My mom (now age 86) was diagnosed with Alzheimers four years ago. My mother and I were always very close, and this diagnosis has been devastating.
Her diagnosis came three weeks after a horrible downsizing and things have been very difficult for me since. I now earn less than 50% of my former salary and have health problems, although I call my mom (who now lives in a nursing home) several times a week.
For anyone who has a friend or loved one with Alzheimer's, you know what I mean when I say the disease just seems to take your loved one and just hollows them out. That spark in their eye, their vitality, it's just gone.
Even though my mom is still alive, I feel like she's already gone. I miss her incredible cooking, how she'd always listen to me and remind me that things would be ok. My mom was a good, honest person all her life. She never hurt a soul. Seeing what the Alzheimer's is doing to her has truly shown me what a broken heart feels like.
2006-07-25
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