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Title: We are all doomed, if we can only remember
Post by: MillCreek on September 19, 2013, 09:11:31 PM: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/09/19/224185604/report-cases-of-elderly-dementia-to-nearly-triple-by-2050?ft=1&f=1001

I was going to type something meaningful, but I forgot.
Title: Re: We are all doomed, if we can only remember
Post by: Tallpine on September 19, 2013, 09:59:14 PM: Welcome to APS! =D
Title: Re: We are all doomed, if we can only remember
Post by: Cliffh on September 19, 2013, 11:53:09 PM: What were we talking about?
Title: Re: We are all doomed, if we can only remember
Post by: roo_ster on September 20, 2013, 06:41:18 AM: http://www.amazon.com/Are-Doomed-Reclaiming-Conservative-ebook/dp/B002PYFWAM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379673703&sr=8-1&keywords=we+are+all+doomed

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Title: Re: We are all doomed, if we can only remember
Post by: 230RN on September 20, 2013, 12:24:04 PM: Yeah, I'm getting more domed every year that 10,000 hairs fall out of my head.

Terry, ....something... RN
Title: Re: We are all doomed, if we can only remember
Post by: RocketMan on September 20, 2013, 12:38:45 PM: Considering that my maternal grandmother died from Alzheimer's, and now my mother is in the middle stages of that nasty disease, I am probably...huh, what? What was I talking about? I forget. Never mind.
Title: Re: We are all doomed, if we can only remember
Post by: Monkeyleg on September 20, 2013, 01:02:27 PM: My best friend's wife started getting dementia two years ago at age 58. She's now into full Alzheimers and getting worse by the day.

It's sad.
Title: Re: We are all doomed, if we can only remember
Post by: roo_ster on September 20, 2013, 01:12:51 PM: Quote from: Monkeyleg on September 20, 2013, 01:02:27 PM
My best friend's wife started getting dementia two years ago at age 58. She's now into full Alzheimers and getting worse by the day.

It's sad.

Reminder to self: Complete Living Will and Health Care Directive, as well as informal, handshake agreements to "Give/get the pillow treatment 'if it comes to that'."
Title: Re: We are all doomed, if we can only remember
Post by: RocketMan on September 20, 2013, 01:28:40 PM: Quote from: Monkeyleg on September 20, 2013, 01:02:27 PM
My best friend's wife started getting dementia two years ago at age 58. She's now into full Alzheimers and getting worse by the day.

It's sad.

It really is sad. I would not wish that disease on anyone, even a worst enemy.
I will be 57 next month, and every little memory lapse I have gives me pause, makes me wonder. Alzheimer's, especially in its early stages, is most damaging to short term memory.
Title: Re: We are all doomed, if we can only remember
Post by: MillCreek on September 20, 2013, 02:06:00 PM: When I was with the large multi-state healthcare system, one of the service lines I oversaw was hospice. Dementia is the second most common reason for patients to be on hospice. Dementia is a terminal disease all by itself.
Title: Re: We are all doomed, if we can only remember
Post by: 230RN on September 20, 2013, 09:00:04 PM: I feel guilty about wisecracking about it.
Title: Re: We are all doomed, if we can only remember
Post by: RocketMan on September 21, 2013, 01:22:19 AM: Don't sweat it, 230RN. I doubt anyone here is getting their knickers in a twist over it. We've all been wisecracking over it. It's probably best if we can laugh about it a bit.