The great escape!
The great escape!
Since learning of my 4/4 status at age 65, (now 66), the worst aspect of this news was the idea that I could lose the essence of who I am and forget the faces of those I love.....the prospect of becoming an emotionally empty shell is absolutely terrifying to me. I have found the peace of mind to know that I do not have to end up there. We do have choices if or when we are confronted with this dreaded disease. I found a TED talk online about Alan, an Alzheimer patient who consciously made the choice to end his life as his Alzheimer's progressed. More info here https://www.phyllisshacter.com/ I feel a lot calmer today!
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Re: The great escape!
I would seriously think about euthenasia if I was diagnosed with alzheimers, I think it`s cruel the way doctors keep people with incurable diseases alive when there`s no hope of a cure.
Re: The great escape!
While I certainly don't want to live with Alzheimer's - one could consider the Buddhist philosophy that one is working off negative karma created in previous lifetimes. And thus, will have a better future life as a result.
(This of course requires one to believe in reincarnation and accept that maybe we did awful things in past lives, which is difficult.)
(This of course requires one to believe in reincarnation and accept that maybe we did awful things in past lives, which is difficult.)