摘要
我个人并没怎么接触过阿尔茨海默病,但我外婆（外祖母）得了一种痴呆症,其症状与阿尔茨海默病有几分相似。从我认识她开始,无论在哪个方面,外婆都是个天性消极的人。她最爱的消遣包括用言语羞辱我的母亲,责怪别人,每天抽40至60根的健牌香烟（没有用上我妈妈买给她的电子烟灰缸）。因此,去皇后区探望外公外婆并不是一件让我们期待的事。然后,痴呆症降临了……去疗养院看望外婆的感觉真的很奇怪。在摄入了半个世纪之久的尼古丁后,她突然忘记了自己是个烟民。她的体重增加了几磅（我戒烟时也是这样）,有时她甚至变得有点儿调皮可爱。
I don＇t have much personal experience with Alzheimer＇s disease, but my nana（grandma） suffered from a form of dementia that shared several symptoms with Alzheimer＇s. As long as 1 had known her, and from all accords, nana was an inherently negative woman. Her favorite pastimes included verbally abusing my mother, blaming people for things, and smoking 40-60 Kent cigarettes a day （without turning on the electric ashtrays my morn got her）. So visiting my grandparents＇ apartment in Queens was not something we looked forward to.
