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It certainly would be for me, depending on the extent, but you can check out once you get a diagnosis. But you might not even get to that diagnosis if cancer or
by shrimp_emoji 8y ago
It certainly would be for me, depending on the extent, but you can check out once you get a diagnosis. But you might not even get to that diagnosis if cancer or heart disease kills you before that (as the statistics overwhelmingly suggest it will), so you'll always have a net loss of "non-dementia years of life" without fixing those.
Unless you're thinking: you're willing to accept that whether or not you'll ever get dementia in the first place because cowardice or social pressure would prevent you from checking out once you do get the diagnosis. But that's sad and pretty unfair to yourself and others.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoSo when do you check out? Dementia can insidiously can take years to develop, and by the time you're far enough along to need it to end you're already potentially too far along to know it. Losing your mental faculties is losing the ability to make objective decisions like that.
- joaomacp 8y agoThat part makes me less scared of dementia. The fact that I'll not even realize I have it, and will just feel confused about who people are and where I am... Kind of like when I was a little child.
- malandrew 8y agoVouching for this comment. Not sure why this comment was killed, but it's just as valid opinion as being scared of getting dementia. At the end of the day, people don't return from dementia (yet) so we don't really know if it's a bad way to go or a good way to go purely from the perspective of the afflicted. It's certainly painful for the loved ones of those afflicted with it, but for the person experiencing it, it could be similar to how a small child experiences the world or a drug induced stupor that many people voluntarily subject themselves to recreationally.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoIt's not me that I worry about - it's the people I love.