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w3bny
03-05-2014, 11:54 AM
It took my Uncle away from me today at 1005 EST. I tried to say goodbye but...I hope he "heard" me.

Adios Tio...
NQ6U
03-05-2014, 12:50 PM
Sorry to hear it, Ren. Lost my grandfather to Parkinson's Disease which has a very similar end stage. It wasn't pretty.
W9JEF
03-05-2014, 01:07 PM
Saddens me to hear about your uncle, Ren.
At least his suffering is over.

Last time my Dad and I rode in a car, when we got to the hardware store
he couldn't remember what we came for. Then he got lost on the way home,
and I had to delicately warn him about the upcoming arterial stop sign,
and give him directions in what should have been familiar and routine.

It was time.

My Dad seemed to recognize me on our last visit to the nursing home.
He stayed there exactly one year before passing on in May of 2003 at 93.

BSO: My last name is Parkinson;
but I've seen it, not pretty at all.
May your grandfather rest in peace.
NM5TF
03-05-2014, 01:25 PM
sorry to hear that.....it's a TERRIBLE disease !!!

my Wife's Mother suffers from it....we were never told about it until 2 years after
the fact when we called to ask why she had forgotten the Wife's b-day....she didn't
even know who I was & barely remembered having a Daughter....she has gone
downhill since then & is now a ward of California as she has exhausted all
her life's saving....we had to arrange 24/7 care for her as she refused to come
live with us as we had planned...she said that she was NOT moving to Mexico;
tho we live in NEW MEXICO...the cost was over $4K/month...didn't take too long
to drain her savings.....

hope your Tio passed painlessly....
K7SGJ
03-05-2014, 01:25 PM
MY deepest sympathies, Ren. I'll hold him and your family in my thoughts.
w3bny
03-05-2014, 01:29 PM
He did, at home and in his own bed.
PA5COR
03-05-2014, 01:39 PM
My deepest sympathies Ren, lost my mum from it after we took care of her for 2 years.
She is in a better place now, just as your grandad.
Keep the good memories alive.
w6tmi
03-05-2014, 03:20 PM
Sorry to hear about your uncle!
Have a step father that is probably heading that way.

Ahhh, furries.. I know a few.. mainly pups and kitties.. lol.
KC2UGV
03-05-2014, 03:59 PM
Condolences Ren :(
n0iu
03-05-2014, 07:47 PM
Sorry for your loss.

My mother just turned 92 and she is in remarkably good health. She is in a nursing home and fortunately she still knows who I am... for now.

Yes, it sucks!
KG4CGC
03-05-2014, 09:13 PM
Sorry man. It took my aunt years ago. She was nothing but a bright ray of Sunshine until the last 10 years of her life.
W7XF
03-05-2014, 11:13 PM
My condolences, Ren
n6hcm
03-06-2014, 03:31 AM
we hate it too, and are working to make it less of a threat for future generations: http://www.radiology.ucsf.edu/cind

my condolences ...
NY4Q
03-06-2014, 06:17 AM
Mother passed from dementia +2 years ago. We were lucky - she knew us all until she died.
KK4AMI
03-06-2014, 06:41 AM
My condolences, not that it helps to bear it, but a news item yesterday highlighted the fact that more people are dying of Alzheimer's then we realized. Apparently it gets reported as something else on a lot of the death certificates. So says Dr Nancy Snyderman.
suddenseer
03-06-2014, 06:45 AM
It seems most of us have to go through this event in our lifetime. My uncle does not know his wife of 60 plus years. My aunt has pledged to care for him at home, but he sometimes gets combative and is difficult to handle. I took him some coloring books, and walked away with a tear because I remember him as he was. I am sorry for your loss Ren. I will be thinking about you today.
W2NAP
03-06-2014, 07:05 AM
Mother passed from dementia +2 years ago. We were lucky - she knew us all until she died.

we got a local here who has dementia. cool guy but damn you can tell he is slipping away ever so slowly. sad.
N2CHX
03-06-2014, 08:25 AM
Sorry for your loss, Ren.
W3WN
03-06-2014, 08:43 AM
Condolences from here as well Ren.
NY4Q
03-06-2014, 06:38 PM
we got a local here who has dementia. cool guy but damn you can tell he is slipping away ever so slowly. sad.

For about the last year, mom's sentences were like you had thrown a bunch of words onto the floor and she was reading them. BUT, when she would look at you, her eyes told me she knew who I was - right up until her last few breaths. I went in about an hour before she moved on and got down in her face and her eyes lit up with a smile. Very cool.

And she died in her own bed at home with us all there.

http://thenewsobserver.com/articles/2012/02/28/obituaries/obit04.txt

And I'm very sorry for your loss Ren.