In related irony,
Bryan Johnson discontinues longevity drug, after concerns it may have accelerated aging
A long life to see children and grandchildren growing up is great — to a point. But once your mind drifts away it might not be as much fun. My mom definitely had dementia and my dad was showing signs of it even if he didn’t get a formal diagnosis. So that’s probably in my future unless treatment for it improves markedly in the time I still have left.
I'm sorry to hear that Wombat - dementia scares me more than most other things to be honest.
It seems to be more common than it used to be. Maybe just because people are living longer than they used to? Environmental causes?
Oh totally... honestly it wasn't that long ago that people weren't living much past 65 years old - and then our diets, products, exposure to microplastics are all very different, and then on top of all of that, there is a link between Covid and Dementia as well...
The researchers found that the risk of developing new-onset dementia after a SARS-CoV-2 infection was higher at the one-year follow-up compared to the three- and six-month follow-ups, suggesting that new-onset dementia was one of the long-term consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infections.