My husband with Frontotemporal dementia finds relief from exercising

joyc on Mon, 18th Jan 2010 9:47 pm 



Exercise is critical to a person with FTD. Thanks for sharing your experince with all of us.

Holly on Tue, 19th Jan 2010 8:25 am 



Thank you Joyce for your comment. I am surprised at how well my husband feels and thinks when he is out exercising. He has the same alertness as when he is working on his jigsaw puzzles. Interesting–those are the times when he doesn’t have a headache.

rachael on Sat, 29th Jan 2011 5:51 pm 



Thanks for sharing this, we have just learnt that my dad has ftd, and well he is finding it hard, I will encourage him to excersise Thank you once again Rachael

Holly on Sun, 30th Jan 2011 6:23 am 



Hi Rachael,
The next several years are going to be life changing. If you want to connect with someone who can relate to what you are going through you can email my daughter, Amy at may_burn23@hotmail.com. Both of our kids (and me) have gone through tremendous growth over the past 4 years–painful, but rewarding.

If you want more tips on how you can help yourself (and your Dad) you can go to my website http://www.hollyeburne.com for brain tips and blogs on nutrition etc. You can also sign up for a newsletter that I send out every 2nd Friday on tips about ‘living your best life’ regardless of your circumstances. I write about my lessons and insights of living with dementia as a person and a baby boomer care giver. Please pass it along to your Mom if you think she is open to it.

All the best. Let me know if I can be of any more help.

Warmly,
Holly

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