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Hello all - We went to Barrows and as much as I did not get good news, at least my Mom won't be trying out a new bunch of meds and that is good. The diagnosis is either Jacob-Creutzfeldt or atypical presentation Alzheimer's with strokes, and he said he would bet on the first one which he says effects about one person in a million. He said he could do a brain biopsy and spinal tap to determin which it is, but that the end result is the same - just that the first one moves much faster and is something like mad cow disease but doesn't come from cows and the brain tissue is very contageous. He said Mom was almost a textbook case and to get her off of all durgs except pain medication which he would give often, and not to turn her too often because of the pain factor. I guess I'm kind of numb today. At least now there's a name and I know I can't fight to get her better any more. Now we'll just live with it for as long as she has left, (the disease moves rapidly) and I will know that she had the best care possible all of the way around. Thank you all for all of your caring and support. You are all the best people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. Thank you all. Sue