jarntt
Well-Known Member
I've seen it happen first hand, but luckily it was always an older person. Like I said it's horrible on everyone involved and heartbreaking for your family to have to witness. Sorry for you and your family for having to endure. I think your post above stresses how this situation is nothing like Randel El though. There is a big difference between memory loss and Demtia. Hopefully his issue never elevates to the above.It keeps getting worse until you're gone. Zip. Nothing. Nada.
I hope for yours and your families' sake that nobody ever goes through it. No matter the cause. Not fun. In my case, my relative wasn't making NFL millions, but was quite successful. Should be going on cruises and round the world trips, and enjoying her golden years after decades of killing herself to achieve that.
Instead she's locked in a ward with people 20-25 years her senior. The condition progresses unevenly, but she's losing more memory of herself all the time. You lose recent memories first, and older ones last.
She doesn't recognize my daughter anymore.
Eventually she won't recognize me. Eventually she'll even lose the ability to speak, and will sit like a vegetable.
It's incredibly hard on the families around the person too.
There's a LOT of study that needs to be done, to find out how it all works. But it's all linked. Whether it's brain injury through repetition, genetics, or diet, or a combination of all three, nobody knows yet.
Whatever the exact causes, it's horrible.
Cross your fingers it doesn't happen to you and yours.