The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - Sad to see and to live with....I have always hoped to die..

Sad to see and to live with....I have always hoped to die.. (reply)

John Meeker — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 16:59:31 +0000

suddenly -- say -- in a duck blind, or pulling a deer, or riding past my skills on a steep downhill -- or... y'gitcha idee. In my sleep would be just dandy, too. As long as you're not the driver of the vehicle....badda boomp.

I saw both parents thru that ordeal, and I'd have given anything, had they died when their mind went.

No answers, here,

my father died of it too - horrible way to go (reply)

stonewalrus — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 11:45:55 +0000

And my dad... (reply)

rob — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 06:26:56 +0000

6'5" 220 and in great physical shape...but he's going downhill fast and it really really sucks watching it. There was a time I thought cancer was the worst killer and now I'm not so sure.

My Mom too... Terrible thing... please, smother me with a (reply)

Rob Leahy — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 04:10:39 +0000

pillow, if/when I get there...No, not quite yet.

Brother, I know you weren't making light of it... (reply)

Boge Quinn — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 18:13:47 +0000

...neither was that my intent.

My Mom too... (reply)

anachronism — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 03:52:24 +0000

She was a mean one... and I miss her.

As you know, Mom died of Alzheimer's... (reply)

Hobie — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 00:40:37 +0000

...my brother-in-law's wife's father died of it and we've seen several other instances in younger and younger folks. It was not my intent to make light of it.

I Had A Scathing Retort (reply)

Drago — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 00:00:23 +0000

But I forgot what it was.

Well, that explains the last couple of elections... (reply)

Boge Quinn — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 20:45:28 +0000

...seriously, it is an awful thing. One of my best friends and pickin' pals has early-onset Alzheimer's (age 52) and is deteriorating rapidly. An AWFUL thing.

Dementia epidemic?

Hobie — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 14:18:03 +0000

I think we've already seen it, at the polls, in life"style" choices... http://ca.news.yahoo.com/dementia-epidemic-looms-135-million-sufferers-seen-2050-000429...