothers did

not. My father did not have cognitive dysfunction except towards the end of his

life, probably the result of a number of small strokes and he died at about 84.

My father had a sister who towards the last few years of her life hallucinated

bizarre events where she was the hero, and became convinced her daughter and

son-in-law were trying to kill her. She died in 2005 at 89. After reading a

description of LBD, I'm wondering if that is what she had. My father had 7

siblings as well, but don't know how they died, except that some of them died by

stroke and one from complications of alcoholism.

Anyway, I'd never heard of this disease until hearing my brother had it. I'm

here to learn more about it, both to help my brother and his wife, but also

because of the implications of it appearing in myself or my other 2 brothers.

Needless to say, I'm bummed, but probably every newbie to this list is.

Merlin (despite my name, I'm a girl if gender inheritance is of any importance).

[Guest guest]

Dear Merlin,

Welcome to the group nobody should ever have to belong to..... that being said,

you have come to the right place for lots of good information, suggestions, and

emotional support. I have been a member for several years now, and the advice

and support - and friendship - have been invaluable.

Helene in NY

(Mom still at home in the Bronx, almost 78 years old, about 12 years with the

disease- last stages)

>

> Greetings,

>

> I am on several cat yahoo groups, but this is my first human one. My older

brother (9 years older) was just diagnosed with LBD. He is 65 and has been an

alcoholic all of his adult life. I have another brother who is 69 and apparently

healthy, and a younger brother 54, with Crohn's disease. My mother had

Alzheimer's, diagnosed in about 1996, she died at 87, in 2004. My mother had 5

sisters, at least 3 of them also had Alzheimer's, although her 2 brothers did

not. My father did not have cognitive dysfunction except towards the end of his

life, probably the result of a number of small strokes and he died at about 84.

My father had a sister who towards the last few years of her life hallucinated

bizarre events where she was the hero, and became convinced her daughter and

son-in-law were trying to kill her. She died in 2005 at 89. After reading a

description of LBD, I'm wondering if that is what she had. My father had 7

siblings as well, but don't know how they died, except that some of them died by

stroke and one from complications of alcoholism.

>

> Anyway, I'd never heard of this disease until hearing my brother had it. I'm

here to learn more about it, both to help my brother and his wife, but also

because of the implications of it appearing in myself or my other 2 brothers.

>

> Needless to say, I'm bummed, but probably every newbie to this list is.

>

> Merlin (despite my name, I'm a girl if gender inheritance is of any

importance).

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Merlin,

Welcome to the group nobody should ever have to belong to..... that being said,

you have come to the right place for lots of good information, suggestions, and

emotional support. I have been a member for several years now, and the advice

and support - and friendship - have been invaluable.

Helene in NY

(Mom still at home in the Bronx, almost 78 years old, about 12 years with the

disease- last stages)

>

> Greetings,

>

> I am on several cat yahoo groups, but this is my first human one. My older

brother (9 years older) was just diagnosed with LBD. He is 65 and has been an

alcoholic all of his adult life. I have another brother who is 69 and apparently

healthy, and a younger brother 54, with Crohn's disease. My mother had

Alzheimer's, diagnosed in about 1996, she died at 87, in 2004. My mother had 5

sisters, at least 3 of them also had Alzheimer's, although her 2 brothers did

not. My father did not have cognitive dysfunction except towards the end of his

life, probably the result of a number of small strokes and he died at about 84.

My father had a sister who towards the last few years of her life hallucinated

bizarre events where she was the hero, and became convinced her daughter and

son-in-law were trying to kill her. She died in 2005 at 89. After reading a

description of LBD, I'm wondering if that is what she had. My father had 7

siblings as well, but don't know how they died, except that some of them died by

stroke and one from complications of alcoholism.

>

> Anyway, I'd never heard of this disease until hearing my brother had it. I'm

here to learn more about it, both to help my brother and his wife, but also

because of the implications of it appearing in myself or my other 2 brothers.

>

> Needless to say, I'm bummed, but probably every newbie to this list is.

>

> Merlin (despite my name, I'm a girl if gender inheritance is of any

importance).

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you Judy and Helene. I've found Yahoo groups to be very helpful and am

looking forward to learning a lot.

Merlin

> >

> > Greetings,

> >

> > I am on several cat yahoo groups, but this is my first human one. My older

brother (9 years older) was just diagnosed with LBD. He is 65 and has been an

alcoholic all of his adult life. I have another brother who is 69 and apparently

healthy, and a younger brother 54, with Crohn's disease. My mother had

Alzheimer's, diagnosed in about 1996, she died at 87, in 2004. My mother had 5

sisters, at least 3 of them also had Alzheimer's, although her 2 brothers did

not. My father did not have cognitive dysfunction except towards the end of his

life, probably the result of a number of small strokes and he died at about 84.

My father had a sister who towards the last few years of her life hallucinated

bizarre events where she was the hero, and became convinced her daughter and

son-in-law were trying to kill her. She died in 2005 at 89. After reading a

description of LBD, I'm wondering if that is what she had. My father had 7

siblings as well, but don't know how they died, except that some of them died by

stroke and one from complications of alcoholism.

> >

> > Anyway, I'd never heard of this disease until hearing my brother had it.

I'm here to learn more about it, both to help my brother and his wife, but also

because of the implications of it appearing in myself or my other 2 brothers.

> >

> > Needless to say, I'm bummed, but probably every newbie to this list is.

> >

> > Merlin (despite my name, I'm a girl if gender inheritance is of any

importance).

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you Judy and Helene. I've found Yahoo groups to be very helpful and am

looking forward to learning a lot.

Merlin

> >

> > Greetings,

> >

> > I am on several cat yahoo groups, but this is my first human one. My older

brother (9 years older) was just diagnosed with LBD. He is 65 and has been an

alcoholic all of his adult life. I have another brother who is 69 and apparently

healthy, and a younger brother 54, with Crohn's disease. My mother had

Alzheimer's, diagnosed in about 1996, she died at 87, in 2004. My mother had 5

sisters, at least 3 of them also had Alzheimer's, although her 2 brothers did

not. My father did not have cognitive dysfunction except towards the end of his

life, probably the result of a number of small strokes and he died at about 84.

My father had a sister who towards the last few years of her life hallucinated

bizarre events where she was the hero, and became convinced her daughter and

son-in-law were trying to kill her. She died in 2005 at 89. After reading a

description of LBD, I'm wondering if that is what she had. My father had 7

siblings as well, but don't know how they died, except that some of them died by

stroke and one from complications of alcoholism.

> >

> > Anyway, I'd never heard of this disease until hearing my brother had it.

I'm here to learn more about it, both to help my brother and his wife, but also

because of the implications of it appearing in myself or my other 2 brothers.

> >

> > Needless to say, I'm bummed, but probably every newbie to this list is.

> >

> > Merlin (despite my name, I'm a girl if gender inheritance is of any

importance).

> >

>