When my wife developed Alzheimer’s, the story of our marriage kept us connected

Post by captainredbeard » Fri, Jan 21, 2022, 9:21 PM UTC

diskzero wrote: post #50

nefitty wrote: post #31

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I love my wife a lot. She's like my shadow, evidence that the sun is in the sky. If she got really sick I would stay with her and care for her. A huge chunk of that is because I'm attached to her, the little human pattern that the universe mumbles out. The other mind that looks at me and convinces me I actually exist. I personally think it's irresponsible to set up these weird transcendental expectations. If anyone r…

My wife was diagnosed with lymphoma and brain cancer last December and passed this October. I watched her weaken, spring back when a therapy worked, descend into near death when a therapy failed and eventually see her mind and body destroyed by cancer. I hated the illness, the workload, the stress and then unending anxiety of knowing there was little chance of a recovery. I never thought of leaving or not caring for…

Post by ncmncm » Sat, Jan 22, 2022, 3:07 PM UTC

reasonabl_human wrote: post #102

ncmncm wrote: post #61

This may be a good place to mention that a huge study [0] conducted over 6 years with tens of thousands of US Veterans Administration patients found that having a recent Tdap vaccination predicted a 40% lower incidence of dementia. This was confirmed with an independent cohort. You hardly need any reason to go get your Tdap booster. Any faint possibility that it might stave off dementia ought to be enough by itself.…

Thanks for the info. However, getting a 403 on the link?