Mart O
9:16 Mon May 6
Re: Dementia
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Anyway, "assuming I'm not doolally..."
I have news. Not all of it good...
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Leonard Hatred
9:05 Mon May 6
Re: Dementia
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This is why Robin Williams topped himself.
Diagnosed with dementia at 63 and thought " fuck that", checked out before it kicked in too severely.
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Nurse Ratched
9:02 Mon May 6
Re: Dementia
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Christ, endless emergency sirens.
Packed buses and trains.
Having to make SMALL TALK with colleagues and clients...
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Nurse Ratched
9:00 Mon May 6
Re: Dementia
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Mashed.
I won't carry on working past retirement age unless I can't afford to stop working.
I want to withdraw into the blessed peace of hermitude as soon as possible.
The idea of never having to smell another eastern European, or hear a Filipino barking tagalog into a mobile phone, or trying not to lose my mind when some #### on a motorbike goes past...
Bliss.
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Bungo
8:47 Mon May 6
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Giving this a slightly different slant, my Mum had dementia for the last two years of her life. Before this she was a fairly 'tetchy' individual, but in those last two years she certainly appeared to be a lot happier, her dementia appearing to have taken away the previous edges.
Of course we'll never know what was actually going on in her head, but to all outward appearances, this is what happened.
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mashed in maryland
8:47 Mon May 6
Re: Dementia
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Plenty of us, including top folk in "the state" carry on well beyond 70.
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Mart O
8:45 Mon May 6
Re: Dementia
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Agreed. What if we all signed up to give WHO power of attorney ? There's a few I'd put down right now.
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Nurse Ratched
8:38 Mon May 6
Re: Dementia
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I agree wholeheartedly.
But assuming I'm not doolally or in intolerable pain and I still have my independence, I would rather not have the state put me down because I'd reached 75 or whatever.
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Mart O
8:35 Mon May 6
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Well one thing all this has taught me is I'd rather be dead than put up with what my old ones have to. Not a question of age, just choice. Who the fuck is the state to tell us we have to live through this sort of shite ?
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joe royal
7:58 Mon May 6
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ok , 75 then.
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Northern Sold
7:58 Mon May 6
Re: Dementia
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That's why i'm retiring at 60.... I'll at least get a decade before getting a bolt to the head
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Nurse Ratched
7:56 Mon May 6
Re: Dementia
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After retiring at 67? 3 years to enjoy retirement then you're put down? Fuck that.
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joe royal
7:54 Mon May 6
Re: Dementia
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We should all be culled at 70, more money for nhs, cheaper house prices and all the 800 pound a WEEK nursing homes go bust.
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mashed in maryland
7:39 Mon May 6
Re: Dementia
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Darby
Think it can depend on the sort of person they were before.
If said loved one was always a pain in the arse cracking jokes etc its probably easier to deal with like that.
If that makes sense
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Crassus
7:31 Mon May 6
Re: Dementia
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Last year my lad took a summer job cleaning, in an old folks home for those with dementia, messier job than you might anticipate
Fair to say that it was all a tad grim, but laced with some humerous moments. Out of decency I will refrain posting the details
Respect and sympathies to those watching loved ones struggling with it
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Darby_
7:22 Mon May 6
Re: Dementia
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That's mostly the attitude I had until it got too grim during the last few months. There are lots of funny incidents and memories.
I went for walk in the woods with him one day at one of his favourite walks. We wandered apart from each other and after about ten minutes I realised that he'd forget that I was there, walk back to the car and drive off, which is exactly what he did. Luckily I ran back and caught him as he was driving off.
Cool story bro, etc.
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J.Riddle
7:21 Mon May 6
Re: Dementia
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Grandad had it for ten years, said he didn't know who nan was in the end, sad to see nan burst into tears like that in her 80s after 65 years together. Would rather be fed through a wood chipper than that.
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mashed in maryland
7:13 Mon May 6
Re: Dementia
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Lad i work with lives with a grandparent with it and has a very humorous way of looking at it. Tells stories and laughs. Dunno if i could have the same attitude watching it happen with one of my loved ones but fair play i suppose.
One story is he can't get post delivered to his house any more as said grandparent was hiding/chucking it all when it showed up. Was apparently happening for months before anyone twigged
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Bungo
7:01 Mon May 6
Re: Dementia
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Mart O 3:06 Mon May 6
On a similar note, one of the very confused patients in one of my wife's hospitals, recently shouted out in alarm because he'd seen a sofa move on it's own.
Turns it it was one of the larger nurses walking slowly past his bed.
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Mart O
3:06 Mon May 6
Re: Dementia
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My mum's had multiple kidney and lung infections. One time she rang me up from a ward exclaiming at the top of her voice "I'm in a dreadful place full of fat, ugly, old women." Went down really well.
Doolalliness inc.
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