So what do you do when the person you love most in the world has just been diagnosed with a terminal, degenerative disease? And yes, I’m afraid that’s what Alzheimer’s is. It’s a lot more than going a “bit dotty”.
The disease is an ongoing closing down of the brain owing to things which shouldn’t be there, such as the protein fragments, amyloid plaques and tau tangles, which are clearly visible on an MRI scan. Therefore, eventually, the illness affects every body function.
The answer, if you react like I did when Nick, my beloved husband of nearly half a century, was diagnosed is howl in anguish for several hours. Then you try to find the strength to tell the family members and close friends who need to know.
