tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009861.post1753065858875147293..comments2023-09-18T10:13:40.272-04:00Comments on director of goo: perspectiveFINNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02955195506214301080noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009861.post-81876858203462187972007-06-04T13:11:00.000-04:002007-06-04T13:11:00.000-04:00Death be not proud, evah, it seems. while my gmot...Death be not proud, evah, it seems. while my gmother is deteriorating, she's not suffering (or doesn't appear to be) like your grampa, subh; so that's some solace. it sucks that he (and you) had to go through that.FINNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02955195506214301080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009861.post-82324541335363062202007-06-02T02:19:00.000-04:002007-06-02T02:19:00.000-04:00Sorry about your grammy, Finn. My grampa shut down...Sorry about your grammy, Finn. My grampa shut down physically but mentally he was still fine, which made it worse - it was humiliating for him to be so dependent. He didn't suffer long, though.<BR/><BR/>But I agree with FMC - your mom has a lot to deal with, but your hammie is important to you too. Everybody's got their perspective of what is and isn't a big deal, I guess - and they have the Subhangi Arvindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11773126203364505413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009861.post-51699691444044623212007-06-01T14:33:00.000-04:002007-06-01T14:33:00.000-04:00At least you stayed away from Vista. Hope the ham...At least you stayed away from Vista. <BR/>Hope the hammie mends toot sweet.<BR/>-KathleenMayrasmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163659685211577345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009861.post-53318662324393388212007-06-01T13:13:00.000-04:002007-06-01T13:13:00.000-04:00you gottit kath -- the pain is more mental than ph...you gottit kath -- the pain is more mental than physical. <BR/><BR/>the REAL pain today has been installing XP on my mac. talk about emotional trauma. but running Visio on a mac beats running it on a crappy e-machine, or at least that's what i tell myself.<BR/><BR/>thanks to both of yas for your recollections. i wish my mum had a friend who's been through this; but the closest she's got is FINNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02955195506214301080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009861.post-15180507336577067212007-06-01T12:28:00.000-04:002007-06-01T12:28:00.000-04:00My grandfather didn't say anything coherent toward...My grandfather didn't say anything coherent toward the end, other than to speak of events from 40 or 50 years earlier in his life.<BR/>Really hard stuff to deal with.<BR/>Are you in much pain with the hammie, or just not able to run, whick I'm sure is quite painful in and of it's own right.Mayrasmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163659685211577345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009861.post-31867801527854174012007-06-01T08:53:00.000-04:002007-06-01T08:53:00.000-04:00Sorry to hear about your gamma. Not nice when they...Sorry to hear about your gamma. Not nice when they start to shut down. I remember when mine started to go, she woudl get so confused and weepy. I had a job of brushing her false teeth every weekend when I got back from the prison they called boarding school and-quite frankly-it used to make me sick. And it upset her too. Stupid really, but there you go.<BR/> Your Mom sounds rather lovely too. <BRfatmammycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307960277363243051noreply@blogger.com