lanalee - i admire your courage, your strength and your empathy. as a volunteer for the alzheimer's association (i love doing the memory walk every year), i've learned alot about how horrifying this disease is and how it devistates the patient and the family. thankfully, there are new drugs now and, hopefully, progress will continue, but there is still no cure. your post should make us all sit up and be thankful for everything and everyone in our lives - for how quickly it all can change. one of the people i am thankful for is gail, 20 years ago, now, and in the future. diane Diane Strasser Silstra German Shepherds "Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." - Roger Caras ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================