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Aug 12, 2022
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pink22
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My dad going through Lewy Body Dimentia. Brutal. It’s honestly not fair anyone
should have to go thru it or watch someone go thru it.
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Uncle officially diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. He's only 57 years old...
BlueVU
A Reprehensible Half-breed
8/12/22 2:07pm
Very variable in severity and age of onset.
bluecheese
8/12/22 2:08pm
My dad going through Lewy Body Dimentia. Brutal. It’s honestly not fair anyone
pink22
8/12/22 2:09pm
Is that what Jerry Sloan had?
RealSimsShadY
8/12/22 2:11pm
Yes, and what Robin Williams had
silent_t
8/12/22 2:14pm
It’s horribly sad to watch. I kind of understand why Robin Williams did what he
pink22
8/12/22 2:29pm
I kind of want to keep a cyanide tablet somewhere just in case I start to trend
kotacoug
8/12/22 2:58pm
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HighHorse
8/12/22 7:12pm
Agreed, my FIL going through that hell. It’s a kick to the dignity of amazing
pegushin
8/12/22 2:34pm
Yep. It’s unexplainable why it has to happen. You search for a lesson but there
pink22
8/12/22 2:39pm
Both my parents and now an uncle had this. Terrible.
bruincoug
8/12/22 2:35pm
My dad died from Lewy-Body. Diagnosed around 75 and died at 81. It was a rough
Rivers Cuomo
8/12/22 2:43pm
My dad is having hallucinations regularly. Usually afternoon/evenings. Some
pink22
8/12/22 4:58pm
How do you handle a diagnosis like that without eternal perspective? I couldn't
Ycrazy
8/12/22 2:12pm
I agree...
BlueVU
8/12/22 2:15pm
Start now to control diet and exercise. Can be slowed if insulin resistance is
canofpicante
8/12/22 2:26pm
Oh the Ben Bikman hammer of insulin resistance.
Soren Tversky
8/12/22 3:16pm
No other condition has a stronger correlation to Alzheimer’s. It’s not close.
canofpicante
8/12/22 3:56pm
Dementia in a lot of the research is called type 3 diabetes.
TexanY
8/12/22 6:51pm
Exactly. Low carb diet with daily exercise can stall it. No magic pill though.
canofpicante
8/12/22 7:42pm
Not saying it’s not possible.
Soren Tversky
8/12/22 8:38pm
For vascular dementia it is, not so much for the other types.
TexanY
8/13/22 6:18am
It's literally the worst. My MIL is full blown and lives with us. I wouldn't
IGotGoodGifs
8/12/22 2:27pm
My MIL is 67 and has suffered from early onset for many many years now.
creameryon9th
8/12/22 2:54pm
My mom suffered from it for almost 20 years prior to her passing. For the first 10 years, it was just a challenge with
specsauce
8/12/22 3:44pm
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