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[W7LPNRICK]

I been sittin' here for an hour, in the navigator's seat, waiting with the engine running, for Qbert to show up. Where the heck is he?  

[TequilaChaser]

I can see where some would find the above comic amusing while others like me would not

some real life experiences:

1 - get up in the living room to just go do a #1 in the hall bathroom is enough time for your Mom or Grandmother to get up walk out the back door and disappear for well over 4 to 5 hours, you have the vol. fire department and the sheriff's department going door to door trying to find her or if anyone had seen her.

2 - you are coming home from work, in the company truck and you had to go by a certian store so you are actually coming home a different way than normal. As you turn off from one road on to another then on to the next you find Mom / GrandMa walking up the middle of the road and she thinks you are some young man. You offer her a ride, with her never realizing who you are until about the time you pull into the driveway of your home. Sister ( who she lived with ) was only in the kitchen cooking the evening dinner, never realized she had left the house.

3 - You go to town with the Wife & Sister, GrandMa is sitting in the car with you while the other 2 are inside the winn Dixie.... GrandMa tells you plain as day she is going to go inside and shop with the Women. you watch her walk thru the sliding doors from the parking lot where you are sitting in the car. About 30 minutes later, The Women come out and ask you where is GrandMa, you tell them she came in to shop with them........long story short you later find her walking down a US Highway.......

as it got worse, eventualy ended in a nursing home, was to much to handle for the entire family, and it was awful

it is something that noone would wish on anyone, ever!

[Whitey33]

 
That Pickles was hilarious

[Penguin]

Mental degeneration; it's sad, really.

-Penguin

[Dichotomy]

Man TC that's tough

I'll probably be dealing with that in the next 10 years myself.

[TequilaChaser]

Man TC that's tough

I'll probably be dealing with that in the next 10 years myself.

I wish you the best, Dicho

 I done experienced it with both my GrandMa and now my Mom......My Mom experienced it with her GrandMa and the Doctors told me several years ago that I get to look forward to it, and had early signs.....

no matter how much brain food or fish oil you eat or take......  back when I was fit & working, I stopped investing in certain things and switched to investing in companies doing research and possible treatment/cures for this along with Parkinson's, lukemia and other things that run in my family blood line

but, not looking for reactions, just putting it out there, what some familys have to deal with

is why I posted how I could see both sides of the viewing of the comic ---> ex of TC --->   or getting there anyhows 

[W7LPNRICK]

I can see where some would find the above comic amusing while others like me would not

some real life experiences:

1 - get up in the living room to just go do a #1 in the hall bathroom is enough time for your Mom or Grandmother to get up walk out the back door and disappear for well over 4 to 5 hours, you have the vol. fire department and the sheriff's department going door to door trying to find her or if anyone had seen her.

2 - you are coming home from work, in the company truck and you had to go by a certian store so you are actually coming home a different way than normal. As you turn off from one road on to another then on to the next you find Mom / GrandMa walking up the middle of the road and she thinks you are some young man. You offer her a ride, with her never realizing who you are until about the time you pull into the driveway of your home. Sister ( who she lived with ) was only in the kitchen cooking the evening dinner, never realized she had left the house.

3 - You go to town with the Wife & Sister, GrandMa is sitting in the car with you while the other 2 are inside the winn Dixie.... GrandMa tells you plain as day she is going to go inside and shop with the Women. you watch her walk thru the sliding doors from the parking lot where you are sitting in the car. About 30 minutes later, The Women come out and ask you where is GrandMa, you tell them she came in to shop with them........long story short you later find her walking down a US Highway.......

as it got worse, eventualy ended in a nursing home, was to much to handle for the entire family, and it was awful

it is something that noone would wish on anyone, ever!

I have been a nurse for many many years & if I have offended anyone, too bad.    My wife even is able to make fun of herself & her disabilities, if you can't joke a little, and not focus on the negative you might see everyday, you might as well crawl in a hole and pull the dirt in behind yourself.
In my opinion, you are worse than the comic strip, by far. 

[TequilaChaser]

but, not looking for reactions, just putting it out there, what some familys have to deal with

is why I posted how I could see both sides of the viewing of the comic ---> ex of TC --->  or getting there anyhows  

did you not see what I posted Dumb watermelon ????? W7LPNRICK???

you a nurse with that kind of atitude is nothing more than another body drawing a paycheck off of society......

