Around the No Fun League - Week 7

My friend's dad is dealing with this, it's absolutely terrible. Has to have care 24/7 because it's like caring for a baby in a grown man's body. There's no sense of right or wrong, no filter that says "don't do this." I can't imagine what it's like. I feel bad for Marty S. and his family on this one, the further down the road they go the worse it gets.

I'm not trying to be morbid, but at 73 you have to wonder how much longer he has. He could peacefully die of natural causes / "old age" before the alzheimers destroys what life he has left. It sounds like right now, he is doing really good. I understand the speed of it is different for each person. Some people have it for years on years before it gets bad / noticeable, while some people that get it are gone mentally within just a few years....

I'm not trying to be morbid, but at 73 you have to wonder how much longer he has. He could peacefully die of natural causes / "old age" before the alzheimers destroys what life he has left. It sounds like right now, he is doing really good. I understand the speed of it is different for each person. Some people have it for years on years before it gets bad / noticeable, while some people that get it are gone mentally within just a few years....

Yeah every case is unique, no doubt about that. From the article it seems like it's manageable for Marty so far which is good. My friend's dad has had it for 3 years and is incontinent and requires round the clock care. He's also 84 though, and from what I hear probably won't last longer than another couple of years. It's just a shitty situation all around.

I really hope it doesn't end badly for Marty, I've heard one of the common causes of death with Alzheimers is your brain losing the function to swallow, which leads to food going down the air hole into your lungs and eventually death from pneumonia or drowning (for example if you drink something and it all goes into your lungs). Sounds like a terrible way to go.

I'm not trying to be morbid, but at 73 you have to wonder how much longer he has. He could peacefully die of natural causes / "old age" before the alzheimers destroys what life he has left. It sounds like right now, he is doing really good. I understand the speed of it is different for each person. Some people have it for years on years before it gets bad / noticeable, while some people that get it are gone mentally within just a few years....

At 73 this could go on for years. My Dad died in 97 it wasn't this but strokes and the first only affect his swallowing but we never knew it and the Doctors never saw it ,we thought it was the dentures he had just had put in.After a series of a few more strokes he was bed ridden and died 8 years later.All I want to say is a long illness regardless of the disease is devastating to the loved ones and caregivers.
Please to all who are around my age or anyone with kids make sure all your affairs are in order for the sake of the family,a will , a "living will"and in my case I got a "no code" notarized statement to help out if anything happens.

Nice play by Garcon!

The offensive line is giving Cousins time to throw.....

The excellence of the Patriots year after year is mentally taxing. Brady eat some hamburgers and get old already. Sheer dominance today.

The Saints are a bunch of cheaters. Pick plays all day.

I bet Rex threw this instead of his challenge flag.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/how-frustrated-are-bills-fans-someone-tossed-a-sex-toy-onto-the-field-201943695.html

Report: Ezekiel Elliott could face 'lengthy ban' from NFL (http://was.247sports.com/Bolt/Report-Ezekiel-Elliott-could-face-lengthy-ban-from-NFL-48626971)

If he gets suspended that will just make the NFL look like more of a joke. Innocent in the court of law > suspended anyways by the NFL = retarded.