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Article Source: The Arizona Republic
Donna Baker just turned 50, and she can't remember how to tie her shoes.
Two years ago, at 48, Donna was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, which, despite all the studies, is still a mystery in many ways. Spouses and children, along with doctors and caregivers, watch their loved ones decline for years, wondering whether they know what they have forgotten, or whether they are suffering or sad.
"People have to pay attention. It's not an old person's disease. It destroys who you are and everyone around you," she says. "It kind of takes away everything that makes you you. I am losing my life with my husband. He's losing me a little at a time."
#1 - Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:41 AM ESTIt's an awful disease. Two of my grandparents died of Alzheimer's. It makes me wonder if that's what is going to happen to me or to my children.
#2 - Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:18 AM ESTThis is sad. And a little frightening too.. it's not just an old person's disease..I have two friends whose mother's have it now (Not early onset, one is in her 80's and the other in her 90's) I've heard that balance problems and vision problems can be the first clue that something is wrong. My heart goes out to Donna and Nick..
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