Old Age (Page 1 of 2)

good one Phill

unfortunately it is ........ wait a minute,  I lost track of what I was gonna say ......

Oh yea - I remember now,  had oatmeal for breakfast !!

This song could be about the stages of Early Onset Alzheimer's Dementia, Phill. At this point and even though it's only Stage IV, I still reach for the toothpaste instead of shaving cream and forget to rinse the conditioner out of my hair (looks a mess when I dry it!).

But I have fun with it. Did I ever tell you the story about going into the wrong bathroom in a restaurant and wondering where the urinals were? A story for another time, maybe.

Bill

That about explains it. Good one

Phill, I'm afraid this is about a lot of us.

Ah the bleakness of old age can't wait I think...

tried that dino, it doesn't work with my family, my daughter usually just tells me to "get a grip, dad"

hi bill, everything i describe has actually happened to me, but i was thinking about you as i wrote it, obviously not saying this is you as i don't know you personally except on chordie.

also as my mother-in-law died last year and she suffered with dementia for the last couple of years of her life (she was in her 90's) i could see her frustration and pain. i can, as most have shown here, see the funny side of some of the stuff that we do and hope that it wont happen to me, like us all.

so i'm dedicating this poem to Bill, i just wish it could make some money to help fight this awful thing.

Great words and construction, Phill ... thanks.

Sometimes a poem just needs to stay a poem. I've never been any good at writing a song to go with words, and find that there's too much tweaking of the words to fit the music. That can sometimes interfere with what the poem was trying to say, and yours stands on it's own very well.

Bensop. I am so sorry to learn about your loss. I just hope that you have plenty of family and friends to lean on at this difficult time.

Pete I am really sad too hear of this sorry you are going through the pain.

Thanks guys. Yes it's been a tough road. I am getting a little better as time goes on. It still hurts though. Phill, flippant is good.

So sorry Pete. I lost my mom to alzheimers. I worked at the nursing home she was in for the last year of her life and was fortunate enough to be able to be of some help to other sons, daughters, wives and husbands during a hard time in their lives.