S/O does Alzheimer's run in your family?

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It does.  They suspect my great grandfather on my mother's side had it, but he died of congestive heart failure before it completely consumed him.  My grandfather (my mother's dad) died of it, as did one of his brothers.  One of my mom's cousins died recently of early onset Alzheimer's at 59.

My grandmother (my mom's mother) had a certain amount of dementia, but she was still fairly functional when she died, and she still knew who I was.  Her parents had dementia too, but they died of old age mostly.  

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I need more options.

Both H and I have it on both sides of our families.

[janegold]

My maternal grandmother had Alzheimer's. She passed last year.

[CurlyQ284]

My favorite grandfather had it. He passed away last Easter after ten years of it, it was horrible. No one else has had it that I know of.

[WOT?*]

Paternal grandmother had it and lingered for 15 years, the majority of it in a frustrated and then vegetative state; she died in her 90s.
My father had dementia for a number of years that led to Alzheimer's; he was bedridden with it the last two years of his life and died in his 70s.

[litebright]

Ugh. Yes. My great-grandmother had it. My grandmother has been losing it for years and I don't think she could live on her own -- my grandfather shepherds her and helps her hide just how bad it is. About 8 years ago, Grandma introduced my sister and I (granddaughters) as her nieces to some people when we were visiting Great-Grandma. When we told our mom and she talked to her brothers about it to see if they'd seen similar behavior, my uncles didn't believe us. It wasn't until a year or two later that things started to become obvious on a regular basis.

She gets crazy emotional. Talking on the phone with her about anything is likely to end up with her crying about something.

The prospect of facing that with my own mother, and myself, is terrifying.

[justcallmekhaleesi]

My grandfather has Alzheimer's, but he is not my dad's biological father, and he is the only one in my family to ever have been diagnosed, so I don't think it runs in my family.

[SpartanGirl]

My maternal grandmother (who passed away last year) had it. My aunt (her daughter) is showing signs of it now. It is a horrible disease.

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My mom has non-Alzheimer's dementia. Onset was in her early 70s. Now it's in the latter stages; she just turned 80. The last two years she swiftly declined.

No one else in the family has had it, at least that I know of. However, there have been some studies that suggest a link between sustained, elevated blood sugar and dementia, and Type 2 runs rampant on both sides of my family.

[ooglie26]

My dad's maternal grandparents both had it, My maternal grandfather had cerebral atrophy, which presents like Alzheimers. It was only through extensive testing they were able to determine it was atrophy.

[goonfest]

My grandmother had vascular dementia, but she didn't get too bad until she'd hit about 90. A bit off topic, but I've been thinking about this since the other thread. Until the end, she still had moments where she was cognizant of what was going on around her. She was too ill to travel to my wedding, but cried when I showed her pictures. She died about 4 months later. I can't imagine giving up that moment with her, even if other parts of our relationship got difficult.

Based on my grandparents' ages alone, I'll probably live long enough to develop some sort of cognitive deterioration.

[pixelpassion]

As far as I know, I don't think there's a history of Alzheimer's in my family. My grandfather had dementia though in his last year of life due to having TIA's (mini-strokes). My dad is 57 and seems like he's headed in that direction early, but that's due to his years of heavy drinking.

[sonrisa]

My mom's mom, my mom's aunt, my dad's dad and DH's dad's mom are the cases I know for sure. One was early on set.

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Yes . It is my mom's biggest fear after watching my grandma and uncle both succumb to it.

[agnes]

Non-Alzheimer's Dementia yes.

My great aunt (paternal grandma's sister) is showing signs, though un diagnosed at the moment.

[bonquiqui]

I don't think so, but because of my MS my memory is awful as is and will just get worse

[underwaterrhymes]

Biologically, no. But my step grandmother died of Alzheimer's pretty recently and we think my step uncle might be in the early stages, so it does run on my stepdad's side of the family.

[pegasuskat]

I was the main caretaker for my maternal grandmother for the last 2 years of her life. My grandfather had been covering for her/hiding how bad it really was for 5+ years. When he went downhill quickly and died she was in an awful nursing home that I had to take her out of, I couldn't stand it and it was a 5 hour drive for me to run back and forth. I kept her in my home for almost a year, then when it got to dangerous I had her in a small facility for the final year. It was horrible and now I am terrified it could happen to me, she was so frightened and confused, its my worst nightmare. And if she hadn't had the money for private care like she did I can't even imagine what would have happened, it an awful disease!

[wambam]

Biologically, no. My grandmother that had Alzheimer's was my mom's (not biological mother) mom.

[So_Fetch]

DH's grandfather has it. He fluctuates from being forgetful to being angry - the anger usually reserved for those outside the family. He calls my husband a couple times a day every day. Recently he has started confusing people - he asks DH's cousin about "his brother" but he doesn't have a brother...DH does.

Its really sad to hear him struggle and hard to watch DH's heart break.

[BaliHai]

Not as far as I'm aware. My paternal grandmother is my only biological relative who had it (so far, and I pray it stays that way).

Eta: My uncle has it currently, but I am not biologically related to him.

[sharknado]

Dementia, not Alzheimer's on my father's mother's side

[jane6672]

My maternal grandfather has dementia as a result of Parkinson's.

[savan]

No. My grandpas both lived to their late 80's and my grandmas will be 90 this year. All of them had/have full mental capacity. The eyes are more of an issue. Both grandmas are legally blind due to macular degeneration and glaucoma.

[ctrlaltdlt]

My paternal grandmother died from it last year, and her mother died from it 7 years before that. It's heartbreaking.

[DotAndBuzz]

Yes, my dad's mom, and her brother and sister all had it. H's family has it on his dad's side as well. It scares me to think that taking care of his dad, as well as my dad, like that is a very real possibility.

[marylennox]

No, not to my knowledge, thankfully.

[TrudyCampbell]

I can't vote twice, but both of my grandfathers have had alzheimers. It does make me worried for myself.

[Deleted]

Both of my grandmother's have/had it. My paternal grandmother succumbed to pancreatic cancer before it got really bad. My maternal grandmother's case has progressed rapidly in the last year.

[emjacobs]

My paternal grandfather suffered from it, my paternal grandmother had severe dementia but was un-diagnosed officially. My maternal grandmother passed at 60 with complications related to breast cancer and my maternal grandfather has COPD and congestive heart failure but is sharp as a tack mentally.