Alzheimer’s From the Victim’s Voice

An article in the LATimes, by Al Martinez, Realistic and sad, a man faces the darkness of Alzheimer’s, relates the story of Buddy Epstein, who, at 58,  has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s.  He has given up practicing law, after 32 years, and copes with the increasing loss of memory.

“My future is dwindling away,” he comments when asked if he’s afraid of the days ahead.

Al Martinez’s younger sister had this disease, too, so this explains his great interest in promoting awareness and the Sunday Alzheimer’s Walk through downtown LA, where he and Buddy Epstein discussed the ramifications of Alzheimer’s.

If you want to learn, from an Alzheimer’s victim’s voice, what it feels like, so you can better understand what they’re going through, you’ll find this article very informative.  I discovered, when caring for Mother and Auntie, that the more I learned about Alzheimer’s and what my family members were experiencing, the better I could care from them.