Not sure about all of you, but I'm the only one in my whole immediate and extended family that is a pure blood.
Has anyone realized that there is a definite effect on their cognition, decision-making, and memory?
My parents are on the older side, late 60's and 70's. They are literally retarded now. I try to help and be a good son, but they can't even follow simple instructions. They were always sharp, knew how to operate, but the one variable is the kill shot.
I don't know if this is playing into my own biases, but I've noticed that I have to walk them through everything. It was never this way before.... Their memory is atrocious, they have no idea of how to execute instructions.... It's just... hard to help them when they are so fucking retarded now...
Anyone relate?
Thankfully my dad is still pretty sharp but I'm concerned about that slight tremor in his hands that was not there a year ago.
A tremor in the hands can simply be something called Essential Tremor. My Dad has had it for years, it never progressed beyond a mild trembling of the hands. If his hands tremble when he's doing something, like handing you a piece of paper or grabbing a cup or something, then it's probably essential tremor. If his hands tremble when he's at rest but not when he's doing something, then that could be Parkinson's or something like that.
He still shoots just fine at the range but I noticed his hand being a little shaky just doing things like using a credit card reader.
That's probably nothing to worry about then, as long as the tremor is while he's doing something and not at rest. I'm not a doctor, just speaking from personal experience with my elderly parents.