Michael Irvin's wife got alzheimers in her 50's (Club Shay Shay)

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Damn, sorry to hear that Irv…good brother man. Some sad stuff Alzheimer’s is an ugly disease. My brother in law’s mom going thru that now and it’s tough on the whole family…she seeing my nephew, her grandson, and being unfamiliar with him sometimes is scary and heartbreaking…she doesn’t want to take the medicines either.


My sis and BiL going thru it something serious right now. All respect to Mike and his wife, wish them the best
 

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Good thing he is still taking care of her. I've heard horror stories of families abandoning other family members after they got alzheimers. I get that it is difficult to take carr of someone with that disease, but that's still your family/blood
 
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Damn, sorry to hear that Irv…good brother man. Some sad stuff Alzheimer’s is an ugly disease. My brother in law’s mom going thru that now and it’s tough on the whole family…she seeing my nephew, her grandson, and being unfamiliar with him sometimes is scary and heartbreaking…she doesn’t want to take the medicines either.


My sis and BiL going thru it something serious right now. All respect to Mike and his wife, wish them the best
If their insurance can cover it, those new medicines are a miracle. Ive posted about it before, but those new classes of drugs are humanities first successful attempt to combat Alzheimer's in our history.


Yall gotta tie her down and feed it to her , for her own sake if you have to. The impact of those drugs is the similar to the impact of chemo therapy being approved in 1949 and finally giving humanity a fighting chance against cancer .
 

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Good thing he is still taking care of her. I've heard horror stories of families abandoning other family members after they got alzheimers. I get that it is difficult to take of someone with that disease, but that's still your family/blood
My neighbor left her husband of like 50 years or whatever after “caring for him” following his diagnosis a year ago. Didn’t put him in a facility either. Just woke up and dipped out.. shyt is fukked up. Dude is really nice and was a firefighter in New York responding when 911 took place . A real life hero. people always saw him treating her with love and opening doors for her and shyt. So she couldn’t act like they were on the rocks and shyt. She told a neighbor it was just too difficult emotionally. People can’t talk to me about no karma or all God plan bullshyt . Bro don’t deserve that. Someone did one of the health checks (one of his kids probably) and they got him into a facility now no thanks to wifey
 
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If their insurance can cover it, those new medicines are a miracle. Ive posted about it before, but those new classes of drugs are humanities first successful attempt to combat Alzheimer's in our history.


Yall gotta tie her down and feed it to her , for her own sake if you have to. The impact of those drugs is the similar to the impact of chemo therapy being approved in 1949 and finally giving humanity a fighting chance against cancer .

Yeah I the fam been talking about these drugs. Hoping that it can help her. I’d hate for my nephews grandmom to go out like that.

Her husband and my BiL been trying to make her take the medicine. It hasn’t been easy. She still wants her independence, which I can understand. It’s just that she doesn’t really understand what’s going on for real…it isn’t my mom so I can only pray and give suggestions where I can. I just encourage my sister and BiL to continue to see her and give her extra attention. Keep nephew around her…work and driving are still in the picture for now, but she’s getting to the place where they just want her home for her safety. By the end of next year it’ll probably be that way. Such an ugly and sad disease man. You forget the people who love you the most and there’s no fixing it. SMH. This and cancer, like WHY???!!
 

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My neighbor left her husband of like 50 years or whatever after “caring for him” following his diagnosis a year ago. Didn’t put him in a facility either. Just woke up and dipped out.. shyt is fukked up. Dude is really nice and was a firefighter in New York responding when 911 took place . A real life hero. people always saw him treating her with love and opening doors for her and shyt. So she couldn’t act like they were on the rocks and shyt. She told a neighbor it was just too difficult emotionally. People can’t talk to me about no karma or all God plan bullshyt . Bro don’t deserve that. Someone did one of the health checks (one of his kids probably) and they got him into a facility now no thanks to wifey
such a cop out. i mean, to watch them deteriorate cognitively i understand but that's what you signed up for.

"sickness and in health"

she gonna reap what she sowed and i hope that harvest has nothing but thorns
 

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You are a piece of shyt if u leave your love one along to battle anything from alzeheimers, cancer etc etc

I literally gave up my life in 2016 when my dad was diagnosed with lung cancer

I took him to appointments, got his food for him, spent as much time as i could till he passed away in 2021.. now my mom is elderly and im taking care of her even though she can move around her house and do things, she still need help with bills, doctors appointments and medication…

A lot of these places you want to put your love one in is very expensive and insurance won’t cover it so u got to come out of pocket

Then reading what others just posted, your own spouse, child, family member will abandon you because they still want to live their life, fukk daddy or mama that raised you or the person who married you…
 
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