I have a neighbor who my family has been very close to for many years. She had been having trouble remembering things the last few months and went to the doctor and found out she had clogged arteries in her neck leading to the brain. I knew all about this problem because my grandmother suffers from the same thing. When talking to her the first time she came back from the hospital I saw no hope in her eyes but this time talking to her she looked happy not worried about it. She said she can’t worry about it or it will ruin the life she has left so ignores it. She does get very annoyed when she forgets things so she writes most things down now. Sometimes it is hard to talk to her because she repents her self but it’s not her fault so I ignore it.
I think this is terrible and hard to go threw knowing your losing you brain to a blocked space in your neck. If this problem didn’t occur she would be fine and able to live out her life with no problems. My father and I get her grocery every week because she is scared she will forget where she is going and have no one to help her get home. She is somewhat almost not able to go out side unless a family member of hers comes and walks with her. This makes her condition worse because it’s harder for her to use her brain and work on making it stronger with out more social interactions. This problem she faces to day came from a lack of human knowledge on food during her life and resulted in her eating fatty food that clogged her arteries and is causing her to die.
My neighbor never had the problems with health care like we saw in Sicko. She has always had good health care but her doctors just didn’t find her blocked arteries early enough. She watched her husband die in the hospital four years ago and she wished he could have been at home with her just like Beth took care of her husband at home. Just like Morrie in Tuesdays With Morrie my neighbor is living out her life happy even when she is faced with certain death. She doesn’t know if she accepts death but she doesn’t think about it but she knows it will happen to her one day.
I think this is terrible and hard to go threw knowing your losing you brain to a blocked space in your neck. If this problem didn’t occur she would be fine and able to live out her life with no problems. My father and I get her grocery every week because she is scared she will forget where she is going and have no one to help her get home. She is somewhat almost not able to go out side unless a family member of hers comes and walks with her. This makes her condition worse because it’s harder for her to use her brain and work on making it stronger with out more social interactions. This problem she faces to day came from a lack of human knowledge on food during her life and resulted in her eating fatty food that clogged her arteries and is causing her to die.
My neighbor never had the problems with health care like we saw in Sicko. She has always had good health care but her doctors just didn’t find her blocked arteries early enough. She watched her husband die in the hospital four years ago and she wished he could have been at home with her just like Beth took care of her husband at home. Just like Morrie in Tuesdays With Morrie my neighbor is living out her life happy even when she is faced with certain death. She doesn’t know if she accepts death but she doesn’t think about it but she knows it will happen to her one day.
I think that a great sentence was, "My father and I get her grocery every week because she is scared she will forget where she is going and have no one to help her get home. She is somewhat almost not able to go out side unless a family member of hers comes and walks with her." I think that this is a great thing that you and your father do for this woman. I can't even think about the possibility of being scared to leave my apartment. Try to work on making your sentences more beautiful.
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ReplyDeleteI am sorry to hear that you have two people who are close to you living with the same illness. One of your best lines in my opinion was the line where you said, "This problem she faces to day came from a lack of human knowledge on food during her life and resulted in her eating fatty food that clogged her arteries and is causing her to die". The reason i liked this line was because it shows that you had a good knowledge of this situation. Something you can work on is expanding a bit more on your thoughts. Overall good job though.
I think that you neighbor handled the situation in a very calm manner. T also think that you helping her out does more than you believe. I might give her comfort to know that there are people out there who care. And she's right there is no point stressing because the situation will just get worse, so don't let her see that this hurts or bothers you.
ReplyDeleteThe best part was when Evan said her condition was likely to worsen from lack of using her brain and lack of social interaction.
ReplyDeleteIt shows that Evan is aware of the needs of elderly people to maintain an active mind. Studies show that the best ways to prevent Alzheimer is to have daily social interaction and participate in mind games such as crossword puzzles or card games.