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Location: Linn County, Oregon
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Originally Posted by Seahawk
That is quite something...difficult to know what to say other than offer my admiration.
My only fear in life is becoming a burden to those I love. I have the financial side taken care of for health care, residence, a living will and other preparations.
What I have seen, regardless of the level of health care provided, a safe place to live, etc., is the emotional price the sons and daughters of dementia and Alzheimer's patents pay. There is no insurance for that, no way to salve the inevitable impact.
All I ask is when I "haue shuffel'd off this mortall coile" I do so sentient.
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Sadly, we don't always get what we ask.  Probably one of the fears of aging. Diminishing mentality and stroke have to be the top two. Given a choice, I'm pretty sure we'd all chose a sudden and fatal heart attack.
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