My first experience was not nearly as rough as I assumed it would be, although it did reaffirm my feeling that getting Alzheimer's could be one of the most frightening possibilities of getting older. A physical decline is something I think I could deal with much more easily than the prospect of slowly losing your memories and even the ability to speak. My patient, fortunately, was very friendly and I could tell she wanted to answer all the questions I had for her, but every time I asked her a question and she responded that she couldn't remember it was hard for me to ask the next one because I didn't want to make her feel bad about it, but when she did remember she was happy to tell me everything she could, and if I helped her remember some fond memories that she hadn't thought about in a while then I feel like I did a good job.
In other news: studying for the midterm is serious business.
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