Alzheimer's breakthrough: Scientists may have found potential cause of the disease in the behaviour

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61. Early Onset

My sister died at age 52 from early onset alzheimers...confirmed by autopsy. It is an absolutely hideous disease. I didn't grieve that much when she died. I grieved when she was diagnosed. I grieved as I watched her lose herself. I grieved for all the years she lived with the disease (that we knew about), approximately seven. I grieved for my mother who watched her suffer with the news at the beginning, then saw her fade into the empty world. Today, when I think about it and remember those terrible years I'm grieving for the way she suffered, and for the way the family, as well as her friends, suffered. Even if there is nothing after death but a blank, it is better than the life she had for at least the last two years with alzheimers. So any news of a possible break through is happy news. This might not work, but if they discover one thing they didn't know about alzheimers, it's worth it.