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    • CommentAuthorAnn*
    • CommentTimeMar 8th 2013
     
    I have both heard and read that one half of all people will have dementia by age of 85.Do you believe this?
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      CommentAuthormary75*
    • CommentTimeMar 8th 2013
     
    I've read this, too. I live in hopes that they will have found a magic bullet within the next couple of years.
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    I have read this also. I am decades aways from this, but sometimes I feel so overwhelemed that I question my memory. I wonder if this is a common phenomena and worry that we as caregivers have?
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    Yes, it is a sad fact.
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    I do not know about being 85 and having it but I think we caregivers are at a higher risk,because of all the stress.I know everytime I loose my train of thought or forget a name,I think OH NO what the H--- will happen if we both have this darn disease!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    What will be will be. I, personally, am not going to waste my time worrying over it. My Lloyd passed away 3 weeks ago and I am recovering nicely. I took care of Lloyd at home for 4 years since diagnosis. I had to quit work in 2010 and since that time, had to do EVERYTHING for him and I do mean EVERYTHING. I haven't been this sharp for years. That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
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      CommentAuthorpamsc*
    • CommentTimeMar 10th 2013
     
    Thank you Linda Mc! I do worry, as Alzheimers after age 80 is strong in my family. On the other hand, what I notice most is that as I get older, my memory is bad if I don't get enough sleep. I can improve the problem a lot if I just get enough sleep. I do take coconut oil.
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    Ditto Linda Mc*'m not going to worry about that either..just enjoy each day as much as you can.
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    Yes, those are the stats. We need to take a page out of Valerie Harper's book. She bravely announced she has inoperable brain cancer. I saw her on TV today saying "Don't go the funeral in advance" (live in the moment).
    • CommentAuthorlulliebird
    • CommentTimeMar 10th 2013
     
    Linda Mc....that's a good old German adage and in the recent years am trying to live by it.
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      CommentAuthorol don*
    • CommentTimeMar 13th 2013
     
    I also was told if a woman has it her son's have a very high chance of becoming a victim
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      CommentAuthormary75*
    • CommentTimeMar 13th 2013
     
    That's interesting, ol don. Eric's mother had some form of dementia starting in her 50's - it was never diagnosed, although there was some mention of arteriosclerosis as a possible low blood supply to her brain.
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    I think it used to be called "senile dementia". My mother said that is what both my grandparents had. My brother-in-law passed on in 1999 age age of 84. He died of colon cancer but "senile dementia" was listed as a secondary cause on his death certificate.

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