It's awful, but not that awful. Early onset dementia is worse, but even then - cancer is cancer.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
According to a Brazilian newspaper, Gabriel García Márquez has dementia 
- 11/06/2012 07:29:22 PM
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- 11/06/2012 07:29:22 PM
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Thus confirming what I've thought since reading 100 Years of Solitude
- 11/06/2012 09:46:22 PM
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It is a terrible disease, one I've witnessed up close in recent years
- 11/06/2012 10:18:29 PM
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I don't think dementia is worse than cancer.
- 11/06/2012 10:52:03 PM
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One of my grandmothers died from cancer, the other from dementia
- 11/06/2012 11:47:00 PM
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Ditto. I'm not going out like that (my family knows my wishes) *NM*
- 12/06/2012 12:33:31 AM
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Indeed. Diagnosed with cancer? I'd fight to my last breath. Dementia? I'd look to suicide...
- 13/06/2012 03:34:53 AM
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I think we're approaching this question from different perspectives, Larry
- 13/06/2012 07:11:48 PM
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