[Kartographer]

Does anyone ever know for sure what they would do when confronted by such a devastating disease? I admit I haven’t a clue.

[erlayman]

Was he also manic, or at least bi-polar ?

I know that is what Carrie Fisher mistook him for anyway after he attended one of her shows.

[boop]

I can't place myself in Robin's shoes, but if I was faced with consciously losing the ability to think, I don't know what I would do.

With Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, the people generally don't "comprehend" that they are losing themselves.

I don't know of a person with Alzheimer's killing themselves.

They just fade into oblivion.

My dear grandma had it.

By the end, she still thought she was a nurse, making her "rounds" on patients in her nursing home.

They even gave her a pencil and paper so she could write down her notes.

With Lewy Body disease, the patients usually are very well aware that they are fading, but they don't know why.

I'd think that would be much more terrible, having complete "conscience", but knowing what will happen to you.

[Yaelle]

Does anyone ever know for sure what they would do when confronted by such a devastating disease?

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I do now, after two years of full time caring for someone, and may Gd please forgive me. I’m not doing this to my kids.