Somehow knowing that Alzheimer's is coming mocks all one's aspirations – to tell stories to think through certain issues as only a novel can do to be recognised for one's accomplishments and hard work – in a way that old familiar death does not.
Vets do what doctors used to – diagnose the injury or the condition patch it up as best they can and remind you that these things happen and that in life we are also in the midst of death.
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We should weep for men at their birth not at their death.
