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Unconditional

So, Jon will save something on TV about dementia and he knows that sometimes I can handle watching it and other times I feel like I’m living it enough that I don’t want to hear anything about it. I thought I could handle this one on CBS 60 Minutes about Frontotemporal Dementia . But boy if I had a punching bag I can guarantee it may just be pulverized to bits right now. I’ve written more than once about circling through all the stages of grief over and over and right now I can’t lie when I say I’m so angry. And this is why… "FTD (Frontotemporal Dementia) attacks people at the very soul of their humanity." "This is profound as anything that can happen to a human being. It robs us of our very essence, our humanity, who we are." Almost 3 years since Dad was formally diagnosed with FTD. He was 64 at the time but hindsight tells us things were going on before that. I had conversations with Dad more than once - but one time using that exact word, essence. In