Stumble It!
The other night I rented The Truman Show and watched it with Adrian. About half-way through, we stopped for a break. He said the movie frightened him.
"I feel like I'm gradually losing touch with everything," he said.
The movie had a "happy" ending, when Truman left his make-believe world inside the studio for real life. Unfortunately, the loss that Alzheimer's patients feel will not be restored. The best that can happen is that good care and medication postpone the most devastating effects. And at some point, when the disease has advanced far enough, the patient is not as cognizant (it is believed) that they are suffering the loss.
I wanted to comfort Adrian, but I didn't know how to.
I listened. And then he wanted to watch the rest of the movie, so we did. Afterward, he said he felt better.
