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Reged: 05/09/05
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Posts: 3989
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Loc: Waltham, MA
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Re: Possible update...
08/15/14 06:29 AM
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> Had a very active and strong willed grandfather go by way of Parkinson. I wouldn't
> wish it on anyone. The day he could no longer take is daily bike ride, a tradition
> for pretty much his entire life, was the day I saw his spirit die. Over the course of
> three years he went from the most boisterous and lovable italian you'd ever seen, to
> a man trapped inside a prison of spastic flesh. If you saw the real "him" break
> through for 2 minutes a day it was a good day. The last two years of his life were
> completely without purpose.
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> After witnessing that, I made a choice that put in the same shoes I'd do the same as
> Williams. If I can't wipe my own ass, share my own thoughts, or do something as
> simple as even hug my wife...what good is living.
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> I didn't blame Williams before for what he did, and I most certainly don't now.
The diseases that take away your body and leave your mind intact are the ones that really scare me... Parkinson's, ALS, MS when it's really bad...
Cancer and heart disease don't seem so bad in comparison... all that stuff can do is kill you.
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