I have a Family History of Alzheimer's

[Patrick Chewing]

Has anyone had experience with Alzheimer's before? I witnessed it up close as my maternal grandfather had it and he lived with us up until his death some 12 years ago. The worst disease one could go through. You basically lose your personality and you no longer are you and become this void and vacant person.

The sad part for me is, my great-grandmother on my fraternal side had Alzheimer's as well. So I'm ****ed either way.

If the old saying is true that it skips a generation, then I know I'll get it from my mother's side. I know I was heartbroken to see my grandfather have it, and being an only child, I don't know how I would react if my mother slowly started to slip away and lose her mind and no longer be able to remember her son or herself.

Alzheimer's is the f'n worst.


http://higherperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/alzheimers.jpg

[ZeN]

Yup Alzheimers and Dementia.. 3 of my grandparents have had em.

Sucks dying but I guess its cool if i end up not seeing it coming. Sucks for the family though.

[~primetime~]

Has anyone had experience with Alzheimer's before? I witnessed it up close as my maternal grandfather had it and he lived with us up until his death some 12 years ago. The worst disease one could go through. You basically lose your personality and you no longer are you and become this void and vacant person.

The sad part for me is, my great-grandmother on my fraternal side had Alzheimer's as well. So I'm ****ed either way.

If the old saying is true that it skips a generation, then I know I'll get it from my mother's side. I know I was heartbroken to see my grandfather have it, and being an only child, I don't know how I would react if my mother slowly started to slip away and lose her mind and no longer be able to remember her son or herself.

Alzheimer's is the f'n worst.


http://higherperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/alzheimers.jpg
by the time you are that age, there will probably be much better treatment

[Akrazotile]

In all seriousness, if you wanna avoid alzheimers, eat and indulge.

Studies are showing an inverse relationship between obesity and dimentia. Even controlling for life expectancy.

Indulgent, hedonistic fatsos get dimentia with lower frequency than people who led more ernest, disciplined, "by the book" lives.

Dont know why, but thats what evidence is showing.

Go out and have some cake, and **** a bitch OP!

[ZeN]

In all seriousness, if you wanna avoid alzheimers, eat and indulge.

Studies are showing an inverse relationship between obesity and dimentia. Even controlling for life expectancy.

Indulgent, hedonistic fatsos get dimentia with lower frequency than people who led more ernest, disciplined, "by the book" lives.

Dont know why, but thats what evidence is showing.

Go out and have some cake, and **** a bitch OP!
Bullshit! My granda ate cake and my grandpa f*cked bitches!

[Thorpesaurous]

My paternal grandfather got it in the last three years of his life. 89, 90, and 91. He fell and broke his hip, and then it just set in quickly and hard. It was tough stuff. We lived at his house, so it was an everyday thing, and I was at an impressionable age, 12 - 14, old enough to fully understand what was happening, but not enough to understand why nothing could be done. Up until that point he was the model of health. He walked five miles a day. A lifetime Air Force man, who worked for NASA and then Sikorsky during the tail end of his career, and had a flight history that went back to basically the beginning of flight. He'd walk and take these sharp 90

[~primetime~]

Has Stanford University found a cure for Alzheimer's disease? (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11280504/Has-Stanford-University-found-a-cure-for-Alzheimers-disease.html)

^^^ Dec 2014


Alzheimer's could be prevented and even cured by boosting the brain's own immune response, new research suggests.

Researchers at Standford University discovered that nerve cells die because cells which are supposed to clear the brain of bacteria, viruses and dangerous deposits, stop working.

These cells, called 'microglia' function well when people are young, but when they age, a single protein called EP2 stops them operating efficiently.

Now scientists have shown that blocking the protein allows the microglia to function normally again so they can hoover up the dangerous sticky amyloid-beta plaques which damage nerve cells in Alzheimer's disease.

[eurobum]

If you are relatively young (30ish) I would be hopeful. Major advances these days and plenty of time still to go.

