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64 | 2014-2015 Medical & Dental Directory ExpressCare can treat minor illnesses and injuries, such as: • Fever, earache, sore throat • Flu-like symptoms, colds and upper respiratory infections • Vomiting, nausea, diarrhea • Simple or suspected bone fractures • Strains and sprains • Cuts that may need stitches • Rashes and minor allergic reactions • Painful or burning urination Of course, when in doubt about the seriousness of an illness or injury, please call 911 or go to the closest emergency department. CAPE FEAR VALLEY EXPRESSCARE 1638 OWEN DRIVE Cape Fear Valley Medical Center at the Melrose Road entrance 7 days a week: 11 am - 9 pm (910) 615-4372 HIGHSMITH-RAINEY EXPRESSCARE 150 ROBESON STREET Downtown Fayetteville 7 days a week: 7 am - 11 pm (910) 615-1220 HEALTH PAVILION NORTH EXPRESSCARE 6387 RAMSEY STREET Ramsey Street & Andrews Road 7 days a week: 9 am - 7 pm (910) 615-3879 EXPRESSCARE 4 convenient locations : open 7 days a week e x p r e s s c a r e feel better faster. NOW OPEN! CAPE FEAR VALLEY HOKE EXPRESSCARE 300 medical pavilion drive Cape Fear Valley Hoke Healthcare Campus at U.S. 401 and Johnson Mill Road 7 days a week: 9 am - 7 pm (910) 904-8020 Alzheimer's is not entirely explained by whether the individual has inherited the apolipoprotein E-e4 risk gene. Fayetteville native Dr. Mary McDan- iel Cail knows firsthand the plight of the caregiver from her very personal experience. With her doctoral degree, she works closely with Alzheimer's pa- tients and those who care for them. As a wife, she cared for her husband until his death aer he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Her professional experience and her personal journey with caregiving and grief have given her valuable insights and tools and she decided to share those in a book called, "All Weather Friend, A Guide to Alz- heimer's Disease." "Even though it happens very slowly, there is that moment that wipes away all the denial, and it puts you in a place saying that something is really wrong," Cail said. She recalled the story of a patient, a gourmet cook, who was making anksgiving dinner when she sud- denly dumped soapsuds into the gravy. at is the point in her life when her husband realized that she was not all right. According to Cail, it's a stark reality for loved ones to accept, but the signals are there and the pre-clinical stage of- ten begins 10 to 20 years before the dis- ease is diagnosed. As a person with dementia, or as a caregiver, a person's world grows expo- nentially in terms of concerns, respon- sibilities and changes, Cail said. She ex- plained that it's during these times that the patients' and caregivers' worlds also shrink exponentially in terms of outside relationships. "Support groups allow those affected to connect with others who share the same hard times," Cail said. "We also need the people who share our lives – our church, our co-workers — we need to have our social network there for us. If you have not been diagnosed with dementia, then you don't know how terrifying and heartbreaking that it is," she said. 2014 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures, a statistical resource for U.S. Data related to Alzheimer's disease. volunteer for a worthy cause.

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