sf wrote:
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> Don't discount early onset Alzheimer's. It's rare, but it happens.

I once talked to a nurse who worked with Alzheimer's
patients. She said when it occurs to people in their
30's or 40's, it goes really fast. Like within months
from the first signs to institutionalization, and
shortly thereafter, death.

I'm sure glad there's no history of Alzheimer's
in my family. What a terrible way to die, though
she told me it's mostly terrible on everybody else.
The afflicted are largely oblivious to their state.