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Alanna Shaikh: How I’m preparing to get Alzheimer’s
Summary
All people don't want to get Alzheimer's disease. They hope that good medicines will help them in the next 20 years. They think it's not them, it's never going to happen to them and they're going to do many things to prevent it. However, Alzheimer's tends to run in families. If your family has it, you'll be certainly caught in it.
It'll be better for you to prepare to get Alzheimer's disease than you live in fear every day and it's not you.
The point the speaker focuses is having something that you do with hands and to have fun, because it'll delay the progress of the disease when you're happy and into something. Doing activities and building your sense of balance are also important, because Alzheimer's leads people to be less and less mobile. It makes you scared to walk around and to move.
However, the most important thing is love. If you have a pure heart that can love a person and be loved by a person, your heart will shine forever, even if it takes away everything that you ever learned in this world by dementia.
◆Viewpoints&Discussion
1.Have you ever once thought the possibility of getting Alzheimer's?
Yes, I have thought the possibility of getting Alzheimer's. It's because Japan is an aging society, there are many patients who have Alzheimer's and dementia.
2.What could you possibly do to prepare yourself for Alzheimer's? Please give me examples.
I think that it's important not to quit the job but not to build up stress. Even if you retire your job, you have to use your brain.
3.Aside from Alzheimer's, are you preparing yourself for the possible diseases you might have in the future?
Yes, I am. Working and studying hard, going to bed early, exercising and avoiding eating too much, I think that by doing that it will protect my body.
Words in this story
Alzheimer’s /ǽlzhàɪmɚz/ a disease of the brain that mainly affects old people and results in the gradual loss of memory, speech, movement, and the ability to think clearly.
dementia / a disease or condition that exists esp. among older people, and that results in the gradual loss of mental abilities, such as the ability to think, reason, and remember things
Alzheimer’s is likely caused by a brain atrophy. Dementia is some condition or symptoms including impaired thinking and memory.
denial /de・ni・al/dɪnάɪəl
detail / de・tail /díːteɪl
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