Glen Campbell dies at the age of 81

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Ranching said:
One of my aunts has it, breaks our hearts. The funny thing is, that the family probably suffers more than she does.
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And that's the real issue that no one talks about. The emotional stress put on family members, especially those who are the primary caregivers, can be unreal. On TV, dementia patients are usually shown docile and dormant, sitting in chairs staring endlessly at nothing. In the real world, dementia patients are in denial, quite active, prone to bad decisions, bad hygiene, anger, paranoia and more.
 
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I've heard of this phenomenon before as well. I wonder if music is stored in another part of the brain or stored in a different way that's not as affected by the illness. I also wonder if man will find out at some point in the future that the storage place and/or method of storage can be impacted by a person's value of the information/knowledge. For example, something that is more highly valued is stored differently... like things a person believes are spiritual are stored in a different place an/or in a different way.
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That's the amazing thing about our brain. How it stores the information doesn't make sense. I seem to remember the doctors saying the way the brain process music is different than remembering faces and normal memories. It's like that singer Mel Tillis. He stutters when he talks (or he did back in the day) but when he sang there was no hesitation. You would think singing and talking would be pretty much the same thing but it's obviously not
 
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I have come to believe Alzheimer's is the most evil disease of all time.

RIP Rhinestone Cowboy
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I suppose that's one of side effects of science being able to make us live longer. There are a lot more of us getting old where the chances of developing it increase.
 
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I have a relative suffering from it now and it's much worse than movies and TV shows portray it .. much worse ..
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My ex-wife's grandmother suffered from it for nearly 8 years. This woman used to tip the scales at maybe 110 pounds and was as docile as can be. Her personality did a 180 over the years and her weight nearly doubled. She became mean and if she wasn't mean to people she was always hungry or sleeping. I felt so bad for my mother-in-law. She was the only one to take care of her. Her brothers lived on the other side of the country so they couldn't help. I think my mother-in-law had to sigh a little relief when her mother finally passed.

I told my daughter if I get that disease put me in a home. I will not want my daughter wasting her life taking care of me. I can't imagine my daughter wiping my butt after I've soiled myself.
 
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Jammer said:
I suppose that's one of side effects of science being able to make us live longer. There are a lot more of us getting old where the chances of developing it increase.
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If we all lived long enough, everyone will get cancer and alzheimers, 100% guaranteed. That is the body breaking down from aging. It may seem like a good idea to live to 120 but it won't be pretty :(
 
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