Irony

"Death is the cure of all disease." Abraham Verghese

It seems that we humans try to avoid disease, although some of us are reckless in our behaviors, as if we were invincible and will not succumb to any disease.  I think we also fear disease, as the funny quote of Woody Allen would imply, "I don't fear death; I just don't want to be there when it happens."  It is funny because we can relate.  Death in the abstract is not scary.  Death in the form of a debilitating disease can be scary.  Dementia is a debilitating disease; and, while we are providing care for someone with dementia and busy doing it, we may not have time to contemplate that this is a disease that will end with death.  Probably not actually caused by the dementia; but by a dementia-related cause.  There is currently no way out of this disease except death.  Let us honor that, respect the days we have, and take good care of ourselves so we, too, do not succumb to this disease.