Someone to watch over me

Joe Biden has become a victim of prostate cancer. One of my brothers has prostate cancer. Small changes in my brother’s behavior starting occurring at random times, long before diagnosis. It turned out that a large tumor was growing from his prostate, pressing on his bladder, backing up his urine. This can cause a temporary hallucinatory state. During one of his, he got caught in a conversation with a scammer who talked him out of $97,000. But by 8 o’clock that night, his mind cleared and he called me for help (I did, money saved.) My brother has lived a lifetime of brilliant conversation and healthy habits. None of us around him would have known that a few random times of fogginess were really a deadly cancer disrupting everything we were conditioned to expect from him. By the time we were aware of it, his tumor was the size of a grapefruit.

There are people all around us who are going through something small or large that can change their behavior, and how they deal with life and their responsibilities. Small changes subtle enough that family, friends and professional associates can brush off an odd bad day until, BOOM! suddenly everything is different.

Not long after Ronald Reagan left office, it was publicly announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 1994. His son Ron said he had seen changes in his father for a decade, His son Michael said Reagan was the same man almost up to the diagnosis. Perception. Dementia in various forms can take a long time to develop and change a person. There was speculation on whether…