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RIP said:
My Grandma officially has dementia. What's crazy is it seems to have started coming on when my Grandpa was diagnosed last year. Dementia is the absolute worst. She is quite literally hallucinating crazy shit off and on all day. Fuck.
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I feel for you and the family, it's an insidious disease. My older sister has Parkinson related dementia, every morning she wakes up and finds out her husband, son and best friend are dead. Every morning she grieves again for her loved ones...who have been dead for years. It's horrible, sorry for her and you.
 
Tommy said:
My wife’s auto immune issues are a bitch, major inflammation, fatigue, brain fog. All we can do for now is have a very strict anti inflammatory diet (she should have done it earlier), with mostly organic food. Best I can tell, some people really react strongly to small amts of glyphosate in food. My daughter in Japans intolerance to pasta / bread went away when she moved to Japan, as they don’t use glyphosate. I understand not all organic is truly organic, and organic isn’t the magic bullet, and in certain foods non organic is ok, but not taking the chance. Prob the no processed anti inflammatory foods is much much more important than organic. Sucks watching her like this, and she’s on a strong AF immunosuppressant
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Sorry man. It may sound crazy. But Jordan Peterson’s daughter battled the same thing most of her life. It all went away by doing the carnivore diet. There are quite a few stories of autoimmune people getting better from going carnivore.

And sorry RIP, that sucks.

I’m kinda glad all my family died off while I was younger and still drinking :oops:
 
weird my dentist can fit me in most any time I want. She's on her own and I suspect she limits her patients to limit her hassle.

my doctor can't see me for a month, even if I'm bleeding from my rectum.
 
I could get in sooner, but this is my first appt with them. New patient appts at every single place I go to is at least a few months wait, whether that's a primary care, specialist, or the dentist.
 
It sure as hell does. If I ever get diagnosed with that I'm offing myself without question. I refuse to be a mindless burden.
 
RIP said:
It sure as hell does. If I ever get diagnosed with that I'm offing myself without question. I refuse to be a mindless burden.
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Oregon has assisted suicide don't they? Maybe 1 other state. I'd do it that way. But I'd definitely do it also. My mom's mom got Alzheimer's by late 60s I think. My mom is 65 now and while she's still smart, she has moments where she flat out forgets things we recently talked about it and it seems to be happening more often. She always said that if she gets to being like her mom, put her in a nursing home and move on with our leaves. She won't be a burden to us. Of course my dad is in good health....but it makes me wonder if it's very early symptoms or it's that common at that age. I mean, I forget shit all the time too, but I also spent years destroying brain cells.
 
Juggs said:
RIP said:
It sure as hell does. If I ever get diagnosed with that I'm offing myself without question. I refuse to be a mindless burden.
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Oregon has assisted suicide don't they? Maybe 1 other state. I'd do it that way. But I'd definitely do it also. My mom's mom got Alzheimer's by late 60s I think. My mom is 65 now and while she's still smart, she has moments where she flat out forgets things we recently talked about it and it seems to be happening more often. She always said that if she gets to being like her mom, put her in a nursing home and move on with our leaves. She won't be a burden to us. Of course my dad is in good health....but it makes me wonder if it's very early symptoms or it's that common at that age. I mean, I forget shit all the time too, but I also spent years destroying brain cells.
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With her family history she needs to start doing yearly cognitive screening.
 
RIP said:
Juggs said:
RIP said:
It sure as hell does. If I ever get diagnosed with that I'm offing myself without question. I refuse to be a mindless burden.
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Oregon has assisted suicide don't they? Maybe 1 other state. I'd do it that way. But I'd definitely do it also. My mom's mom got Alzheimer's by late 60s I think. My mom is 65 now and while she's still smart, she has moments where she flat out forgets things we recently talked about it and it seems to be happening more often. She always said that if she gets to being like her mom, put her in a nursing home and move on with our leaves. She won't be a burden to us. Of course my dad is in good health....but it makes me wonder if it's very early symptoms or it's that common at that age. I mean, I forget shit all the time too, but I also spent years destroying brain cells.
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With her family history she needs to start doing yearly cognitive screening.
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Yeah she's aware of it and it worries her. She's mentioned it, but not in depth enough to say if she's talked to her Dr about it and I haven't wanted to just blurt it out without the subject being brought up again by her.
 
I think some of the decline is natural and obviously some is medical and can't be stopped, but everyone in my mom's family (mom dad, sister and brother) all eventually completely lost touch, and my mom worked very very hard to not do that. I do think there is some middle part that can be fought - she did crossword puzzles, volunteered teaching GED test and computers to seniors at the library, etc as long as she could and she was still cognizant til her heart stopped. I think continuing a curiosity/hobby and interest in life go a long way. Just my 2 cents.
 
Yeah I think there are many factors. My grandma was really stressed and had a rough life. She was surrounded my mental health and issues. My grandfather was batshit crazy, her son a loser. She drove to the panhandle every month or more to tend to her parents and crippled brother. She taught elementary until she had to retire. She never got to relax or live a “normal” life.

My mom at least is very active mentally and physically. She’s still sharp with her math and problem solving skills.
 
Juggs said:
Yeah I think there are many factors. My grandma was really stressed and had a rough life. She was surrounded my mental health and issues. My grandfather was batshit crazy, her son a loser. She drove to the panhandle every month or more to tend to her parents and crippled brother. She taught elementary until she had to retire. She never got to relax or live a “normal” life.

My mom at least is very active mentally and physically. She’s still sharp with her math and problem solving skills.
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Yeah I think teachers can do pretty well - they are naturally curious and service oriented which I think keeps their minds sharper
 
I think exercise is huge, not sure what it does for cognitive decline, but it sure as F helps me be in a better state of mind. I have good genetics though, my grandparents didn’t have any dementia, but my moms sister does @ 82, but she lost her son & husband within 3 years of each other, and that seemed to be the start of her decline.
 
Evil gator said:
weird my dentist can fit me in most any time I want. She's on her own and I suspect she limits her patients to limit her hassle.

my doctor can't see me for a month, even if I'm bleeding from my rectum.
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Lay off the xl butt toys…
 
Tommy said:
I think exercise is huge, not sure what it does for cognitive decline, but it sure as F helps me be in a better state of mind. I have good genetics though, my grandparents didn’t have any dementia, but my moms sister does @ 82, but she lost her son & husband within 3 years of each other, and that seemed to be the start of her decline.
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for sure. Yeah I think sometimes people don't really want to live without other people and let themselves slide sadly.
 
I think people sleep on the idea of exercise as being beneficial for your mind as well as your body at any age.
 
It’s not complicated- eat whole foods, stay off processed foods (except on occasion), don’t smoke, and exercise regularly. Oh, and don’t watch Gator football over the past 12 years, think that shit took years off my life.
Most semi intelligent people know this, but knowing it is a fuck ton easier than doing it.
 
DocZaius said:
I think people sleep on the idea of exercise as being beneficial for your mind as well as your body at any age.
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I don't know how. They've been saying for 10 fucking years that for people who don't have real issues and just have generalized stress, exercise is as effective as an antidepressant.
 
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