NansXOXOX said:...and I don't think I ever saw taking care of someone one I loved as a "burden."
NansXOXOX said:I would completely feel that if my daughter were to have to take care of me with advanced Alzheimer's for a decade - and possibly beyond - that it would be an incredible burden to her. Especially, if I were to suffer from it to the degree my Mom does and not even recognize my daughter for the better part of that decade. It's a horrible disease - the person can't communicate - you have no idea what their wishes and thoughts are. It's soul ravaging. Eventually they can't eat because their brain can't remember how to swallow. Bowel control went years ago. Pneumonia comes and goes and each time it's life-threatening. Their personality all but almost vanishes with just an occasional glimmer every now and then to remind you of the person you once knew. I don't care if you're a frickin' saint...I would never wish it on my daughter. It is devastating emotionally, physically, financially and...well...devastating in every way imaginable. I am the luckiest Mom in the world to have the daughter that I do, and hopefully my Mom felt the same way...but I would pull the plug myself before ever subjecting my daughter to it. My siblings feel the same way.
Long-term advanced Alzheimer's is the most destructive disease I've ever seen - it pales compared to watching a parent wither away dying slowly and painfully from metastatic cancer - and that was the benchmark before Alzheimer's became the new benchmark of horror.
Concerning Plush, of COURSE I don't think he's perfect - I'm joking - and making a joke does not necessitate the use of blinders. I've had a long education in the faults and foibles of Russian champions...of course he's human....I just like, respect, and enjoy his skating to a degree above most other skaters, and find him to be a careful, loyal person to his friends.
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