each morning i get a news feed that lists approximately
10 articles on alzheimers disease
some are newspaper articles or news articles
some are research articles
some are videos
this morning the one that caught my eye
was an article with a link to two podcasts
on a man named
brian
he has early onset alzheimers disease
i stopped what i was doing
made myself listen to his story
in these podcasts
on
how he was diagnosed
how he is living with his diagnosis
my suggestion to you if you have memory issues or
have a family memory with memory issues
that you listen to these podcasts
if you or your loved one ends up having alzheimers disease
there is probably nothing that has happened to you
or will happen to you
that will equal how your life will be devastated
emotionally
financially
spritually
physically
it doesnt ever end well
as i listened to the podcast
i sort of had some flashbacks
to my early neurology visits and my early diagnostic tests
and my early cognitive or memory tests
now listening to his story
i realize he is ahead of me with his diagnosis
but his worries and his thoughts
i have had and am having
a lot of what ive done and what i choose to do
is knowing that what he is experiencing
is in my near future
yes it was surreal to hear him say things that i have thought
that i know is coming down the pike for me
so
if you and your family are going to be affected or if you
are affected by this disease
you might listen to the podcast
the more you know that can help you be ready the better
although
you really cant be ready for it when it happens
here is the link to podcast 1 on the diagnosis
here is the link to podcast 2 on living with the disease
yes i teared up listening to all of this
knowing sometime in the future i will be where he is
my family will be dealing with what his family is dealing with
i hope i and we are better prepared when it happens
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santa barbara walk to end alzheimers october 28th
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