I am responding to the article in today's Alz Daily News with the title "Active Social Life May Reduce Men's Alz Risk"... Specifically: "The study found that reduced dementia risk was most strongly associated with participation in activities involving home and family, visiting with friends and relatives, club activities (such as attending parties and playing card games), and home hobbies."
I cannot tell you how much "activity" my husband was involved in prior to being diagnosed with Alzheimer's. He was 58 when diagnosed in 2004... he was an avid golfer, card-player, bowler, family man, visitor to his ailing-widowed dad, yard-man, reader of the newspaper from cover to cover, and lovely father to his own children.
This disease knows no boundaries... There is simply no explanation for WHY this disease gets to some but avoids others. Our life is deteriorating rapidly... and I just want to "go back" to how we used to be... but we won't... and that's really a shame and a heartache that we live with daily.
These "studies" can say what they want, but the fact is, there is no explanation for this disease.
Debbie
Arlington, TX
