Our local paper had an article yesterday about a man from our community who will be featured in a segment on AD during a new PBS show that is currently filming. The two-part show will be titled "Retirement Revolution" and will be hosted by Paula Zahn. Gary Shelton, age 64, is part of a support group here for early stage victims and their spouses, and he is one of 12 people serving on a national Alzheimer's advisory group. ( I find it interesting that our local group has several members who acknowledge their diagnosis and go to the meetings where they participate in activities planned to give them cognitive stimulation. My DH would never identify with them or concede that he has the disease.)
Thank you for that information. Where do you live? Could you e-mail me the link to the article?
We have a member - Trish. Her husband Bob has Alzheimer's; is in the Elan BAP III trial; and is a member of the National Alzheimer's Advisory Group. You can see a video about them - go to my home page - www.thealzheimerspouse.com - and click on the left side section - EOAD. Scroll to the video section, and the 4th one - CBS story about one of our readers is about Trish and Bob.
Susan, my husband was diagnosed with AD four years ago and to this day refuses to discuss the diagnosis, (doesn't deny it, just won't listen or comment on AD), and when a TV program or advertisement comes on re: Alzheimer's, he'll either leave the room or look away.
I asked him, early on, to PLEASE discuss it with me, because I was in this journey with him and wanted to follow the path he chose. He refused to comment and when I begged him to - he'd reply, "I have nothing to say, one way or the other." in a very cold voice. One that I've learned over the years means, "Drop the subject!" I feel like I'm on this walk all by myself. It's not fair, either, because he could have assured me that I'd be ok, or that he trusted me to do the right thing, ...anything at all. Instead, all I got was the silent stare.