Alzheimer's by DigitalShinobi
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Something wildly different from me. A picture of my grandmother who passed away in 2002 to the manic condition of Alzheimer's. This condition is a monster who comes like a thief in the night to take away your loved ones.
My grandmother could have had a couple of more years of good mental health if the government would have paid for her medication. But they refused because she lived in the wrong postal code!!!!!!! So what do I ask you what is GREAT about Great Britain, when you work for 55 years and pay your taxes and NI contributions and when you need help from the government they let you die.
Comments (9)
netsia
Intriguing picture....it is a beautiful tribute to your grandmother. Conditions are the same in the States. My brother passed, at 43, from Scleroderma. An expiramental drug was thousands of dollars a month BUT the vetting process was longer than he lived. I totally understand your frustration. Excellent post!
MrsLubner
I worked with dementia patients for 4 years and learned so much about this disease and how it affects entire families, their friends and their neighbors... and our government. As long as pharmaceuticals are big business, they will reap profits by exploiting illness - just as oil companies exploit consumers by threatening living conditions. I am so sorry for your experience - dementia is a heartbreaking disease without the added struggles faced, but this is a wonderful statement and your postwork reflects this illness very well.
NetWorthy
Yes, I understand completely. My mother has Alzheimers too. Her body is still alive, but the lively, vital woman she was is long gone. She no longer recognizes any of us. The situation regarding treatment is not much better here in the States - most governments today seem content to sweep "inconvenient" people under the rug. I can only hope that researchers finally come up with an early detection / early prevention process to save so many people so much torment. Your image is right on target, great job...
Fidelity2
May God bless. 5+.
Meowgli
a profound and touching work, and something I can sympathise with, as although my granmother didn't have alzheimers she was given shockingly bad support and treatment by the hospitals towards the end, despite having been an upstanding member of society her entire life and having done her bit during the war, .. sickening really... a poignant image, well done
durleybeachbum
My mother died of this condition, there were no drugs in GB then. The dogs and I visit two homes where some of the residents have Alzheimers, and it is easier to deal with strangers who have it than your loved one. This is an excellent and interesting visualisation.
amota99517
This is a wonderful tribute to your grandmother.
FantasyFlash
This brought me to tears...the swirling colors surrounding her as if she were in a world of her own, yet, seeking to be found by those who know her and love her. My Dad had Alzheimers and shared with me, while he could, how draining each day was for him. He was once a powerful and intelligent leader in the Alabama legislature and this disease minimized him to hardly remembering one day to the next. Your painting gave me a visual as what he must have felt. It made me sad, but, I thank you for your talent. Not every picture has to be that of beauty...but one of deep feeling and I derived that by the way you projected how you saw your grand mother in her state of mind. Thank you.
DigitalShinobi
FanatsyFlash, thakyou for you comment this was exactly what I wanted to get across, the emotion was far more that the photograph/post work. After reading all of the comments it has lifted some of the burden as I now feel I have communicated this emotion across, it has helped me greatly that other people can relate to this emotion.