Oscar Night and my mother`s worsening condition
I am personnaly battling some medical issues, I have been ill for some time, and I feel exhausted and often fantasize about the time before all this took a turn for the worst. My lupus does not seem to be controlled much. My visits to the Er are becoming a regular activity.
So, last night, as I lay on the sofa watching parts of the Oscars, in between drowsing off on my pain meds, I decided I had to watch Still Alice.
This movie struck a sensitive nerve for me as I believe my very own mother is now suffering from early onset Alzheimers. She does not have a diagnosis. She is 58.
She is in denial and therefore not on any treatment.
It is a very frustrating situation to be in as I watch her let herself go.
It has been about 4 years now that all this began. First, with her fatigue. She is always tired. Whatever she does tires her. Whenever she goes somewhere, she is anxious to get back to her house because she is tired.
She stopped working last year. She hasn't done anything in a year.
She stays home all day and as I watch her let herself go this way and notice the worsening of her condition, she continues to stand by her theory that menopause has caused her memory loss and that old age has made her unable to drive or do up her coat.
Today I watched Julianne Moore in he role as Alice. She did an excellent job and I was very upset by the film in many ways.
First, as an educated and intelligent woman, she consulted right away when she knew something was off.
And second, she accepted all treatment and put all her chances on her side. She was aware on the burden this would be for her family, she understood that it is a disease which can be treated and not just a process of aging.
Unfortunately, even if my mother had to see this movie, she would not see the point being made.
So, last night, as I lay on the sofa watching parts of the Oscars, in between drowsing off on my pain meds, I decided I had to watch Still Alice.
This movie struck a sensitive nerve for me as I believe my very own mother is now suffering from early onset Alzheimers. She does not have a diagnosis. She is 58.
She is in denial and therefore not on any treatment.
It is a very frustrating situation to be in as I watch her let herself go.
It has been about 4 years now that all this began. First, with her fatigue. She is always tired. Whatever she does tires her. Whenever she goes somewhere, she is anxious to get back to her house because she is tired.
She stopped working last year. She hasn't done anything in a year.
She stays home all day and as I watch her let herself go this way and notice the worsening of her condition, she continues to stand by her theory that menopause has caused her memory loss and that old age has made her unable to drive or do up her coat.
Today I watched Julianne Moore in he role as Alice. She did an excellent job and I was very upset by the film in many ways.
First, as an educated and intelligent woman, she consulted right away when she knew something was off.
And second, she accepted all treatment and put all her chances on her side. She was aware on the burden this would be for her family, she understood that it is a disease which can be treated and not just a process of aging.
Unfortunately, even if my mother had to see this movie, she would not see the point being made.
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