Mets legend Tom Seaver has dementia

michael777 said:

Legendary Met and Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver has been diagnosed with dementia, his family announced in a statement Thursday.
Seaver will continue to work on his vineyard in California, but will no longer make public appearances.
The family asked for privacy for the 74-year-old Seaver, who won three Cy Young Awards and 311 games during his storied career. Seaver struck out nearly 4,000 batters and had a lifetime ERA of 2.86 while being selected to 12 All-Star games.
He won NL Rookie of the Year honors with the last-place Mets in 1967 and was an integral part of the franchise’s first championship season in 1969, leading the league with 25 wins and finishing MVP runner-up.
“We’ve been in contact with the Seaver family and are aware of his health situation,” the Mets said in a statement. “Although he’s unable to attend the ’69 Anniversary, we are planning to honor him in special ways and have included his family in our plans. Our thought are with Tom, Nancy and the entire Seaver family.”

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Michelangelo said:

My mother has dementia. It's a terrible disease.

She is scared every day, all day. She thinks I'm her cousin, husband, brother (she comes from a family of 7 girls). But not her son. She has moments when she doesn't even know that she had children (also 7). She was very religious. She forgets who God is and what prayer means.

Tough disease.

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VIEJO DINOSAUR said:

Has to be tough....feel for those who have to battle dementia....

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Michelangelo said:

My mother has dementia. It's a terrible disease.

She is scared every day, all day. She thinks I'm her cousin, husband, brother (she comes from a family of 7 girls). But not her son. She has moments when she doesn't even know that she had children (also 7). She was very religious. She forgets who God is and what prayer means.

Tough disease.

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cgarn said:

Always told my wife, if something like this happens to me, just pull the plug.

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Doug said:

I feel the same way but it usually doesn't work that way. It's not like the person with this problem is in a hospital bed in a coma and the family must decide whether to pull the plug or not.

Part of the cruelity of Alzheimer's/ dementia is the afflicted person is usually quite healthy otherwise and tends to last many years in a demented state. My mother had it for the last 7-8 years of her life. Her mother had it for like 15 years and lived to 95.
I don't know Canadian law but here you can't legally terminate the life of such a person even if you know what's what they would want. I imagine the law is similar up North,eh!

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Michelangelo said:

My mother has dementia. It's a terrible disease.

She is scared every day, all day. She thinks I'm her cousin, husband, brother (she comes from a family of 7 girls). But not her son. She has moments when she doesn't even know that she had children (also 7). She was very religious. She forgets who God is and what prayer means.

Tough disease.

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