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When someone dies in pieces while still alive

My best friend since childhood has early-onset Alzheimer's at 51 and I'm watching her disappear while her body stays the same.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Progressive illness creates a grief that must be endured without conclusion, loss without ending.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The teacher of grief — every tradition's view?”

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