although my dad only had cancer, i still try to take comfort from the fact that he had all

mental faculties when he died this time last year - although he'd been in remission for a few years when it came back on him it came back hard and fast

for a man as physically active as my dad was, it was heartbreaking to see him shrivelling up before our eyes, there isn't a day that goes by when i don't wish that he was still here with us, but i know that if his 'last days' had dragged on for months or even years longer and he became a man we no longer recognised, we may have just ended up wishing him dead

Posted By: Ralf Scrampton on July 14th 2009 at 11:32:20

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A very sad and sobering piece here (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 14, 10:49:31
- Spent a fair amount of time in one of those in the last few months. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 14, 10:58:40
  - btw AB I am glad to hear your Dad is happy in his recognised environment. (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, Jul 14, 11:26:20
    - Thank you. He is happier, undoubtedly, even if he can't always express it himself. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 14, 11:30:32
  - My Dad's mind has started to desert him, some days I go and see him and I don't recognise (General Chat) - lovely old job, Jul 14, 11:11:56
  - My grandad (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jul 14, 11:05:48
  - I was lucky (if that is how you can describe it) (General Chat) - DNB41, Jul 14, 11:04:34
    - although my dad only had cancer, i still try to take comfort from the fact that he had all (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 14, 11:32:20
    - my dad died after 8-9 years of alzheimers...... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jul 14, 11:12:19
  - Oh mine (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 14, 11:02:59
    - Same here. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Jul 14, 11:03:21
      - And here. (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Jul 14, 11:04:29
- I was thinking the same when listening to the radio this am (General Chat) - camcan, Jul 14, 10:54:39
  - I wonder what happens in other countries (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 14, 10:59:58
    - Tony Robinson said that future generations will look back (General Chat) - camcan, Jul 14, 11:02:24
- ... (General Chat) - duke of york, Jul 14, 10:50:33
  - Yup (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 14, 10:55:18

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