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http://www.npr.org/2014/11/03/357428287/tom-magliozzi-popular-co-host-of-nprs-car-talk-dies-at-77?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202503 If I was really bored sometimes I would listing to a podcast of their show. It was good for something relaxing yet informational.
I use to listen to theses guys. Alzheimer’s disease is horrible, he is in far better place.
I saw that that one girl with the inoperable brain cancer took her life this weekend. I saw mostly positive posts but a few negative ones. I might be in the wrong but I don’t want to be alive and not remember people and take care of my basic needs. It’s such opaque situation people call it suicide but there is a difference when you have a painful medical disease verses Depression. I’m not saying that depression isn’t serious either. It can be worse in some situations. It’s a controversial decision for sure right now.
As a nurse working in different fields, I see it all. Mental illness can be a debilitating disease, that takes a toll on the patient and families lives.
I listened to these guys every week.
my mother-in-law works in a Alzheimer place too – she always tells us stories, its really sad what that disease is doing with ya.