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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
After this, my heart is wide open to others that suffer from this terrible disease and there is no doubt that it has changed me forever.
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Being near to somebody with potentially terminal diseases changes everything, I completely agree.
I've been near a relative as Alzheimers shredded her brain. It's something that takes years to gradually erode her personality, and the emotional strength you invest just to keep your heart above water... god. I know it's a bit different because it's a mental degrading instead of a physical death, but it sure feels like death.
It's really hard to explain to somebody who's never clutched somebody's hand in a hospital bed.
You realize that you're in the final chapter. It started before you were ready. You thought you were in the middle of the arc, but it turns out that curve has been pointing much farther than you knew. Everything changes.
Thank god your family will remain whole, that's all I'll say. I hope she feels like she got a second lease on life, and that the rest of her life is a gift.