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- JohnDo, on 05/19/2009, -1/+11My grandma suffers from Alzheimers... It's a horrible disease that is so tough on everybody, the whole family. If you've never been around somebody that suffers from Alzheimers, then you don't really know what it's like.
- RiotHeart, on 05/19/2009, -2/+11i may have alzheimer's but at least I don't have alzheimer's
- sockpuppets, on 05/19/2009, -2/+9I already forgot what you did there.
- blankman, on 05/19/2009, -0/+7exactly. you never know what it's like until someone you love starts to attack you, and scream and yell, and say terrible things, and not even know who you are half the time. There is no worse fate a human being can suffer.
And anyone who hasn't experienced it can't fully understand. - JesterSupreme, on 05/19/2009, -0/+5Doctor: I've got some terrible news. You've got cancer and you've got Alzheimer's.
Patient: Well at least I don't have cancer! - sockpuppets, on 05/19/2009, -1/+5I like to believe the consumption of bacon creates a barrier around my brain, thwarting Alzheimer related attacks on it. Thus, I consume much bacon.
- spriggig, on 05/20/2009, -0/+1My mom died of Alzheimer's one year ago this month, She was eighty and only had it for about four years but at the end she had lost about 15 years of memory. The last time I saw her, she did not remember that I had been married for 10 years and had two kids. Of course she had been at the wedding and had met the kids on many occasions during vacations and visits. She was beginning to not recognize the youngest of my sisters kids which is how we knew it was about 15 years.
The important thing to know is that while the memories fade, the personality hangs in there. She died at home, very quickly, peacefully and without pain. - blankman, on 05/20/2009, -0/+1yeah wait until the behavior changes happen and he starts biting you.
- VVCephei, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1My grandfather has alzheimers...
it is tough to deal with most of the time, but other times I'm too preoccupied with the humor of reintroducing myself and seeing him all suprised to meet me. I'm going to the special hell :( - empraptor, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1also, a related study of 382 men found a significant association between early onset of alzheimer's disease and inability to hold a job.
- VVCephei, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1Hahaha it's funny because you said you have alzheimers but then you said you don't have alzheimers meaning you already forgot you had alzheimers hahahahahahaha alzheimers. What's alzheimers again?
- 8FoldPath, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1From what I understand, lapses in memory are normal once one hits middle age. I wouldn't worry about it unless the memory loss is in addition to language problems, lack of orientation and/or confusion, perception lapses and lack of attention and/or focus.
- NikoKun, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1Marijuana has been found to block and slow the progression of Alzheimer's.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4286435.stm - Amnesia10, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1I have episodic amnesia from a road accident and it can be very frustrating, though no watching soap operas as I cannot remember plot lines. It does not have to be a total disaster, if handled properly it can be manageable.
- motionblur, on 05/19/2009, -2/+2Queue the "but I can't remember that" punchlines.
- sleestakslayer, on 05/19/2009, -2/+2When I turned 40, I started having trouble remembering names and even worse, coming up with the proper word while writing or during conversations. It is perhaps the most discomfiting change I've had to deal with. Creaky knees and stiff back, I can work around. Blurry eyesight is corrected with my reading glasses. Little lapses in memory though is nearly intolerable. I often wonder if it is a first stage of this horrible disease.
- badenglishihave, on 05/20/2009, -1/+1True, but my brain makes me over 60,000 per year and very few of my posts aren about engineering.
(I'm not sure why I'm arguing that there should be less talk about breasts) - dougle, on 05/19/2009, -1/+1A collection of Roberts that suffer from episodic memory and belong to Alzheimer?
- jgray1975, on 05/19/2009, -0/+0Prove it. Get a profile pic of them up.
- pegothejerk, on 05/19/2009, -2/+2Devil's Advocate Warning (which means "I'm just sayin"): that's a very short sighted view on the matter. Alzheimer's is horrible right now, yes. It may, however, teach us a GREAT deal about how our brains function, how to tweak that; it has certainly forced us to study certain genes in great detail; it may be linked to a necessary evolution (sortof like being a rare side effect) and therefore was a necessary evil, and then there's the idea that you have no idea where the afflicted might have ended up without this path in their life. Without witnessing our loved ones suffer greatly like this, we too might not have as strong a sense of compassion. If we wipe out all pain and suffering then there will be no standards by which to move towards goodness. Without such things we would likely fall into a bland, egotistical, robotic and materialistic world.
The cure to this horrible disease may end up leading us to greater things. Yes, it is horrible, but it may end up being something with which we as humans could not have done without in the long run.
/devils adv - jgray1975, on 05/19/2009, -0/+0Guy 1: "I can't remember she either has Alzheimers or AIDS. What should I do?"
Guy 2: "Well drop her off about a mile away from the house, and if she finds her way back, DON'T SCREW her." - badenglishihave, on 05/19/2009, -1/+1Half of your comment history is you talking about your breasts. Just thought I'd point that one out.
- lanson, on 05/19/2009, -0/+0Forgetting names of items isn't bad. Forgetting what the item IS is bad. You may forget the name of a fork but if you forget what it's used for, start worrying.
- GeekNurse, on 05/19/2009, -3/+2I was going to comment on this article but I forgot what I was going to type.
- badenglishihave, on 05/19/2009, -4/+1Buried since I forgot why that is funny.
- inactive, on 05/19/2009, -11/+5alzheimer's: definitive proof that there is no god - or he's a bigger ***** than i could ever imagine.
- inactive, on 05/19/2009, -7/+2About 2 years ago I bumped my head pretty good, and lost all my memory for about 20 minutes.
I couldn't remember my name, where I was, or where I was heading to. I also couldn't remember anything about any problems I was having at the time, and the usual BS in our lives that get us down. It was a crappy year overall.
That 20 minute bout of memory loss was a nice vacation from that really crappy time in my life.
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