One of ENAUD's posts lead me to this. 
KAS
KAS
Ahh, beach boy Glen. Amazing that he could still play and tour with Alzheimer s.
It was probably therapeutic (not so much for the listener maybe?) but they've done studies of like, putting people with Alzheimer's in their heyday years "furniture, magazines, books, music, everything" and they function way better.
There was also a place that like, stopped the "Alzheimer getting out of the perimeter and getting lost" syndrome by putting a bus stop near the exit. They would just happily sit there talking and waiting for the bus.
So since I assume the above dude's like, "heyday" was playing and touring, it kind of makes sense.
I don't know when my heyday would be, but if I get the big "A" I am going to need a few children to get paid to hang out with me, and one of them is going to have to be a 4 year old that looks like my kid. Although I like to imagine my best days are still ahead of me, who KNOWS. I'm not sure how ethical that kid thing will be but I PRAY all the time that I got my mom's side of the family's genes.
Those ladies get old. They start OUT stubborn and the GET MORE stubborn (sometimes I think this is not possible, really) but they stay completely compos mentos and they live to at least 100.
As far as I can tell I have 30 more years with my mommy. Oooo. Nah, I kid.
Anna
My mother got alzheimer's at age 67, scary for me. I would rather die from anything else, actually.
Dementia was creeping in for my mom by my age, making nicotine a helpful pal while I hopefully fend it off."Hashtag."
As self-validating as this will surely sound, watching my mom has been a major contributing factor why I decided I have no interest in lowering my nic. I know it's a long shot, but on the outside chance there actually is something to nic's effect on the disease, I figure that there's very little harm in sticking with the 15-18mg that's kept even the thought of smoking away for so long now.
I still drink "kawfee" too, and don't plan to quit that either.
My husband just asked me if you could run a taco bell commercial these days with a Chiwahwah or HOWEVER you spell that (don't care) talking in a Mexican accent.
Anna