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I am sorry for his disappointment about his meds. I

remember when I was trying to get over my brain hemorrhage and had thinking

tests. I failed all of them. I felt so dumb. I wish I could help you about

your problem with work too. If you worked you would have to hire someone to be

with your mate wouldn’t you? If not, some of my older friends take care

of the elderly in their homes for money. Some are paid by the state and some

by the people’s family. They like their jobs. One takes care of a

disabled college student in the morning and afternoon and takes care of an

elderly person the rest of the day. Yes, life sure can be hard to live. My

girlfriend just lent me a movie, “’s’ Ashes”. I

got in touch with my Irish roots! When you see that movie it makes you think

our lives are a piece of cake. LOL

From:

Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004

2:36 AM

To: Lupies

Subject:

Cheryl/retraining

Hey,

I know

of 2 people right now who are on a program that sounds just like that!

One is 47 & the other is in his late 50's! They are doing

great. If they can do it so can your hubby. At least he is

trying. Some people would just quit.

My

hubby can't go back to work. The only job he knows is to physically

demanding to do with Parkinson's Disease & when he applied for disability

they sent him to a psychiatrist to see if he could be retrained. He

couldn't do any of the puzzles or tests they gave him because of his

cognitive function. Neuro labeled it Alzheimer's, but also said it could just

be a part of the PD. It acts the same way & is treated the same

way, but wouldn't tell us if it progressed the same way. He was very depressed

in the beginning, but with some antidepressants, & realizing that he can

still have a pretty normal life for now had made a huge difference.

I took

him back to his neuro today. Wasn't a good trip. This doc is

sadly lacking bedside manner. Today was on of his worst! He took

Jace off the new Alzheimer med he was on because he felt like it wasn't

working. That was depressing because we had such high hopes. He

scheduled an MRI of his brain to look for any major changes. That's

Aug. 12. I'm going to be doing a LOT

of praying between now & then!!!

I can't

go to work because he needs me here, plus I've always worked with him &

have no work history. Who's going to hire a decrepit 45 yr. old

with no public work history?! Ain't life grand sometimes!

You

hang in there...and find out about the meds & help! Please.

It's

now 5:35am & I think my meds are finally kicking in to over ride

the pred.

-- Cheryl's depression

Thanks ! My husband has decided to take a

small job and go back to school to get trained to do something else. He

can get on a program that lets him collect unemployment while he does it. At

least that is what he said tonight. His illness just won’t let

him get back into sales. Who ever heard of a 57 year old getting

retrained and starting a new career? I guess it’s happened.

I keep you posted on what he chooses and all that.

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