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Yeah, you may want to read a little more about dementia before posting about it. My father died from it at 72 and lived with it from (at least) when he was 68.
She also had early onset, so I'm sure that had something to do with it. My grandfather has had Alzheimer's for 9 years now. Just like everything else, everyone is different. Regardless, it's a slow, horrible way to go.
a friend of my wife's was diagnosed with it at age 50 and passed by age 55 a few years ago....
My apologies if I offended, I was just surprised to see you can get it somewhat earlier in life. Sorry to hear about your father.
Many people who get Alzheimer's Disease (AD) early have a genetic mutation, which is autosomal dominant; that means there's a 50/50 chance of passing the bad gene on to each child, and the gene will cause AD. In one series I recently read about from Florida, about 50% of the early onset cases (onset before age 65) had a known genetic mutation. But these early onset cases are relatively rare - much less than 5% of total Alzheimer's cases. There a large cluster of early onset AD near Medellin, with a Spanish conquistador founder centuries ago. Isolation in a hard-to-reach valley led to a this large cluster. This particular mutation almost always causes dementia by age 50. US researchers are studying some of these people in Colombia who have the bad gene, but don' yet have symptoms. I'm not sure if Pat has one of these early onset mutations.
Our neighbor who was the most outgoing guy, owned a pool cleaning business, had early onset Alzheimer's 3 years ago I think at 57. He's now in diapers, doesn't leave the house, won't eat or shower on his own, etc. Brutal for his family. They are putting him in a home this month as it's getting dangerous when they are not there. So sad. I hope Pat is in peace soon, as is her family.
Kid was handed a career based almost entirely on who his mom was (no other 23 year old in the country is getting a D1 head coaching job) and he decided that a little side action was worth more than A) that career, which is now over B) his own marriage and life and C) the legacy of his mother (which obviously isn't affected very much at all, but still gets dragged through the mud a little as a result)
Still just a 23-year-old kid. He messed up. I wouldn't be hiring him to coach my team but a bit extreme to make him out to be a monster on his mom's death bed.
Not saying he's a monster. Just saying he's a world class idiot who had no regard for the feelings of his family. But you're right that this isn't the thread to do it, so I'll stop.
My MiL has a form of dementia. It's tough to see her look at my wife and occasionally not recognize her.
