What Condition or Disease Do You Fear Getting The Most In Your Old Age? (Poll)

What Condition Do You Fear Most?

  • Alzheimer's Disease

    Votes: 27 42.9%

  • Heart Disease

    Votes: 2 3.2%

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Votes: 1 1.6%

  • Liver Disease

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Parkinson's Disease

    Votes: 2 3.2%

  • Kidney Failure

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Cancer

    Votes: 11 17.5%

  • COPD (Lung disease)

    Votes: 4 6.3%

  • Blindness (Macular Degeneration, Cataracts, etc.)

    Votes: 10 15.9%

  • Other

    Votes: 6 9.5%
  • Total voters
    63
Pulmonary fibrosis. That's when the cells in your lungs slowly turn to stone and you suffocate to death. That what my mom died of. Her's was idiopathic meaning no known cause, except it could be genetic. I'd kill myself first.
 

I guess I truly fear "all of the above." I truly dread Alzheimer's but I saw my mother die of kidney disease after being on dialysis for the last 5 years of her life and that was terrible. My father died of colon cancer and it was also horrible. One of my best friends has Parkinson's; it's devastating.

Let's face it, the end-of-life options are all a bit scary and often terrible.
 
I would be terrified if I got Alzheimer's,I have a good memory of names and faces.It would be terrible if I couldn't remember my siblings or my friends
For years,I've been keeping my brain alert by reading,doing daily NYTimes crossword puzzles. I also do the daily puzzles in USA Today
ALS would also be on my list.One of our church members passed away 2 yrs ago,he was young age 46. Sue
 

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