Dear Friends,
We just went to see the movie Extrordinary Measures as a family. It was a great flick. If you haven't seen it you really should make time. Anyway, it made me think about Dad. Part of the conflict in the movie is pertaining to if researchers should know the people they are striving to find a cure for. One of the characters in the movie said no and the main character believed it would give a face to research. I have to wonder if researchers for a cure for Alzheimers have a clear picture of what dementia does to loved ones. It's a disease that makes your own body your enemy. It is like having your identity erased a little more everyday. For those who love the people effected it is like watching a death one cell at a time and at the same time being terrified that the gene or cell that started this process is lying in wait for them. The sad part is that the pictures of our loved ones don't really tell the story, you have to talk with them and feel the absense of their vital life draining. How do you translate the desperate situations of the loved ones to the researchers. Dementia has a face and it needs to be clearly seen. How can we make that happen? Any ideas?

Just Thinking,
Debbie