My father's 1253-day journey through Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and my feelings about it. My parents have both died and this blog is over, but it's staying up forever. Thank you for reading.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Happy birthday
Today would have been my dad's 69th birthday. I hope wherever he is, he's happy.
My heart breaks for you. I am now hitting the three year mark for my father's progressive disease. I am terrified about losing my father. He is all I have left.
My father's 1253-day journey through Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and my feelings about it. All material is copyrighted by Gevera Bert Piedmont (except where noted and where quoted from other sources); please do not repost without permission.
"The cost of Alzheimer's? Everything you ever owned, everything you ever thought you would get, and things you never even thought about."
"It's a long, slow slide into oblivion, with no brakes."
"If this was a paper journal, the ink would be running with tears."
"Imagine a really beautiful, perfect statue, left out in the wind and rain for centuries, to be worn away, until it’s only retained the shape of a person, not any of the individuality. That’s what Alzheimer’s did to my father. It wore him away, all the sharp edges and crisp points that made him Bob, who loved his family and his pets and his raspberry bushes, and turned him into a fearful person with a vague and confused stare."
"It's a nasty disease, surrounded by shadows and small, largely unseen tragedies."--Terry Pratchett
My parents
This is a reminder that Alzheimer's disease affects real people, real families. My dad wasn't a monster, just a man whose brain was slowly eaten by a terrible disease.
3 comments:
Happy Birthday to your Dad!!!
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My heart breaks for you. I am now hitting the three year mark for my father's progressive disease. I am terrified about losing my father. He is all I have left.
I did a search for Alzheimer's blogs and your popped up. I lost my Mom to it 4 years ago after taking care of her for 7 years.
I appreciate so much your words about Alzheimers and what it does to those you love and to those who love them. Thank you for sharing
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