Sean Connery has Alzheimer’s disease

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

I personally think Alzheimer's, Dementia, Huntingtons and Parkinsons are the worst diseases out there. Most people have been touched by Cancer and would class it as the worst illness as it is so devastating. I personally would take cancer any day of the week as opposed to the above diseases.

Given that dementia can be a side-effect of some cancer treatments I'd proceed with caution if I were you.

You know I'm not sure which is worse - my nana (86) has vascular dementia - out of 7 children and 7 grandchildren, she knows my mum, my aunt (who cares for her) and me. What's ironic about that is that my mum and me live in Ireland and all else (including her) in Australia. Short term memory is the first to go - I haven't seen her in four years, but she independently called me yesterday. Just to say hello - total conversation was 'are you in Ireland, I love you'

My uncle (78)died recently from complications of Parkinsons - he was perfectly lucid until the effects of the drugs started to take effect....whatever bit turns off the bits that relieve the Parkinsons also create very scary hallucinations etc. and he could see my granny at the end of his bed.

I truly hope no-one else I know ever gets either of these diseases. I'd rather go from a sudden heart attack when my time comes.

This is such sad news. Alzeimhers is a terrible disease for everyone involved.

I still love watching him in Darby O'Gill when it comes on tv.

Ridiculous... In my extensive experience working with Alzheimer's it is not the person who suffers from the disease as much as the family and loved ones who suffer the most. Moments of clarity are disturbing, but happen infrequently as the brain degeneration continues... To wish someone Alzheimer's is fairly pointless... At the stage where the disease is at its worst, the patient is not cognitively aware, therefor wishing an enemy Alzheimer's is pretty ridiculous in that the person does not realise the effects of the disease, only those who are charged with the care... Pretty stupid thing to wish on anyone... And all that wishing in my experience comes to nothing anyway..... Spend time wishing your family members don't get it, nothing worse that seeing a person you love have no clue of who you are.

kryogen wrote: »

Anyone who has had a relative succumb to this affliction wont find it funny I would wager, its incredibly heartbreaking to watch someone you have known all your life disappear in front of your eyes, fading more each day until they eventually have no idea who you are, who they are or who anybody is that tries to help them. When they can no longer do anything for themselves but are terrified of letting anybody near them.

The heart just breaks, my own grandmother passed recently enough and had dementia before she went, this was a strong woman, an independent woman. It was and still is so hard on the family.

The worst part of it was actually seeing the pain in my Grandads eyes that he could do nothing for her, that the woman he had spent close to 70 years with no longer knew who he was................ wow, Im getting emotional here.

My sympathy goes to him and his family

My father had it. Horrible nasty disease. I still laughed at the jokes though. Went from being a solid, strong man, to a waif of a figure. Eventually died in hospital, after complications from a fall. Went from a hospital, to a home, to a hospital. Eventually, was in a coma like state, and the doctors couldn't find anything wrong. When they said they'd have to release him again, it was like he just give up. He died in about 30 minutes.

The best thing about Alzheimers? You get to meet new people every day.

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Phone or not, any chance that wild speculative claims like this could be backed up with references to reputable peer-reviewed journals (Daily Mail or trashy daytime chat shows don't count). This nonsense borders on medical advice.

Yup. Sounds like bolix to me.

Was reading the other day that there were ongoing tests with intranasal insulin. Further backing up what I read before that it could potentially be classed as type 3 diabetes in the future.

Adamantium wrote: »

According to his best friend Michael Caine:

Sean Connery, who celebrated his 83rd birthday on Sunday, is reportedly badly stricken by the illness to the point that he doesn’t know where he is or what he is talking about.

Michael Caine told German paper ‘Bild’ that “we should really be concerned”.

Reportedly, Connery carries his wife’s phone number in his pocket at all times. Should he get lost, which he reportedly does more frequently, those offering him assistance can call the number and tell Micheline Roquebrune (77) where he is, pick him up and take him home.

http://www.nodeju.com/12198/actor-sean-connery-plagued-alzheimers.html

I almost recoiled from my screen in horror when i read the link. So sad to think a man of such figure, icon and strength sucuumb to this.

I wonder if this is the real reason he has been out of the limelight and acting for so long.

Picture from earlier April this year. He truly looks utterly lost. So sad... F**k

http://i.imgur.com/tlehHvw.jpg

Sad but Roger Moore was the Best.

As strange as it sounds, I'd rather die from any form of cancer than Alzheimer's or any other dementia related disease

I think if I was aware that it was coming and only going to get worse, I'd apply for euthanasia in a country that allows it. Having my family remember me as a delirious mental case would kill me inside

Sad news if it's true. I find it strange that Michael Caine would take it upon himself to release this news during an interview with a German newspaper. He said himself (supposedly) that only family and close friends were aware of Connery's illness so why did he think it was his place to tell people. Surely it would be up to the family if they wanted to make the news public. I have my doubts about the validity of the story.

Anyway if it does turn out to be true I feel for his family. My mum has it and she's in her 50s. Hearing the diagnosis is awful because all hope just goes out the window. You know that there isn't a single thing you can do about it. It gets me down sometimes because it's such an awful disease, and it makes me sad to think of the relationship I'll never have with my mother as an adult as she was diagnosed when I was in college. One of the (many!) bad things is how her behavior has changed and how she'll say and do things now that she would never have dreamed of saying before she became ill. Alzheimer's strips people of their dignity and it's very sad to watch. It's mortifying sometimes but I do find myself laughing about it from time to time. Sure you'd lose your own mind if you didn't