#alzheimer

You're so beautiful," said Alice. "I'm afraid of looking at you and not knowing who you are." "I think that even if you don't know who I am someday, you'll still know that I love you." "What if I see you, and I don't know that you're my daughter, and I don't know that you love me?" "Then, I'll tell you that I do, and you'll believe me. ↗

— Lisa Genova

#early-onset-alzheimer-s #mother-daughter #women #beauty

Caring for an Alzheimer's patient is a situation that can utterly consume the lives and well-being of the people giving care, just as the disorder consumes its victims. ↗

— Leeza Gibbons

#care #caring #consume #consumes #disorder

I'm in awe of people out there who deal with Alzheimer's, because they have to deal with death 10 times over, year after year. ↗

— Marcia Wallace

#alzheimer #awe #because #deal #death

I am committed to helping Alzheimer's Society in any way I can. My family and I rely on the help of organisations like Alzheimer's Society to help us understand the disease and guide us in the care of my grandmother. It's been a privilege to meet so many people with dementia. ↗

— Carey Mulligan

#am #any #been #care #committed

In a prime-time address, President Bush said he backed limited federal funding for stem cell research. That's right, the President said, this is a quote, the research could help cure brain diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and whatever it is I have. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#alzheimer #backed #brain #bush #cell

It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer's you are an old fart. That's how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#alone #alzheimer #brave #cancer #disease

Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease. ↗

— Pat Summitt

#challenges #combination #competition #disease #endure

Being on a sitcom stops me from getting Alzheimer's. ↗

— Jerry Stiller

#being #getting #me #sitcom #stops

This is the true wine of astonishment: "We are not over when we think we are. ↗

— Alice Walker

#alzheimer-s #age

Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#cure #deteriorate #devastating #disease #family