My father's mind

Author's name: Sandeep Johar

For a person to see his father, a distinguished scientist with unique achievements in genetics, decline from the top to the bottom, to become, after once being a brilliant scientist and a distinguished writer with valuable scientific references, a person unable to perform the simplest tasks of his daily life; is a truly bitter experience.

The author takes us on this epic journey as his father battles Alzheimer's and the gradual decline of his mental faculties, eventually becoming unable to remember the death of his wife of over half a century, or even recognize his own children, his closest relatives. The author, a renowned American cardiologist, novelist, and bestselling author, honestly describes his feelings during this agonizing ordeal, as his father transforms from a hero in his eyes into a prisoner in a small room, struggling with the disease every day.

He is unable to define his feelings precisely: Does he lose respect for his father? Or does he sympathize with him? Does he see him as a worthless person? Or does he continue to hold him in the same high regard he held for him throughout his life? Does he see his weakness and despise him? Or does he see in his ordeal a lesson about the cruelty of time?

About the author:
Sandeep Johar is a physician with a doctorate and serves as the director of the Heart Failure Program at Long Island Medical Center in New York. He is the author of several books, including *Medical Graduate*, *Residence*, and *My Father's Mind: Living in the Shadow of Alzheimer's*, all of which have been bestsellers.