I didn't understand some parts of the movie the notebook ?

Question

what was wrong with the old allie

did her memory only come in flashes i don't get it

like there was this one part where he goes the kids were here today but didn't she know because that happened the same day

and at the end when they died she remembered who he was then but not when they were having dinner because she had this whole panic attack

can someone please explain!

Answer 1

Allie suffered from Alzheimer's disease.  When she had found out she had it, she started writing in "The Notebook".  She told Noah to read it to her and she would come back to him.

The "flashbacks" are where he is reading to her.  She has moments of lucidity and when she forgets again, she has her "panic attacks"

At one point she had told him it was a nice story.

Answer 2

I don't remember if they said exactly what disease she had, but it was probably Alzheimer's or senile dementia.  Either could make her lose memory or have hallucinations.

Answer 3

she has altimers (I know I don't know how to spell it!!!! haha)

her memory goes in and out and she could just forget where she is or anything on the spot.

Answer 4

she had alzheimers disease. it makes you lose your memory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimers

Answer 5

Allie has dementia and Alzheimer's.  She remembers her past but doesn't remember specifics. He read to her every day, but hadn't read because he had gotten sick, so several days later when he went to her room that night she remembered him because he hadn't been there. A lot of the things in the movie wouldn't normally happen in real life. It's a movie about how the power of their love can do anything.

Answer 6

She had alzheimers.  

Answer 7

my grandmother has this same disease. Its called alzheimer's, and that's actually how it happens. Depending on the stage of alzheimers someone is in, they can actually have flashes of memory. My grandmother does the same thing. She can sometimes remember her husband, but not always. its very sad, but true.