Alison's story | Huntington's in mind

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  • Опубликовано: 22 май 2022
  • As part of our #HuntingtonsInMind campaign we spoke to Alison who has shared her story about caring for her husband, daughter and son who all have Huntington's disease. You can find out more about the campaign here: www.hda.org.uk/huntingtonsinmind
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Комментарии • 51

  • @margaretanne7762
    @margaretanne7762 2 года назад +25

    Alison You are a wonderful wife mother and carer.be kind to yourself you are carrying a huge load.much love and prayers.💕

  • @DeadDecline
    @DeadDecline 2 года назад +27

    It's heartbreaking quite honestly. No one deserves to go through this it's not right.

  • @debwoods3831
    @debwoods3831 9 дней назад +1

    I’m currently my husband’s caregiver because of Huntington’s. It’s tough, but I want him to be as safe, happy, and healthy as possible for as long as possible. It’s a horrific disease.

  • @teresajohnson8988
    @teresajohnson8988 10 месяцев назад +9

    You are a blessing to Bert and Elise

  • @wheatstonebridge
    @wheatstonebridge 4 месяца назад +5

    Im sorry, Alison. I wish I could give you a hug. Praying for you 🙏 ❤️

  • @lorrainetrelinski6932
    @lorrainetrelinski6932 2 года назад +16

    Hi Allison,please i want you to know ,Ive lived your pain,cried those tears.My husband passed in 2019 age 60 from HD.His journey was our journey too.When God chose them for us.He knew he made the right choice.Omg! havent cried like that in a bit, felt so good.Thank you for sharing your family with us.HUGS .

  • @elizabethconroy7665
    @elizabethconroy7665 Год назад +4

    Lovely Lady,dear Allison
    What a caring,compassionate person you are
    Warm Hugs from Amman Jordan 🇯🇴 The Middle East

  • @katydid1600
    @katydid1600 8 месяцев назад +2

    Alison, I am crying with you. You are a wonderful person. You have way too much on your plate. I wish I could help you.

  • @unstrung65
    @unstrung65 Год назад +20

    Thank you for telling your story , as heartbreaking as it is - I admire your courage and attitude , I know it can't be easy . Hopefully , with more public awareness of this disease , the road to a cure will come quicker .

  • @JonathanHernandez-mm3nd
    @JonathanHernandez-mm3nd Год назад +3

    May god be with all those with Huntington’s Disease.

  • @user-ct3gl1uo7r
    @user-ct3gl1uo7r 6 месяцев назад +3

    Just came across this video, since there are not very many new videos that are less than a year old. My father-in-law had HD and both brother-in-law‘s had HD and now my niece has it and she’s 28 my husband is 61 It does not have any symptoms, so we’re just praying that God has chosen not to be caregivers. After watching my mother-in-law go through taking care of her husband with HD for eight years now we’re doing the same thing. It’s the cruelest coolest disease out there. I wish more people know about Huntington’s disease. God bless you for making this video.❤😢

  • @lauriemasters5596
    @lauriemasters5596 Год назад +7

    I am truly sorry about your husband and daughter. Never feel alone. There are many many people with HD. It's okay for you to cry. Thank you for your story.

  • @davespencer2425
    @davespencer2425 Год назад +5

    This is so heartbreaking for you Alison. Your beautiful caring nature shines through . Your husband and daughter are so lovely. You are sharing precious times. Bless you all

  • @benjaminperez1149
    @benjaminperez1149 Год назад +3

    Alison, there are no words to say about this challenge in your life and the great loss. God bless you always.

  • @PixieTheRabbit
    @PixieTheRabbit Год назад +4

    What a lovely, lovely woman! She does know what it is to live with Huntington's disease. She has a double dose of it, and although she doesn't have the physical symptoms, she has to live with and manage the symptoms of two of the people she loves most in the world. It is tragic that people and families hid the disease from their spouses. Huntingtons and other neurological diseases (like ALS) are maddening. There are always research articles proclaiming that we are on the cusp of a cure, or at least a viable treatment. I get very excited. Victims of the disease and their families are ecstatic--until you realize that they have been saying the same thing for decades. These families need our support and encouragement. We need to stop funding ridiculous pet projects like " bus stops complete with Wi-Fi, heated benches and sidewalks, and a steel-frame roof" or the "Popular Romance Project," or "he National Institutes of Health spent more than $300,000 on a University of California, Berkeley, study that proved something no one was questioning-couples are happier when the woman calms down after an argument." Start looking at the other outrageous things, on which our tax dollars are squandered! That money needs to be spent on research and testing for cures, and for pre-IVF testing for people who have these genetic diseases. We owe it to them. We owe it to the yet unborn children who will be afflicted with these diseases. We owe it to the people who love them.

  • @jaydarby1984
    @jaydarby1984 2 года назад +13

    I've been diagnosed with it.its untreatable

    • @lauriemasters5596
      @lauriemasters5596 Год назад +4

      I'm very sorry.

    • @Alexa-tw3dv
      @Alexa-tw3dv Год назад +1

      I am so sorry!😢

    • @katydid1600
      @katydid1600 8 месяцев назад +1

      @jaydarby1984 I'm so, so sorry. How are you doing?

