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[sid] => 31859
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => Can We Co-Exist
[time] => 2004-01-16 16:27:47
[hometext] => all poems i write are related one way or another to alzheimers, a tragedy all need to be aware of
[bodytext] => with this illness a lot of tough decisions are made there is no choice it has to be done they cant they can no longer make their own decisions we as the caregiver also become their voices can we co-exist with them and us none of us elected to do this job it happened we couldnt decline either it is personal pride when caring for loved ones you are no longer alone you become two think and act as two people strange can we co-exist with them and us it is a strange feeling to have to remember them one yourself one them remembering what they like would you have considered it before to live this way but that is in the past now this is how it must be can we co-exist with them and us we live two worlds to keep them alive when the mind goes now all our heartaches are put to the back of our mind when things were alright was just a dream we live daily one day we will face living as one question is can we do it can we co-exist with them and us [comments] => 1 [counter] => 160 [topic] => 39 [informant] => maryetta [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Grief )
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