Friday, February 26, 2010
Weekly Assignment 1
Today's class discussion was focused on Alzheimers disease. I am going to relate this to my grandfather you died of Alzheimers. It is very difficult to see somebody starting to lose all their memories. I can't even imagine how my grandmother dealt with it. He always thought that she was a stanger in his house and would just scream at her. It was hard for myself and the rest of my family to see him in the nursing home, fighting with the nurses because it wasn't the right medication (it really was though). I know I look like my mom but im never called "Sherry"; that is what my grandfather called me his last couple months. He was just so out of it. It didnt really mean anything to me when I was younger but now that I am starting to learn about Alzheimers, I realize that I can be at a high risk of having the disease. Dreier was talking about how we should, as we age, start exercising our brain by reading and other ways. I know I will be reading more when I am at the age of being at risk of Alzheimers.
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Wow ali this was very touching. Im sorry that you had to go through all the tough times with your family like that. I was really shocked to read in the articles that certain foods you eat can also cause Alzheimers. that makes me wonder if i could potentially get this disease even though it does not have a history in my family. I also thought the same thing when dreier said that we should exercise our brains by reading. I know when i am older i am going to deffinetly take his advice.
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