TIF Finds The Worst Thing About Parents' Alzheimer's Disease Is The Affront & "Threat" It Poses to "His" Opposite-Sex Identity

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[–]spiceweasel 41 insightful - 1 fun41 insightful - 0 fun42 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I work with Alzheimer's patients and have a Mother and Grandfather who died with it. It is becoming more and more of a commonplace tragedy. It is a tragedy for all who care for these individuals. Most of all, it is a tragedy for the people who have the disease. To center this around gender issues is so self involved I have no words.

[–]Feather 30 insightful - 1 fun30 insightful - 0 fun31 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

And, even as she focuses on herself, she's focused on the wrong thing (even for a self-centered person). Her worry, as related to herself, should be about her own likely genetic predisposition towards Alzheimer's.

[–]Marigold-plate 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I wonder when she’ll get to thinking about the reality of waking up one day, seeing a man in the mirror and scars from mastectomy, while only remembering her life as a woman and not remembering her thoughts that lead to her decision to transition. In addition to all the other stress Alzheimer’s patients suffer through, this added complication is something she brought on herself. I hope the trans community have a real discussion about how they’ll handle this in their dementia years. It’s too naive to believe you’ll be one of the lucky elderly who hold onto their mind until the end. Dementia has many causes and doesn’t discriminate among its victims.

[–]tuesday 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That is a very real likelyhood to happen. I've heard care-workers in nursing homes with dementia patients say that the transpeople almost always forget that they transitioned and then keep wondering why their body is so strange. And of course are very stressed about it.

[–]Marigold-plate 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Really pokes holes in their claim that “they’ve always known,” doesn’t it? If they’ve achieved the transition they’ve always felt true to their inner self, they should be happy seeing their body even if they don’t remember the process that lead up to the transition.