[Racer X 69]

The angel on our tree has fire in her belly.

Could it be?

Heartburn? Indigestion? Dia.... errr... better get her some Pepto (TM)!

Actually I was thinking she was pregnant.

With the Baby Jesus.

Or something.

[Racer X 69]

Took mom to yet another doctor appointment yesterday, a neurologist, ordered by her primary care physician last month.

Unfortunately the diagnosis wasn't good.

Alzheimer's.

Advanced.

By the time we walked back to the car mom had forgotten the visit with the doctor.




Oh, and even though I am trying to get a restraining order against my younger brother to keep him from taking any more money from her, he has filed for guardianship of her. The process server came to the house while we were in town.


Merry Christmas, eh?

[robtcorl]

Merry Christmas back at ya Mark, and to everyone else!

Sad news, Racer, hopefully the situation improves.

[Racer X 69]

Sad news, Racer, hopefully the situation improves.

Thanks Bob.

Unfortunately, Alzheimer's never gets better.

We can put a man on the moon.

We can create vaccines for the Coronavirus in less than a year.

Yet in all the years that have transpired since Alzheimer's was identified, and all the research and studies that have been devoted to it, we still have no clue.

Life sucks.

Then you forget about it.

[Parallax]

Thanks Bob.

Unfortunately, Alzheimer's never gets better.

We can put a man on the moon.

We can create vaccines for the Coronavirus in less than a year.

Yet in all the years that have transpired since Alzheimer's was identified, and all the research and studies that have been devoted to it, we still have no clue.

Life sucks.

Then you forget about it.

My mother died of it in 2008. The absolute worst time for the patient is the period in the progression when they are aware that they have it.

[robtcorl]

My mom passed in 2003, but not from her dementia.
She always seemed to know me, and I accepted the fact that she could possibly be in a better place, worry free.

[Racer X 69]

My mother died of it in 2008. The absolute worst time for the patient is the period in the progression when they are aware that they have it.

Mom doesn't seem to know, or is in denial of it.

My mom passed in 2003, but not from her dementia.
She always seemed to know me, and I accepted the fact that she could possibly be in a better place, worry free.

Mom knows who I am, as well as my sister, my (dirtbag) brother, my niece, and her younger sister, who also has this horrible disease.

During the assessment yesterday, mom did very well with spacial cognition, but not so much with short term memory. The doctor's assistant did the first one, and after he left she asked me how she did.

Mistakenly I told her that she aced some of it, and failed some.

What I should have said was she did as expected, neither well, nor poorly.

But she forgot it all in short order.

She also gets very indignant when the word dementia is used.

"I don't have dementia!", she says.

She doesn't understand that dementia doesn't mean anything bad, or that it is only a word that the medical community has chosen to describe her mental state of mind.

The toughest part for me will be the slow progression. This disease doesn't end ones life abruptly like cardiovascular disease. I remember when her father had it. It seemed to go on forever.

[lesmore49]

Thanks Bob.

Unfortunately, Alzheimer's never gets better.

We can put a man on the moon.

We can create vaccines for the Coronavirus in less than a year.

Yet in all the years that have transpired since Alzheimer's was identified, and all the research and studies that have been devoted to it, we still have no clue.

Life sucks.

Then you forget about it.

It does.

My mother had it from around age 68 till 84, when she died. My children and my wife, never knew what she was like, without Alzheimer's.

Before, mom was a dynamic, warm, smart individual who knew how to get things done, helped a lot of people.

[StiffLegged]

Sometimes Alzheimer’s goes quickly: a customer years ago who knew he had the condition, and told me so when I visited his home, was gone less than a year later. I really regretted not knowing until then he had flown Sunderland flying boats during WW2 and had loved to talk about that.

[StiffLegged]

Actually I was thinking she was pregnant.

With the Baby Jesus.

Or something.

Pretty sure you’ve got something badly wrong there, Racer. Ask your local church Sunday School, they’ll keep you right.

I think.

Some have unusual versions of various Bible stories….

[Racer X 69]

Pretty sure you’ve got something badly wrong there, Racer. Ask your local church Sunday School, they’ll keep you right.

I think.

Some have unusual versions of various Bible stories….

Didn't the angel come unto them and say behold, or something?

Immaculate conception?

The angel brought him to Mary and Joseph.


Wait.

I'm raised Nazarene.


My dad was raised Oregon Logging Redneck.


Mrs. Racer 1.0 was Pentecostal.


I tried Buddhism.


Mostly I like how the lights sparkle.


Now I'm confused.


Wait.


Something is happening.



Oh no!


The tree just blew up!

Is it, aliens?

[Parallax]

Didn't the angel come unto them and say behold, or something?

Immaculate conception?

The angel brought him to Mary and Joseph.


Wait.

I'm raised Nazarene.


My dad was raised Oregon Logging Redneck.


Mrs. Racer 1.0 was Pentecostal.


I tried Buddhism.


Mostly I like how the lights sparkle.


Now I'm confused.


Wait.


Something is happening.



Oh no!


The tree just blew up!

Is it, aliens?

You're starting to worry me just a little.

[Racer X 69]

You're starting to worry me just a little.

I'm starting to worry myself.

[tim60]

Racer, I saw that tree picture in a previous year.

[StiffLegged]

No no no, Mary was able to become the mother of Jesus because of her own immaculate contraption: had you been raised Catholic you’d know this. Whereas if you were British you’d know Moses was a biker - he came down Mount Cyanide on his Triumph. There is no record of Paul the apostle being married but most of the others were: their wives were the Epistles.

and many other examples…..