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boppo1 11 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Flowers for Algernon (1965) [pdf]

As another reply has stated, losing some intelligence is not so terrifying.

Alzheimer's is. I've seen it up close over its course twice. It's as bad as people imagine. You never forget the sound of someone drowning in their own saliva.

jcul 11 months ago [–]

So sad and terrifying.

I came across this song recently about losing someone to Alzheimer's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci5hfiIM5KY

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