Could Dr. Alois Alzheimer have ever imagined how much we would curse the disease he identified a century ago, the very one that bears his name?
What a way to be written up in history books.
However, we should thank him for recognizing it as a disease of the brain, something that shouldn't warrant being thrown in an insane asylum, a prison cell or the corner looney bin, where many individuals many years ago ended up.
At the same time, we are totally confounded how the human brain can dissolve into chaos amid the deep caverns that keep brain cells from communicating with each other in the completion of everyday actions we take for granted … forgetting the need or urge to go to the bathroom and totally oblivious to the waste that can suddenly fill and overflow protective garments …unaware of the mechanics of and need for personal hygiene by showering or bathing, brushing teeth or rubbing both hands together to wash them … forgetting the lessons of how the tools of eating are handled or what role they even play …
And the list goes on that multiplies the heartbreak and sorrow of caregivers.
It's okay to curse Alzheimer's … and then pray a thousandfold longer for a cure.
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