My grandfather had Alzheimers and my mother - his daughter - had FTD. I do fear about what that means for me. I did try a study that tested me for a common FTD

My grandfather had Alzheimers and my mother - his daughter - had FTD. I do fear about what that means for me. I did try a study that tested me for a common FTD gene. My aunt - my mom's sister - did not want to know the results. I did. I wanted to know if whether I'd definitely get it, or if that was still unknown. I understand why she didn't want to know, I for me it cave me a sense of understanding about my future. That particular test came back negative, so it was helpful to alleviate some anxiety. There are others ones that I must pay for to check my risk further. Through watching them deal with this terrible disease, and knowing others have done so and also still others deal with terrible diseases - I can never understand the desire to stick our heads in the sand and say "welp nothing we can do so lets not even try". It very much reminds me of the Columbia disaster. It must be a common human thing, because it happens repeatedly. For me, I will advocate that people like me and especially people who are positive are allowed to do whatever they want with their bodies, if they believe it can help them.