[svandamme]

My grandfather was 82, he was a little light in the head in the last years,literally lightened up a bit ( he had tough memories about WW2, and force laborer in Dresden, never spoke much about it, recycled everything, not wasting things), he had become softer, but forgetful but he was vital, he still did his daily walks around town, took grandma around who wasn't as strong physically as he was.. He even still drove his car.

Then one day, after he had done grocery run in his car, came home, sat in his lazyboy style seat... And then grandma noticed that he wasn't responding anymore... he went to the hospital, stroke, never woke up again...Brain swelling, coma, went out like a candle while i held his hand...

Doc says he never noticed a thing of what happened. And if he did at all notice anything, he didn't suffer one bit.

Another man was in the hospital at the same time as he was, same deal.. our family and his family were both there 24/7 to be there for our grandpa's... The other guy pulled through, but was pretty much deaf dumb and blind afterwards...


It sounds harsh to say, but if you get a stroke, hope that the first one is a heavy one, or hardly a stroke at all... This is one thing where the middle way is the worst thing to have.