F off would you please......... I see both the comic value and the real life aspect of the damn comic strip

thank you very much

edit: I know I will be slapped so I made my own back up of what I have said  

[CAP1]

I can see where some would find the above comic amusing while others like me would not

some real life experiences:

1 - get up in the living room to just go do a #1 in the hall bathroom is enough time for your Mom or Grandmother to get up walk out the back door and disappear for well over 4 to 5 hours, you have the vol. fire department and the sheriff's department going door to door trying to find her or if anyone had seen her.

2 - you are coming home from work, in the company truck and you had to go by a certian store so you are actually coming home a different way than normal. As you turn off from one road on to another then on to the next you find Mom / GrandMa walking up the middle of the road and she thinks you are some young man. You offer her a ride, with her never realizing who you are until about the time you pull into the driveway of your home. Sister ( who she lived with ) was only in the kitchen cooking the evening dinner, never realized she had left the house.

3 - You go to town with the Wife & Sister, GrandMa is sitting in the car with you while the other 2 are inside the winn Dixie.... GrandMa tells you plain as day she is going to go inside and shop with the Women. you watch her walk thru the sliding doors from the parking lot where you are sitting in the car. About 30 minutes later, The Women come out and ask you where is GrandMa, you tell them she came in to shop with them........long story short you later find her walking down a US Highway.......

as it got worse, eventualy ended in a nursing home, was to much to handle for the entire family, and it was awful

it is something that noone would wish on anyone, ever!

i went through that with my grandpop. grandmom never would put him in a home, so her and i did everything. every time he went missing, i just went around to atlantic ave, where the railroad tracks are...and there was grandpop talking to people that weren't there.

 in the end, he wouldn't come back hardly at all.......except when i came home from work. he'd come back to reality for a few minutes, and the look on his face was devastating, as he realized what was happening.....then he'd go back, to wherever he was.

 it hurt bad.........

[W7LPNRICK]

Perhaps I've been a bit desensitized by the constant exposure. If you think about the sad side too much, you can't do your job. My memory is not as sharp as it used to be, and I can see that coming. I've watched dozens of folks, and one dear friend die with symptoms/illnesses, I already have. Sorry! I guess I was an ARSE to some degree, & not intended. 

[EskimoJoe]

It's a bit grim, nothing compared to Cyanide and Happiness, but it made me chuckle.
It's satire, I don't think it makes you an arse.

[Lusche]

I went through that with my Grandpa, I see the first symptoms with my dad  and the though something like that may happen to me absolutely terrifies me.

And I found that cartoon funny and see nothing wrong with it  

[Simaril]

Perhaps I've been a bit desensitized by the constant exposure. If you think about the sad side too much, you can't do your job. My memory is not as sharp as it used to be, and I can see that coming. I've watched dozens of folks, and one dear friend die with symptoms/illnesses, I already have. Sorry! I guess I was an ARSE to some degree, & not intended. 

Desensitization is one thing - gunna happen with anything you see a lot of  - but the death of compassion is a choice, not a necessity. I cannot comprehend how ANYONE (much less someone in a "caring profession") could tell TC he was "worse by far" for posting what he did.

I've seen more death and disease, disability and pain in my career than I even want to think about...but the day I stop caring about how other people feel is the day I ought to be leaving medicine.

[TequilaChaser]

It was a funny comic anyway one looks at it, sorry I hijacked the thread

I'm getting  and things hit me differently these days 

[W7LPNRICK]

It was a funny comic anyway one looks at it, sorry I hijacked the thread

I'm getting  and things hit me differently these days 

I have NEVER even slightly lost my compassion. No one on here Knows me any better than I know you guys. I have held the hand of elderly folks I've become close to, & a dear friend, while they cried, & died, with tears running down my cheeks. Why was I crying? Because their family put them in the "Home" and forgot them. Me, a care giver, the only person in their life, who cared enough to be there, holding their hand at the time of death...? WTH? I'm glad I was there, gees, you can only take so much of that. I try not to focus on the hurt & negative. Remember, we don't see the expressions on folks faces on here &, as I have learned, it is way too easy to be offended. I've tried to correct my urge to jump to that conclusion. To clarify what I meant, It is the failure, by going to the negative mentality, about these dear people's trials, is far worse than finding the ability to chuckle sometimes, though not at them, but sometime with them. It can be a fine line, but I believe that line is well defined, for me.