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Hi Jed51459

Thanks for your post and welcome to EmpowHer!

I do hope some women with similar experiences will read this and be able to talk to you about what you are all going through. Do you have a support group in your town/city? If not, please let us know where you live (either on this post or in a personal message) and we'll find one for you.
I wrote about this topic recently. It may be what brought you here to EmpowHer (or not) but take a read if you have time. http://www.empowher.com/community/share/not-your-grandmothers-disease-de...

I hope to hear more from you and hope you are getting all the support you need!

I am in Ashland City, TN, just outside of Nashville. I'd love to have people near my age to talk to about this.

Hi, Jed,

Here's a listing of support groups in middle Tennessee; if you scroll down, there are a handful listed in Nashville. You might want to call the moderator of each one to see how much emphasis is on Early Onset and what the approximate ages in the group are (for instance, at least one is held at a senior center, which is probably not what you are seeking):

http://www.alz.org/altn/in_my_community_support.asp#support_groups

Are you close enough to make Murfreesboro easily? I noticed that one group specifically lists itself for Early Stage:

NHC Murfreesboro 420 N. University Blvd.
3rd Thursday 10:30 a.m.
Tina O'Brien 615-597-6223

And this page of the Alzheimer's Association message boards is specifically for Early Onset people:

http://alzheimers.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/2711002361/m/3201059361

And this is the entire under-65 board:

http://alzheimers.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/frm/f/2711002361

I hope this is of some help to you. Please write back and let us know what you find.

Thank you so very much! I will be sure to look in to these!

Also, please let me know if there are any people around my age who are trying to function at work and raise children while dealing with this. Thanks!