Hi my Steemians friends,

As you know last week, I went to visit my family in Brittany. This is an area I love because I grew up there and I have a lot of memories there.
I would have liked to share more things, photos, places that I know unfortunately I did not really make tourism this time.
Indeed, I went to visit my family and in particular my grandmother who is sick.

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She has Alzheimer's disease, do you know?

Alzheimer's disease is a loss and irreversible and progressive neurons and mental functions which results, in particular, the MEMORY loss. And especially short-term memory. This is what is happening with my grandmother, she is able to tell me about events that took place 50 years ago but she can not believe what she was eating an hour ago.

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This is very difficult to accept in this disease because it is troubling for people who are not affected.

We knew that she had this disease about two years ago. It was a shock for everyone because she is a strong and very independent woman who has worked hard all his life. And then one day we are told that she can not stay alone at home because it is too dangerous.
Indeed, the problem with people with this disease is that they do not realize how much time passes or even what time it is. My grandmother was leaving her home in the middle of the night thinking she was shopping ... It had become impossible to stay alone so we had to find a specialized center that would take care of her.

We found a specialized center rather quickly because the situation had become urgent. She has been here for two years and everything is going very well.

But here, as I travel a lot and live 13,000 kilometers, I can not see her much. Until now we could have short phone calls but recently it's impossible because his speech is very destructured and it always makes me sad when I hang up ...

When I went to visit her last week, I was so happy to see her because it had been months since I had seen her. But I did not keep my enthusiasm very long because I saw his condition deteriorate. She confuses more and more people and as she sees me less often I have the impression that she is beginning to recognize herself. And for me, it's a tear ... I could not contain my tears leaving the center where she lives. And even when you write these words, it's difficult ... I feel that this damn disease takes away from me a little more each day and it breaks my heart ...

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There are surely some of you who know this terrible disease that affects not only old people but also young people sometimes ...

I am with you wholeheartedly and if you wish, do not hesitate to express yourself on this post.
Even though life is sometimes unfair, we do not forget them ...

I'm not used to writing posts like this one, but it's good to say what you have on your heart. The blogger's life is also that ...

I love you grand'ma...

Much love from Barcelona... ❤