do I know you? by paulo

(original art) so last week i went to see my great-grandmother and... she didn't recognize me. I nearly cried at the moment. Alzheimer's, you son of a bi.tch :(
"Bisa" is short for great-grandmother in portuguese, btw.
#alzheimersisnotfunny #ifeardeath

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painted on a Nintendo 3DS
09 May, 2013, 12:11 pm
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Dannckles

09 May, 2013, 12:29 pm

Po, cara, eu sei exatamente como é... ;/ Meu avô também tem Alzheimer ha um bom tempo e ja passei por essa situação... Ele ja tem que ser acompanhado por enfermeiros o tempo todo, e a benção é que meu tio tem condiçoes de pagar; Acho que existem ppucas doenças tao terriveis ;x

Dannckles

09 May, 2013, 1:04 pm

Eh.. existem tratados por ai sobre a saude mental dos cuidadores de alzheimer, q ficam meio depressivos e noiados de verdade se nao cuidar. eu faço medicina mesmo, e voce?

ceijay

09 May, 2013, 1:09 pm

My grandmother could never remember me either. Of course, she also like to use "n" word a lot. Oh and she swore too...

HylianFlower

09 May, 2013, 1:35 pm

oh.. sad. but this picture has its humor too.. :) good job!!

Telefrancais

09 May, 2013, 2:02 pm

Im sorry. I heard to prevent it, you dance.

Dannckles

09 May, 2013, 3:17 pm

Q desenha meia boca, vc quer dizer. haha sou do parana e nao sou membro ativo da galeria, nao fui em nenhum encontro. Vaaarios amigos de infancia meus fizeram design, conheço um monte de gente que fez ou faz haha bem legal

Dannckles

09 May, 2013, 8:36 pm

Curitiba? Cool, sou de Londrina

paulo

09 May, 2013, 9:14 pm

@Twilightsnow whooa, she seems kinda tough to live with haha but liking or not, she's your family... and i think one must consider it. What the heck in the "n" word?.. aaaw, is it nig.ger?? yeah, thats really sad :( my great grandmother is racist, and my grandparents are a little bit too. its pitiful really, but they were raised that way, and i dont think they're gonna change at this point. They can never find out im gay haha i think my grandpa would have me k.illed. And i have no idea why colors blocked eng.land hahah "gla.nde" in portuguese means the p.enis' head haha but thats not it...

paulo

09 May, 2013, 9:17 pm

*is the "n" word, not in the "n" word. haha geez, the letters are not even close to each other o.O

VMC

09 May, 2013, 10:07 pm

awww thats preety sad X'D

Kittilot

09 May, 2013, 10:08 pm

Actually, it is!

The English word, gla.nd, or gla.ns if you want to be scientific is the 'head' of your phallus!

Anonee

09 May, 2013, 11:07 pm

My grandfather is also like that... except that he is pretty much not able to do anything anymore. He's in a hospital bed. Haven't seen him in 7 yrs. Hope your grandmother doesn't end up like that.

ZeldaAutumn

10 May, 2013, 3:29 am

I am truly sad for you. I am a grandmother of four and I hope I will always know my darlings. Keep strong. Lovely painting though sad.

JJMAwaken

10 May, 2013, 4:21 am

wow, sorry man, that must be very difficult

paulo

10 May, 2013, 7:20 pm

@TWiLiGHTsnow omg, i love baking cookiiies haha and she seemed like a wonderful woman :O her comment to your mother made me smile and warm inside n.n ok, now i want cookies

super*star

10 May, 2013, 9:23 pm

cute picture
(reply) hi :D

Rogue Ranger

10 May, 2013, 11:43 pm

Aww, that's very sad... I actually don't have any living grandparents, but, after my grandma's stroke, it was like I'd lost her even before she died. She couldn't say my name or "love," but I knew, deep down, she was the same person inside.

Rogue Ranger

10 May, 2013, 11:44 pm

Oh, and now you make me wonder what comments of mine you're coming accross... :P

Rogue Ranger

11 May, 2013, 5:37 am

Oh, I'm so sorry...but you will eventually have to face the death of those you love since no one lives forever. It'd depressing and disturbing, but life here on earth isn't perminant (unless you believe you get stuck as a ghost). My family has terrible health problems. I've inherited quite a few myself, but I manage it mostly. I lost my two great grandmothers when I was very small and then my great grandfather after that. It was just declared "old age." My dad's mom had multiple sclorosis (MS) since before I was born and she deteriorated rapidly while I was still young. For this reason, I wasn't really close with her. It was my mom's mom (adopted mom actually) who I was close with. She watched me since both my parents worked and, once I was old enough to start preschool, she would take me there and pick me up afterwards. I spent more time with her than my parents up until I was five and she decided to move inland where it was warmer. She's the first person I told things like if I'd find a boy at school cute. We'd often make plans. Her stroke was unexpected. Her ex-husband, my mom's adopted dad, died around the same time too. At the time, my mom called herself an orphan. But then she met her biological family, only to get to know her sister right before she suddenly died of a heat stroke. Then there was my dad's mom's husband, my dad's dad's wife, my aunt's husband, a few friends from school, etc, etc... Now that I think about it, I've seen a lot of people die. Also, aftermy mom had to have her gull bladder removed and my dad's heart attack, I know they won't be around forever either.

Sorry if that depressed you! It was unintentional!

Rogue Ranger

11 May, 2013, 5:41 am

Just understand that you are very blessed to have the people you care about healthy. Be greatful for it and don't waste it.

Rogue Ranger

11 May, 2013, 5:41 am

*HUGS*

paulo

23 May, 2013, 10:17 pm

owe, seems like SUCH a lovely family .-. thanks for sharing all of this. its lovely (:

-M9A1R8I-

24 Jul, 2013, 3:55 am

Its okay, happens alot to me too- but i got used to it >w<

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