With cancer probably being the most fought ailment in medicine at the moment, Alzheimer's -- or general brain degenerative disorders -- is also a top priority.

The last two years or so:

Focused ultrasound unexpectedly removes Alzheimer's plaques and restores memory in mice (http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/7/278/278ra33)

Alzheimer's breakthrough hailed as 'turning point' (http://www.bbc.com/news/health-24462699)


Scientists have discovered a molecule that can interrupt an important stage in the development of Alzheimer's disease. The molecule sticks to faulty proteins and stops them forming toxic clusters in the brain. (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/289577.php)

Phase II Clinical Trial Drug Reduces Alzheimer's Rate of Cognitive Decline by 90% (http://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad142874)

Brain barrier opened for first time, opening up future treatment options for brain cancer and Alzheimer's (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26432-brain-barrier-opened-for-first-time-to-treat-cancer.html#.VUqGEWYsoog)


New map of human genetics contains clues for Alzheimer's and cancer (http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/18/8056243/epigenome-map-cancer-Alzheimers-genetics)

Scientists Reveal How Beta-Amyloid May Cause Alzheimer's (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130919142156.htm)

"The most hopeful clinical trial results I have ever seen for an Alzheimer’s drug,” said a top Alzheimer's expert re: aducanumab's Phase 1 trial, which dramatically cut plaque in patients' brains, and slowed mental decline (http://www.dddmag.com/articles/2015/04/story-biogens-alzheimers-drug-aducanumab)

Crazy thing is a lot of these breakthroughs come from different fields of study.

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Uh, you already made this same thread last week?

[DukeDelonte13]

it really sucks. My two grandparents that were alive after my birth had it.

there are bad days and not so bad days.


I'm concerned because I played hockey and suffered numerous concussions.

[BurningHammer]

Feel bad man

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In seriousness my uncle had alzheimer's and dementia in his 50s. Got to the point here he would just sit there watching tv, couldn't talk well, couldn't walk on his own and didn't really know what was going on. He'd nod and pretend he knew who you were and what you were saying but he didn't really know. Such a sad condition.

[Akrazotile]

In seriousness my uncle had alzheimer's and dementia in his 50s. Got to the point here he would just sit there watching tv, couldn't talk well, couldn't walk on his own and didn't really know what was going on. He'd nod and pretend he knew who you were and what you were saying but he didn't really know. Such a sad condition.



Were he bald trailer trash midget with ugly mother fk** tattoo to his arm?

[gts]

Uh, you already made this same thread last week?serious subject and you're cracking me up.... :lol

My grandmother had Alzheimers for about 5 years i guess... Tough stuff to be part of

that's where i learned what true love was, Grandpa took care of her until the day she died at home. Refused nurses, we finally talked him into letting us get him a maid to come in twice a week, but otherwise he bathed and clothed her, fed her and did her hair everyday.. those two :lol 60 year love affair..

[gts]

In seriousness my uncle had alzheimer's and dementia in his 50s. Got to the point here he would just sit there watching tv, couldn't talk well, couldn't walk on his own and didn't really know what was going on. He'd nod and pretend he knew who you were and what you were saying but he didn't really know. Such a sad condition.you wonder what's going on inside don't you? do they know and can't make the right connections. are they scared of all the strangers around...

my uncle had a big stoke and told me the hardest part was wanting to tell everyone i know who you are, i'm still inside here i just can't relate that to anyone right now... everyone talking about him right in front of him like he's in a coma and can't understand a thing they're saying

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Were he bald trailer trash midget with ugly mother fk** tattoo to his arm?

No?

[warriorfan]

can't wait for the day that OP forgets how to post on these forums

[CavaliersFTW]

I've shared here once or twice before, my Dad has it.

[falc39]

My uncle has Parkinson's and my grandmother had Alzheimer's late in her life. Horrible horrible diseases....

[Akrazotile]

Appreciate the here and now, gents. Today you're the youngest you'll ever be. :cheers:

[BigNBAfan]

op is lying like always