Forgetting.

I have two older sisters with dementia and I want out by whatever means if dementia comes my way...
 

It is slowly becoming reality here, but probably not soon enough in my state...
 

I said in another thread that my Father commited Suicide when I was ony 7 years old.
He put his head in a gas oven.

This may sound odd, but to this day him doing that will help give me have the guts to commit suicide myself, if I were heading towards Dementia.

So if anyone notices that my posts are getting 'messy' and don't make any sense, then please tell me.
That might be the time to think about moving on and moving out of this world! :(

What did I hear someone say?
'But Boozer, Your posts are 'messy' and don't make any sense NOW!:D

Cheers!!!
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Due tô neurological disorders with a side order of getting up in years, forgetfulness has become a bit of a nuisance. A number of very basic things have become bothersome, that's life I know I could be far off worse plus I get to to forget annoying people really fast ding ding ding, BONUS!:D

On it really is. A minus forgetting my higher math tables it's going to be a real bother when I come into that big winfall and I have to sit and decide where to place the zeros when I'm doling out checks the pool boy and others I'll I have tending to my needs about my mansion. The worries, oh how,mine never have an ending.
 
Linda said:
That's interesting Underrock1, that it isn't the being of the end. I know that now, wish I had than. Stop kicking your own butt and find something else to do. There has got to be something for you to do. :sentimental: I think a lot of us enjoy your posts on here so that is one thing. :)
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Thank you for the kind words, Linda. I still have a lively interest in the world. Thankfully, we are in the information age. Aside from lousy programming on TV, that, and my PC keep me amused. Then I have you guys! Kicking my own butt has been a life long exercise. I need it, and its always handy.
 
Ralphy, and Shalimar, what's going on in Canada? Passing assisted suicide? What are the requirements?

You know, reading the frequent posts on here, comments around the Web, and just talking to other people, opinion seems to be overwhelming in favor of having the right to choose your own death. Many do! People jump off buildings, gas themselves, take pills, and shoot themselves. They often endanger others in the process. So what's the problem? What's achieved by preventing them from having a safe, sure, and easy way out?
 
AprilT said:
Due tô neurological disorders with a side order of getting up in years, forgetfulness has become a bit of a nuisance. A number of very basic things have become bothersome, that's life I know I could be far off worse plus I get to to forget annoying people really fast ding ding ding, BONUS!:D

On it really is. A minus forgetting my higher math tables it's going to be a real bother when I come into that big winfall and I have to sit and decide where to place the zeros when I'm doling out checks the pool boy and others I'll I have tending to my needs about my mansion. The worries, oh how,mine never have an ending.
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Don't worry, April. There will always be someone there to help you fill out the zeros. :yes:
 
Underock1 said:
Ralphy, and Shalimar, what's going on in Canada? Passing assisted suicide? What are the requirements?

You know, reading the frequent posts on here, comments around the Web, and just talking to other people, opinion seems to be overwhelming in favor of having the right to choose your own death. Many do! People jump off buildings, gas themselves, take pills, and shoot themselves. They often endanger others in the process. So what's the problem? What's achieved by preventing them from having a safe, sure, and easy way out?
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Being able to takes ones life, with help if needed, should be a no brainer if that is what a person wants and needs.
Particularly because of lousy health situations, and maybe in lots of pain.
I mean, if one owns a poor dog, cat, horse or animal who is in a bad situation like that, out of Love one would have the poor thing put down.

Include me as well if I ever get into that rather unfortunate situation!!!
 
I remember my mom telling me how my grandfather put my grandmother through hell the last few years of his life with dementia. Closer to home the lady two houses away told me the same thing about her husband who passed two years ago......his mood swings, didn't know her then he would, cussed her and accused her of being unfaithful and a whore etc. etc.

If it's in my power I have no intention of putting mama through that.

I've lived in the back of this cul-de-sac for thirty four years and about twelve years ago a fella that lived across the street and four houses up found out he had terminal cancer.......thinking of his wife and to avoid messing up the house I suppose he went in the backyard, sat in a lawn chair and shot himself while she was away.

I'm totally for assisted suicide and wish it was legal here like it is in a very few other states but since it's not I only hope I'll be able to do what needs to be done (in my mind) when the time comes.
 
Underock, at present I believe the requirements set out are terminal illness, dementia, horrific chronic pain. The provinces have until the end of the year to come up with a concrete plan of law. We will know more in 2016, when the assisted suicide law will come into effect.
 
The problem with the kind of suicide where you go out in the garage and shoot yourself is that you leave your loved ones with so many "questions" and "concerns"....i.e. "could I have stopped him?", "why didn't I know he was that depressed", etc., not to mention the shock of finding you that way.

I'm all for the legal assisted kind, where you make your decision, you call your loved ones together and discuss it with them. They may not be in favor of it, but at least they know there was nothing they could have done to change your decision. The legal aspect is taken care of. Then you take your "mercy cocktail", as it is sometimes called, and slip away, surrounded by those who love or who have, at least, told you goodbye.

That is what I hope for for me when the times comes. The boyfriend says as long as he's able, he will shoot himself. I refuse to discuss that possibility with him.
 
Shooting yourself leaves a bad mess for a loved one to find and they may not ever get over it. If you must do it, don't do it in your own home or back yard. Find a field somewhere and make sure you don't miss. I know a man who has a disfigured face because he didn't die when he shot himself in the head. That was several years ago so I guess he decided to let it go at that.
 
For many years now I've been building my mind palace, a practice supposedly started by the Roman philosopher Cicero. It is a technique in which you build a large house or mansion in your mind and fill the rooms with detailed "clues" as to something you wish to remember - a name, an address, a person - and which serves as a mnemonic device to then remember.

You should see the room I've built for SF! :eek:
 
So Phil you are saying you don't want to forget us here on SF? That is sweet. I've never heard of anyone building a mental memory house but I have listened to DVDs of guided meditations where you build a room or house to go to for this or that, healing, remembering a past life or something like that.
 
That sounds like the same principle, Linda.

It is also known as "the Method of Loci" ("Loci" being Latin for "places") and "mind palace", among other names.

A lot of memory champions have used this method.

I always use visual clues but also sometimes auditory or aromatic ones. So, for example, my new SF room has a buzzing of conversation as well as an aroma of warm coffee and cinnamon. Other rooms, other sights, sounds and odors. I even have a pet room where all of the pets I've ever lived with are hanging out.
 

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