Which one would you rather deal with for most of your life? Which one would you rather die from? Which one would you rather your family have to see you die from? Honestly, I pick the one that takes me the soonest, the one that's the least painful for my family. You know why? Because the way you die is the way they remember you... Okay okay, maybe that's not true for every disease or every person. But I see families every day that lose touch with their loved one because mentally that loved one has left the body a long time ago. I see the amazing memory of a person fade away because of disease and a rotting brain, it's disgusting. It's not fair to that person, not fair to the family, it's not fair for our healthcare system. It's not fair to anyone and it's horrible to see in this world. I see people in their 20s and 30s caring for parents with Alzheimer's, I see grandkids that never knew their grandma could talk, that never knew she could walk... And of course they'll never know the amazing person that used to be there. Their grandparents life and memory will be jumbled with this ridiculous disease. And their parents are too busy trying to care for their grandparents!
I see amazing people that are trying to fight against this disease, against the many forms of dementia. But it's not enough, its just not enough.
What are you going to do? Are you going to read this and go to the next page, play the next game? Good luck, it doesn't discriminate. Half the population over 85. No joke.
www.alz.org
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