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<blockquote data-quote="Hpacres440p" data-source="post: 1754382" data-attributes="member: 39347"><p>Not sure which is worse-cancer or the dementia/Parkinson's/neuro diseases. I've worked in cancer centers for 25 years. When it's bad, usually it's a 2-3 year battle through a lot of hell, but typically organs essential to life stop working and the actual end is relatively fast. There are good endings too with cancer-many actually are cured, especially recently with new treatments.</p><p>Dementia and a lot of neuro stuff is a molasses-slow removal of someone's capacity to function as a "regular" person, and drags everyone who cares about that person along for the ride. The cruddy part is that the rest of the body doesn't know it's losing its battle with life-the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys-all just merrily pump away because that primal part of all of us in the brain stem is the last part to check out. Those nursing home jails? There isn't a choice for many, because there aren't enough people around who can do 24 hour care with no one else to lend a hand. Sad and depressing? Cancer has given me witness to many beautiful events-living and end of life. Dementia is an entirely different world to travel in. We'd all like to fall asleep and wake up in heaven. The lucky ones get to do that-but there is still usually a "they were too young" story to go along with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hpacres440p, post: 1754382, member: 39347"] Not sure which is worse-cancer or the dementia/Parkinson’s/neuro diseases. I’ve worked in cancer centers for 25 years. When it’s bad, usually it’s a 2-3 year battle through a lot of hell, but typically organs essential to life stop working and the actual end is relatively fast. There are good endings too with cancer-many actually are cured, especially recently with new treatments. Dementia and a lot of neuro stuff is a molasses-slow removal of someone’s capacity to function as a “regular” person, and drags everyone who cares about that person along for the ride. The cruddy part is that the rest of the body doesn’t know it’s losing its battle with life-the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys-all just merrily pump away because that primal part of all of us in the brain stem is the last part to check out. Those nursing home jails? There isn’t a choice for many, because there aren’t enough people around who can do 24 hour care with no one else to lend a hand. Sad and depressing? Cancer has given me witness to many beautiful events-living and end of life. Dementia is an entirely different world to travel in. We’d all like to fall asleep and wake up in heaven. The lucky ones get to do that-but there is still usually a “they were too young” story to go along with it. [/QUOTE]
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