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My dad has one gin every day and he’s 92 and a beautiful brain still writing academic articles on how the brain works.
by andrewstuart 1y ago
My dad has one gin every day and he’s 92 and a beautiful brain still writing academic articles on how the brain works.
- vasco 1y agoFound the anecdata thread! My grandpa had a 20cl cup of red wine at lunch every day and died at 87 with cancer AND dementia.
- cogman10 1y agoYeah, I have a 2 grandmas that didn't drink and both died in their 90s. One with dementia the other without. One grandpa died in his late 80s and I think he drank. The other died in his 90s. Neither had dementia. What lesson can I draw from any of this? Dementia really sucks for the families. It's not so bad for the person who's brain is turning to mush.
- kcplate 1y ago> It's not so bad for the person who's brain is turning to mush Well Alzheimer’s was torture for my father every single day before he passed. My grandmother had it too and all throughout the beginning he knew what was coming and how difficult it was going to be for both him and all of us. Even through to the end during the fleeting moments of almost clarity, he agonized over “not being able to think like I used to” If you could ask someone who has it, I seriously doubt their answer would be “it’s not so bad”.
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- mothballed 1y agoAny old folks home worth their salt has a bar in it. And lots of old people having hanky panky. One of the few things they have left to live for, a lot of times. They're not going to be out hiking the Appalachian Trail.