Thatcher Has Dementia
Monday August 25, 2008
In a new memoir, Carol Thatcher, the daughter of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, reveals details of her mother's eight-year struggle with dementia. Carol first noticed her mother's impeccable memory slipping during a conversation over lunch in 2000. Since then, Thatcher's memory has continued to deteriorate to the point where she often forgets that her husband of 52 years passed away in 2003. Thatcher has refrained from making public speeches after suffering several small strokes in 2002.
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It is interesting that certain people who have great responsibilities and presumeably get little sleep for years, in some cases, seem to be prone to dementia. I note that as well as Margaret Thatcher the same problem tokk hold of Ronald Regan and also Harold Wilson. I wonder how much research, if any, has been done to try and compartmenatalize this horrific problem and look at the backgrounds of thise it affects.
You made an interesting yet scary point Paul, I am sure that there is merit to it!!!!
An interesting and yet scary thought!!!Paul I think you’re right!!!!