Clarence Jones
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And I'm being totally serious here because I think one of the things about this particular disease is that because we don't understand it or we're not familiar with it, we assume so many things about it.
And people, if they don't tell you, if they're not informed themselves, then it doesn't help the relationships in the family.
whose families were torn apart because of this disease.
And I think it's one of the reasons why I'm really glad that we're talking about it because it is important for us to understand that it happens and that it happens not just with old folk, but it can also happen with middle-aged people.
And so to enter this conversation, Patty, I thank you for that because I think it's important to just kind of be honest
about this because it's a very serious thing.
And I understand that it's happening more and more now.
of this dementia puzzle um that's uh that's very you know that's very scary and very devastating so yeah i want to make a clarification it wasn't my grandmother it was my great-grandmother oh okay
Anyway, the other part, though, is I had an aunt who developed early onset, and she had when she was like 45.
I mean, so, and I, again, I, you know, the doctor said this, but I didn't, I just didn't, I had no idea what he was talking about.
And I think that part of what is important today is that we're talking about this in a way so that when doctors mention something like that, then you kind of got, you may have some familiarity with it.
But I wanted to ask Patty this, chronic diseases, right?
What kind of chronic diseases impact Alzheimer's, or is it something that just has no direct input or impact about our physical health?
I think Sam for that question, because that was where I was going to go about this caregiver piece, because, you know, I tell the story that I was a caregiver of a caregiver and that wore me out.