Three years ago, I was working as a lawyer. For
a year or longer, my work was beginning to suffer. I 1 got to the point where I couldn't concentrate
--- one of the early signs that something was 2. I kept forgetting things.
Legal work is complicated, and you have to have a good 3 to do that work. So I 4 my job. I talked to my doctor about my family's
5 of Alzheimer's; my father and grandfather had
it. Then I was asked to do some tests. It 6 that I have early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Needless to say, my life has 7. My husband Dan retired
soon after my diagnosis (诊断) 8 we spend a lot of time together. 9 going to work, I used to spend my days having
lunch with my friends and 10 my mother. I could drive up to see her before
I started getting 11. The situation wasn't 12, but I'd had to turn
around enough times that it frightened me. Now I 13 drive out of town. I stay in town.
I am an independent person, but now I have to 14 some of that independence. My husband and I
mostly do the shopping together because I 15 the list.
Dan and I are enjoying life while we can. Some
people are saving money for trips years down the road. We're not 16, we take a trip every
year.
The one thing I wish I could change is people's 17 when I tell them I have Alzheimer's. They shut
down. I can still 18; it's not like suddenly I
can't remember anything. This happened with my father. He was very 19, and he had lots of
friends. When his friends learned he got Alzheimer's, they wouldn't come to
visit him. I think people should learn more about Alzheimer's and 20 that people with the disease can still
socialize.
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