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Skriven 2013-11-16 14:44:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: Grilled tomatoes
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 11-14-13  20:49 <=-

 RH>> I suspect so. The fact that I make things he's used to eating (no
 RH>> mashed potatoes tho) but with a slightly different twist probably adds
 RH>> to his enjoyment of the food.
 NB>> So it's familiar, even if not exactly what he's used to.  :)  A slight
 NB>> riff on the familiar theme...  :)

 RH> Sort of familiar, to be expected out of me by now. (G)

Yeah, people have learned to expect somewhat the unexpected from me,
over the years...  :)  Always some sort of riff...  ;)
 
 RH>> It wasn't until this spring that Dad actually used the word
 RH>> "dementia"; I guess he didn't want to admit that was the problem. Turns
 RH>> out, his grandmother had it too but in a harder to deal with form.
 NB>> And the diagnosis can be a fairly fine line... while one continues to
 NB>> hope for the best, sometimes that finally turns out not to be.
 NB>> Calling it dementia makes it seem/feel more final somehow...

 RH> In this case, it is what it is. Calling it by anything else sugar
 RH> coats it, maybe made it easier to accept in some ways but harder to
 RH> actually deal with. Short of a miracle, there's not going to be any
 RH> improvement, just a continual decline and fading away. Sad, but true.

I know.  And quite true that recognizing it for what it is does indeed
make it easier to actually deal with, when it comes to that.  Still
tough to accept, but better to accept than to deny what is in fact the
case... when it is...

 RH> Now that I know it's in the family, I can better prepare myself
 RH> for my future--make decisions while I'm able and so forth.

That's always a good idea, even if it turns out that you are spared the
worst possible scenarios...  :)  Most future planning is best done well
in advance, at least in some sort of contingency way... and letting
siblings and children know in advance is usually a good idea, too...

ttyl         neb

... Of people born in 1839, 100% who ate carrots are dead!

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