My dad, a wonderful, long-suffering soul, 'caught' it from my mom. Being a full-time caregiver does increase your risk. And I KNOW I went home a little more demented after spending long hours with her. It takes a special kind of strength to deal with that day in, day out. I guess I could do it if I had to, I just pray I don't!
Is it bad that I kind of get it? We have a "family history" of congenital heart defect (HLHS). As that person is not genetically related to me I am aware that my unborn is not at any higher risk than any other fetus without a family history of HLHS but I may still be more concerned than other parents (who most likely never heard of it). One of my coworkers has an (ex)husband with early onset alzheimer's. While rationally she understands that she doesn't have a higher risk than other people (especially as she doesn't have a family history of alzheimer's), she is still more concerned than most people around her because she has lived through it with a husband who had barely turned 50.
Somebody being concerned about something should be set at ease. Not ridiculed. That's why people stop seeing their physician. They don't feel taken seriously.
I am going to forget you ever passed this on.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, it sounds like she already has it.
ReplyDelete"And he keeps forgetting that we're divorced."
ReplyDeleteOK, trite but fits here: "can't fix stupid"
ReplyDeleteAlzheimer's: The STD.
ReplyDeleteSexually transmitted disease.....
ReplyDeleteShe got in one of those bumper cars that goes up instead of down and across? Hehe Moose.
ReplyDelete"It mainly seems to hit him whenever my alimony check is due."
ReplyDelete"Heredity is really complicated. I mean, if insanity is hereditary and you get it from your kids like that poster you see everywhere says..."
ReplyDelete"Who happens to be the Family consigliere."
ReplyDelete"I'm also worried about thallium poisoning, for the same reason."
ReplyDelete"I knew something was wrong when suddenly, one year, he remembered our anniversary."
ReplyDeleteHow long ago did they divorce?
ReplyDeleteMy dad, a wonderful, long-suffering soul, 'caught' it from my mom. Being a full-time caregiver does increase your risk. And I KNOW I went home a little more demented after spending long hours with her. It takes a special kind of strength to deal with that day in, day out. I guess I could do it if I had to, I just pray I don't!
Well...if they're from West Virginia
ReplyDeleteIs it bad that I kind of get it?
ReplyDeleteWe have a "family history" of congenital heart defect (HLHS). As that person is not genetically related to me I am aware that my unborn is not at any higher risk than any other fetus without a family history of HLHS but I may still be more concerned than other parents (who most likely never heard of it).
One of my coworkers has an (ex)husband with early onset alzheimer's. While rationally she understands that she doesn't have a higher risk than other people (especially as she doesn't have a family history of alzheimer's), she is still more concerned than most people around her because she has lived through it with a husband who had barely turned 50.
Somebody being concerned about something should be set at ease. Not ridiculed. That's why people stop seeing their physician. They don't feel taken seriously.