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Originally Posted by redwitch
Here's hoping. I don't mind aging but I'm terrified of getting Alzheimer's. It has been my biggest fear for a long, long time.
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I am hoping too. My mom starting developing dementia at the age of 64. I don't know if it was ever officially diagnosed as Alzheimer's or not. The last three years of her life she was not the same mom I grew up with. It was like she was falling down a deep hole, sometimes faster, sometimes slower, but there was no pulling my mom back. Fortunately my dad at age 83 still does his crossword puzzle and his Jumble puzzle every day religiously. He also attends Mass daily. Hopefully these are all keeping his mind sharp.
Like Red, I fear Alzheimers. It has been called the "long goodbye" by some with good reason.