Hello Everyone:
I was so happy to discover their was support for people suffering from Picks Disease and other dyementias on the net. I have found that since my husbands diagnosis, friends have been calling less and less on us as well as his brothers and sister.
My husband Darrald was diagnosed in Aug.07. It seems more like eight years instead of eight months. He is 50 years old. I knew something was wrong two years prior to this, but it took that long before everything else was...

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My name is Cheryl and I have been dealing with Pick's Disease for about 11 years. My mother has it. She was a vibrant young and full of life women who was struck down with this horrible disease at around 63 years young. We didn't know what was happening and never heard of Pick's. We live in the Boston area and had access to the best of doctors and hospitals. We started with a team of neurologists in Boston who diagonosed this disease. I tried everything from accupunture to...

Up here in good 'Old Canada', the province of Alberta, where Wayne Gretsky the hockey player came from and Edmonton, Alberta, having the worlds largest mall (West Edmonton Mall), we have absolutely nothing for day programs for people with FTD.

My husband (age 50) seems very bored and listless. I work during the day because I'm the sole bread winner. Husband only receives $1,000 per month for disability pension. I feel very guilty when I go to work and leave him alone at home. He just...