![]() ![]() ![]() It is frightening to lose control of your body in any way. All I have left are a few weak memories, and now it is too late for their boy. I am sorry it took so long to find myself and understand how much I loved them. I wish I had not had to see my mother die slowly of cancer in the little hospital in Eldora, so ruined by life she could no longer suck water from a small ice cube. I wish I could tell him I am sorry, sorry he died before his time and before we could know each other as adults. That's what the doctor says, you know, 'Keep doing something.' But it's just stuttering a lot of times."īook Excerpt: 'Losing My Mind' Following is an excerpt from Losing My Mind: An Intimate Look at Life with Alzheimer's by Thomas DeBaggio: My father would have been ninety-one this year. Trying to put things together in the hope that this will keep things going. And maybe go out of here and say, 'You know, doesn't look like there's anything wrong with him.' And, of course, you don't see it." "I'm exercising my mind four to five hours a day trying to keep it going, thinking about things. ![]()
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