I am so sad today. I've known for a long time that my father had memory problems, and the doctors are pretty sure he has Alzheimer's disease (his sister definitely does, and I imagine it's hereditary). Because I'm going home to visit my parents in a couple of weeks, my mother wrote me with an update. She often hides how he's doing from me. She said that they'd been to a doctor, and he was taking medication (Aricept) now. But when he was at the doctor he was unable to answer questions such as what are the days of the week and what month is this. So sad. He'll see a neurologist soon, but I know there isn't much to be done for this. It's hard for him to talk because he forgets so many words he can barely make a sentence. And he's depressed (of course) because he's aware of it. This is all so sad. I know there's nothing I can do, and I try not to think about it too much. But it's my family. I am so sad.

My father is 76 years old.

Sidony