    • @jaydarby1984
      @jaydarby1984 8 месяцев назад

      @@katydid1600 you won't believe this I was on a trial in Manchester and the tablet I was on made it alot easier to live and made my hand eye coordination alot better it was live changing ❤❤

    • @katydid1600
      @katydid1600 8 месяцев назад +1

      @jaydarby1984 Please know that I'm praying for you and a cure.

  • @stephaniedegange2737
    @stephaniedegange2737 Месяц назад

    May God bless you all...

  • @altabotha4525
    @altabotha4525 Год назад +4

    What a beautiful caring angel she is!

  • @natlip12
    @natlip12 3 месяца назад +1

    Thank you for sharing your story. Very very sad and prayers for you and your family.

  • @rebekahsprlyan6982
    @rebekahsprlyan6982 Год назад +7

    Thank you for sharing your story 🙏🏼

  • @gailpool4042
    @gailpool4042 Год назад +4

    All the best, Alison. Thanks for making this video and sharing your story. xxx

  • @fernemcallister6774
    @fernemcallister6774 Год назад +2

    What beautiful children you have.

  • @susankamaka745
    @susankamaka745 11 дней назад

    🙏🙏🙏❤️. I love your perspective and serene energy.

  • @jodiebird1551
    @jodiebird1551 Год назад +4

    Thank you for sharing your inspirational story. As the carer of an adult discharged unsafely from CNTW mental health Trust and the fallout when I was the target and got blamed when he was delusional. But I got on with it. I gave up my Senior nurse career, and PhD but got MPhil, got into carer related debt, nonetheless the reward of making a difference in others lives is worth it.

  • @kathyzager9426
    @kathyzager9426 10 месяцев назад +1

    She is amazing.

  • @bernadetteoleary8957
    @bernadetteoleary8957 Год назад +2

    Stay positive. Treatments are coming.

  • @geztinsdale
    @geztinsdale 3 месяца назад

    Alison, thank you for sharing and what a great partner and mother you are. I adore your strength and wish your husband and daughter all the best as they deal with this horrible affliction x

  • @danielechebarria8733
    @danielechebarria8733 5 месяцев назад

    What an amazing woman. God Bless them all.

  • @SusanGuthrie-wr7ok
    @SusanGuthrie-wr7ok 4 месяца назад

    Thank you for making this film. I was diagnosed January 2020. Your bravery helps other care givers. Right now, I am doing well. I home schooled our three daughters. But because those seventeen years were with me not working, I never went back to work. Now I have too few points for SocialSecurity help with disability. I have a wonderful family. Some haven't tested. I never wanted to either until I started with such depression and anxiety, But now I take meds for those symptoms, and because I never went back o work, I don't have the worry of not being able to work correctly cognitively. So far, I am walking well, etc.... I am a fall risk and chocking risk though. I use a medical necklace which we are all thankful for. I still drive, but will stop on my birthday and not renew. I only drive one place now,, close to home. As I said, thankful for all you are doing for the community and raising awareness.

  • @daisysmum7336
    @daisysmum7336 6 месяцев назад +1

    My mother died of HD about 12 years ago. One of my brothers also developed the disease and opted for assisted suicide when he was 54. It was a huge shock to the rest of the family as he didn’t tell us about his HD and he refused to have a relationship with us. We only found out when his wife phoned us to tell us he died.

    • @AS-yz2iz
      @AS-yz2iz 5 месяцев назад +1

      I'm sorry. That's very hard.

  • @MDHenry4
    @MDHenry4 10 месяцев назад

    Cheers to the ones that make a difference ❤

  • @virginiayoussef
    @virginiayoussef 8 месяцев назад

    Isn’t it the case for all of us dear, living as long as we can as well as we can , sometimes we just forget that at any moment we can be Bert and Elise, our brains out of denial refuse to see that, we all have to appreciate life and appreciate living day by day and to enjoy life to its fullest and never to take it for granted.

  • @fernemcallister6774
    @fernemcallister6774 Год назад +1

    Alison I wish I could take the pain and stress from you.

  • @user-ct3gl1uo7r
    @user-ct3gl1uo7r 6 месяцев назад

    His has chosen us to be caregivers

  • @anitahermalin1849
    @anitahermalin1849 11 месяцев назад +1

    This is so sad.

  • @optimus2830
    @optimus2830 Год назад +1

    Can anyone assist

  • @optimus2830
    @optimus2830 Год назад +1

    Searching for HD groups

    • @katydid1600
      @katydid1600 10 месяцев назад

      @optimus2830 Google Huntington Disease support groups and then narrow it down to the area you live in.

  • @omega36001
    @omega36001 6 месяцев назад +1

    Ask God for wisdom and guidance in His Bible and ask Him about your spiritual authority and how to use it. What would Jesus do. Keep talking with God and study Jesus' life and what it was all about. Jesus never turned anyone away from a healing that got in front of Him or even lowered down through a roof. Never give up and never let the dark side convince you certain things are "from God". Jesus bled out for us. Demons know that and don't want us to know what all that entails and gives to us. AUTHORITY.

  • @imcnagpc2
    @imcnagpc2 3 месяца назад

    Does it skip a generation?

  • @williamparker1085
    @williamparker1085 Год назад +2

    lovely surroundings

  • @williamparker1085
    @williamparker1085 Год назад +1

    delightful lady

  • @williamparker1085
    @williamparker1085 Год назад +1

    by god you can read the guilt she feels