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Ten years of remembering every day that passes (2022)

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Re: Ten years of remembering every day that passes (2022)

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Post by grodriguez100 »

anonzzzies wrote: post #7
zmgsabst wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’ve had multiple family members die with Alzheimer’s; can I sign up when young and lucid to die early if I get diagnosed? The sheer horror of forgetting your children and grandchildren sickens me — and I have to say, those relatives were gone long before they were gone.

> I’ve had multiple family members die with Alzheimer’s; can I sign up when young and lucid to die early if I get diagnosed? In the Netherlands (and I guess other countries), you have to arrange this very early (if you know your family has Alzheimers, like mine). Once you have symptoms or even are diagnosed, you cannot decide anymore. And you'll end up in a home, knowing nothing and no-one and often drugged up, until…

Being diagnosed should not prevent you from making an advance directive as long as you are in full possession of your mental faculties. That’s how it works in Spain at least. In certain cases this may involve a medical evaluation.

Re: Ten years of remembering every day that passes (2022)

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Post by anonzzzies »

grodriguez100 wrote: post #11
anonzzzies wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I’ve had multiple family members die with Alzheimer’s; can I sign up when young and lucid to die early if I get diagnosed? In the Netherlands (and I guess other countries), you have to arrange this very early (if you know your family has Alzheimers, like mine). Once you have symptoms or even are diagnosed, you cannot decide anymore. And you'll end up in a home, knowing nothing and no-one and often drugged up, until…

Being diagnosed should not prevent you from making an advance directive as long as you are in full possession of your mental faculties. That’s how it works in Spain at least. In certain cases this may involve a medical evaluation.

We had some issues in the family with this, but yes, it might be because the diagnoses was already (perceived to be) too late. I would recommend doing it young if it's a familiar/genetic issue. If not, of course you cannot do that, so you try what you can.

Re: Ten years of remembering every day that passes (2022)

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Post by horsellama »

It’s not clear to me how such a thing can be achieved. They talk about a “memory calendar” and “tags”.

Is it like, every day, stop for a minute and “commit” a single word to that day? Then revise the previous ones hoping that they stuck in memory?

Re: Ten years of remembering every day that passes (2022)

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Post by Aeolun »

anonzzzies wrote: post #3
tetris11 wrote: post #2

Alzheimer's has to be one of the worst. I do find euthanasia to be a slippery slope[0], but I'll make an exception for Alzheimer's. 0: picture an understaffed and underfunded hospital, with a single nurse walking around calmingly asking anyone if they want it to end

Making an exception for X is the same slippery slope. And easy talk for people who haven't had a family member die in agony or something like that in a place where they don't allow control over your own life. My life, my terms; if I want out, it needs to be an option. Which is exactly the problem with Alzheimer; cancer is much easier; you are usually lucid but not very happy the last few weeks/months, so let's end it…

> My life, my terms; if I want out, it needs to be an option.

It’s always an option, it’s just kind of weird that it’s illegal for trained medical professionals to help you do it certainly and painlessly.

Re: Ten years of remembering every day that passes (2022)

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Post by vkou »

anonzzzies wrote: post #9
VBprogrammer wrote: post #6

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We afford old people in their last days less compassion than a dog. I look forward to the day when we look back at this as a moral outrage. Our family have recently been in the situation where my partners 85 year old grandfather, who sometimes struggles to remember who we are, had to have his leg amputated due to some metalwork he had implanted in his knee 10 years ago having worn through his skin due to him losing m…

> We afford old people in their last days less compassion than a dog. I look forward to the day when we look back at this as a moral outrage. Maybe religious groups/political parties/lobbies etc; if they are against abortion, they will definitely be against ending grandma (who doesn't know who you or your grandpa are, but let's not mention that); religious people see it as suicide and murder, so off to hell with 2+ p…

Ironically, there's a large overlap between those people and people who support capital punishment.

Re: Ten years of remembering every day that passes (2022)

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Post by notclive »

horsellama wrote: post #14

It’s not clear to me how such a thing can be achieved. They talk about a “memory calendar” and “tags”. Is it like, every day, stop for a minute and “commit” a single word to that day? Then revise the previous ones hoping that they stuck in memory?

I was curious too and found http://lembransation.blogspot.com/2016/02/starting-out.html, the tags appear to be a couple of short sentences.

Re: Ten years of remembering every day that passes (2022)

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Post by alpaca128 »

anonzzzies wrote: post #9
VBprogrammer wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We afford old people in their last days less compassion than a dog. I look forward to the day when we look back at this as a moral outrage. Our family have recently been in the situation where my partners 85 year old grandfather, who sometimes struggles to remember who we are, had to have his leg amputated due to some metalwork he had implanted in his knee 10 years ago having worn through his skin due to him losing m…

> We afford old people in their last days less compassion than a dog. I look forward to the day when we look back at this as a moral outrage. Maybe religious groups/political parties/lobbies etc; if they are against abortion, they will definitely be against ending grandma (who doesn't know who you or your grandpa are, but let's not mention that); religious people see it as suicide and murder, so off to hell with 2+ p…

If only they would leave the responsibility for hell and punishments to their omnipotent god. Especially if they didn't even read the Bible. But no, a supposed eternity of punishment isn't long and early enough for them.

Re: Ten years of remembering every day that passes (2022)

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Post by sourcecodeplz »

paganel wrote: post #13

I couldn't honestly do that, the nostalgia would be too much for me, even for only 10 years ago, even 5. And then how do you process past relationships and marriages? Or the death of loved ones? Or other such traumatic experiences?

Yeah. I remember vacations the most. And that is enough for me.

Live your life one day at a time.

Re: Ten years of remembering every day that passes (2022)

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Post by nippoo »

vkou wrote: post #16
anonzzzies wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> We afford old people in their last days less compassion than a dog. I look forward to the day when we look back at this as a moral outrage. Maybe religious groups/political parties/lobbies etc; if they are against abortion, they will definitely be against ending grandma (who doesn't know who you or your grandpa are, but let's not mention that); religious people see it as suicide and murder, so off to hell with 2+ p…

Ironically, there's a large overlap between those people and people who support capital punishment.

Is there? I'm genuinely curious where this stat comes from.
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