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OR Guy · Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:36 am Post subject: Dementia

Is your family affected by dementia or Alzheimer's disease?

http://www.observer-reporter.com/OR/Story/09-21-MED-MoreAlzheimers
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amom · Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:41 am Post subject:

Yes, my mom-in-law. Such a sad disease.
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Cylinsier · Master Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 13229 Location: Oh shi-

Afflicted my grandfather and probably contributed to his death this summer.
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busdriver · Journeyman Joined: 16 Mar 2009 Posts: 3497

[quote="OR Guy"]Is your family affected by dementia or Alzheimer's disease?

This is me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lSliucgygc

SSSS · Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:12 am Post subject:

Ithit my grandmother. It was painful to watch such a proud woman reduced to infancy.
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Amphikalein · Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:25 am Post subject:

Yes. My father has Parkinson's-associated Dementia and was recently moved into a nursing home after a fall. The extent and progression of the dementia became undeniable to my Mum and the rest of us after he fell several months ago. The fall affected his ability to walk safely and he moved beyond our ability to care for him at home.

My partner's Mom, who moved in with us back in May, has Alzheimers.
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Brant · Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:29 am Post subject:

My maternal grandmother was a retired schoolteacher, sharp as a tack. She went from being seemingly totally in control of her faculties one day to walking in the dead of night in her nightgown and bedroom slippers to the local firehouse to report that her house was on fire. It was not. With some people, it can be a slow progression. With others, it's almost overnight.
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Cylinsier · Master Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 13229 Location: Oh shi-

So the question is inevitably raised...if this many of us have this in our family history and are therefore at risk to experience it ourselves, and if we assume that we can reach on agreement on how they are acquired (ie, through means other than embryos), should we not all be in favor of advancing stem sell research as soon as possible?
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amom · Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:33 am Post subject:

Amphikalein · Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:55 am Post subject:

Yes, but i think that as a society we always need to concurrently engage in substantive discourse about ethical issues that arise - including the ethical dilemma of delaying needed research and subsequent treatment in order for political points to be scored.
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SSSS · Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 12:53 pm Post subject:

wanted to correct my typo-what happened to the edit feature?
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Poll question threads have never had the edit feature enabled.
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gr county mom · Rookie Joined: 30 Sep 2008 Posts: 9 Location: waynesburg

yes my grandmother passed away from complications with dementia / alz now my mother (her daughter) has the beginning stages of the disease I work in a nursing and rehab center and see first hand the devastation of these diseases and i never knew how horrible it was . we need wayyy more research and funding to find something to slow down or stop altogether the progression of it !