Margarita said:
You could tell your son that 30 years ago, people where scared that you could get cancer from touching people or drinking from they cup, now how integrant is that ! you could not talk about cancer so openly then like we do now .
Thank you all for your all so valid points on this ... rather embarrassed that until dementia affected ME personally was so ignorant myself ...... but that's EXACTLY what you're saying, isn't it, Margarita? It's more about lack of education (and my son is only getting a rapid education on this front only because it is directly affecting him).....
(Margarita, you made me recall with a wry smile my sweet, (prudish !) grandmother dying (cancer of the womb) some 30 years ago ... but the 'cause' wasn't to be mentioned because it affected the womb it had to have sexual connotations ....
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I'm sure the 'ageism' thing is the key ... but any 'ism' is politically non-PC now?
I'd never suggest money and attention should be diverted from other worthy causes (show me some charity which is not worthy???) ... it's how to get AZ more firmly onto the 'map'.......
Proud of my son for asking the question ... poor show I didn't feel able to answer.......
Thanks again, Love, Karen
(PS: Dick, Skye, Norman .... your points on AA are so important - is there somewhere on the forum they can be copied to where they might get better 'coverage' than to be 'lost' amongst this thread .... know it's something I've 'clocked' to bear in mind and may help many others ...... many thanks, K, x)