Alzheimer's Disease

More than 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s, which is a very sad number. Before watching this video when I though about the disease I only though oh it happens to old people and they forget a lot of things. I had never really realized how serious, shocking and actually very sad Alzheimer’s is. Alzheimer's Disease is a progressive brain disease that very slowly destroys your memory and thinking skills, and people eventually will no longer be able to perform even the simplest tasks. I believe this is one of the saddest things that can happen because you not only become unable to have a normal life but you know that you are loosing your mind, you are loosing your sense of identity and your memories. I think the saddest part is that this disease is irreversible, there is no cure. The video we watched were very sad because we are being able to see into a very intimate part of these people's life, how they are changing and how it not only affect the person but it also affects their loved ones. I believe the most shocking part was when we were introduced to a woman who could not even recognize her own son y it was heart breaking, also the part when she was hallucinating that there was a snake is her wheel chair when there clearly was nothing. Another sad part was when a man who knew he was loosing to Alzheimer’s was talking about how he wanted to kill himself and it was so sad to see his wife listening and crying. I also believe that the people who care for people who have alzheimer's are very strong especially if they are sons/daughter, or spouse because as we saw on the video in class it requires your full attention and its also depressing to see your loved one not recognize you less every single day. People should be more involved in finding a cure for this terrible disease because we never know if we may someday suffer from it.