What increasingly common disease has no survivors? There are survivors of cancer, heart attacks, lung disease, kidney transplants. This disease has no cure, no transplants, no medication and is starting to effect Americans as young as thirty years old. It is Alzheimer’s disease. The steady loss of memory over time. It is not caused by any trauma or from a violent accident, it just happens. It bothers the people that are supposed to be remembered more than the memory loss person. They are at peace with themselves.

It effects everything; the whole way someone IS. It effects their personality, their behavior, thinking, memory, their ability to speak. Dr. James Galvin is Professor of Neurology & Psychology at New York University’s Langhorne Medical Center. He says, “Most Alzheimer patients are in their 70’s and 80’s. It can also strike as young as 30 when it is called early or younger onset.” There are about 250,000 Americans now who have the disease before the age of 65. There is no cure and no known cause. And even worse says, Beth Colmeyer, a Senior Director at the Alzheimer’s Association, “There is no evidence that shows that you can prevent Alzheimer’s Disease.” God Help US!!!

It is a long process that a family has to go through. It is a reminder that we have to treat each day loving someone as beyond value. We who know what we love about someone miss it and cherish it. We will suffer when we loose it. The memory loss victim is in a totally different place. They don’t worry. They don’t stress about anything. Bills, relationships, politics, hate, evil weather, heat , cold. They are at peace and are happy in their own little world. Sometimes I wonder who has the real problem in life. The needing person or the caregiver. Some people or things I wish I could forget.
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