Oh, that never happened to my grandfather. About a year before his death he

realised he couldn't concentrate anymore, and he was a keen scholar, especially of languages (fluent French, Italian and German, pretty decent Russian and Spanish), and a big literature fan. He was always scared of it affecting his brain and once it did he actually took an overdose. My grandmother found him, he went to hospital, spent a few months in a nursing home and then pegged it (as stroke). To be honest I think that was fairly merciful for that disease.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on September 4th 2007 at 14:34:48

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Oh dear, oh dear oh dear (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 4, 13:23:49
- NPPCMBC (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 4, 13:52:47
- I'm sure his heart-breaking shopping struggle will strike a chord with the world's poor. (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 4, 13:43:20
  - i don't think i've got a local butcher's (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Sep 4, 13:57:42
    - He's been out-sourced to Mumbai (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 4, 13:59:38
      - Where did you go Old Git? (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Sep 4, 14:04:41
        
        Kenya then Scotland (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 4, 14:05:43
        
        Ah, so you did the civilised bit first :-) (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 4, 14:12:46
        
        good stuff - wasn't on here much the day you went away... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Sep 4, 14:08:23
        
        I think I posted something about going away (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 4, 14:10:57
      - Ah but they invented something to disguise the taste of (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 4, 14:02:12
- Don't tell me, he's about to write a book about his experience, Danny Wallace stylee. (General Chat) - tudders, Sep 4, 13:31:46
  - Precisely (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Sep 4, 13:35:35
  - did Danny Wallace start out as just Dave Gorman's mate (General Chat) - blindasabat, Sep 4, 13:35:14
    - wrong (General Chat) - Brandonio, Sep 4, 13:45:14
      - oh, ok (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Sep 4, 13:56:26
      - I thought he played for Manchester United and Southampton (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 4, 13:47:05
        
        Won't do that any more (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Sep 4, 13:48:13
        
        has he really ? I mean the footballer Danny Wallace ? (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 4, 13:51:39
        
        Yeah..... (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Sep 4, 13:54:13
        
        My grandfather had MS. He was fairly lucky in that he survived 45 (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 4, 14:03:43
        
        "periods of rapid decline and then slight remission, and game over can come quite quickly" (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 4, 14:06:49
        
        Actually, yes. Perhaps that's why he remained a season ticket holder all his life. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 4, 14:08:26
        
        fucks with your brain too (n/m) (General Chat) - Dave in France, Sep 4, 14:11:15
        
        Well, yes, normally towards the end. (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 4, 14:22:15
        
        My Mother in Law has it (General Chat) - Dave in France, Sep 4, 14:31:10
        
        Oh, that never happened to my grandfather. About a year before his death he (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 4, 14:34:48
        
        Mate of mine's father die 1 year after being diagnosed, he was 47. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Sep 4, 14:05:03
        
        Yup. Cookie crumbles and all that. Same with a neighbour when I last lived in Norwich (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 4, 14:07:30
        
        Ripper (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 4, 14:08:04
        
        That wunt me. You can't MS someone. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 4, 14:09:19
        
        Ah, but you didn't say that the 20 year old neighbour was MS (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 4, 14:11:52
        
        ... (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 4, 13:50:08
    - Sort of. I must admit to rather enjoying Join Me though. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Sep 4, 13:37:12
  - Yes, he has! Surprise surprise (n/m) (General Chat) - bongo33, Sep 4, 13:33:41
    - There you go. I hate him even more. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Sep 4, 13:35:25
      - For taking a gamble and doing something different? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Sep 4, 13:39:49
        
        No, for telling everyone how different he is, (General Chat) - tudders, Sep 4, 13:42:15
        
        and for simply choosing just as attention seeking clothes, just in the opposite (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 4, 13:45:13
        
        That's the point though, no one in manchester was walking around like a monkey (General Chat) - pants, Sep 4, 13:47:29
        
        Do people walk round like a monkey in Manchester? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 4, 13:48:47
        
        No but it's fashionable to walk around like Liam and Noel Gallagher (General Chat) - pants, Sep 4, 13:53:19
        
        Still ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 4, 14:04:27
        
        They've evolved though, they do flickyhandthing these days as well (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Sep 4, 14:06:21
        
        They haven't evolved very much (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 4, 14:07:49
        
        At the risk of showing my age (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 4, 13:57:49
        
        haha (General Chat) - pants, Sep 4, 14:02:16
        
        Good heavens (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 4, 14:04:46
        
        Northern people in London walk around like Richard Ashcroft in BSS vid as well! (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Sep 4, 13:54:43
        
        yeah, probably why some divs where orange shirts with blue waistcoats (General Chat) - pants, Sep 4, 13:58:45
        
        Only if they're brest feeding librarians. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Sep 4, 13:50:06
        
        ha ha. Wooooosh. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 4, 13:40:22
- Thought that was quite an interesting article actually (General Chat) - bongo33, Sep 4, 13:29:38
  - The description of him as he used to be was just (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 4, 13:31:10
    - Either way he's exaggerating it (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 4, 13:37:24
      - Of course he is, he's trying to make money (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Sep 4, 13:54:31
    - haha I was thinking the same (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Sep 4, 13:35:01
    - Yes, quite an extreme case of consumerism (General Chat) - bongo33, Sep 4, 13:34:49
      - Exactly (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 4, 13:38:29
        
        Jim used to (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Sep 4, 13:55:02
        
        .... (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 4, 13:39:53
        
        Scousers. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Sep 4, 13:39:22
        
        Only if they can nick it (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 4, 13:40:03

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