Bruce Willis Now Diagnosed with Dementia.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s been my experience as a person with dementia and Parkinsonism in the family that they don’t really have a good way to find out the specific diagnosis for the things that don’t have kind of obvious hallmarks, so a lot of times you don’t really get a proper diagnosis until far along if at all.

Like for Parkinsonism, people are familiar with the physical symptoms of regular Parkinson’s but a lot of people don’t know there’s a group of related diseases that look quite different.

This. My father died from Agent Orange-induced Parkinsonism that was poorly diagnosed for the 15 years prior to his death. So many disorders and diseases present in a similar way. My dad was only in his 50s when it started to affect him and died in his early 70s. Funny enough, we always teased him for looking much like Bruce Willis back in the 80s Moonlighting days.

I hope Bruce and his family can weather this storm in much the same way they've lived their private lives in a public manner: with grace and humor. Wishing them all the best.

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Anonymous wrote:This is sad, but he’s 67, it’s not like he’s 47.

Agree

67 is when many retire, life is not over.

It’s supposed to be the golden years.

Right, but memory issues aren’t that unusual in late 60s. It’s sad but he lived a good life before the dementia.

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Anonymous wrote:This is sad, but he’s 67, it’s not like he’s 47.

Agree

67 is when many retire, life is not over.

It’s supposed to be the golden years.

Thanks to advances in medicine and education we have reached that point where 67 is no longer considered old! That is young! I consider that to be the point in time where I retire, travel and spend time with my grandchildren should I be so lucky to be blessed in that way.

67 is not old....

Sorry, but it is old. Male life expectancy is 73.

Please tell social security so I can retire before 67

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His wife is only 44 and their daughters were born in 2012 and 2014. So sad - but also I don’t understand a woman procreating with a guy in his 50s.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm glad someone finally blew the whistle that he wasn't acting anymore. That he didn't even know where he was and they were feeding him lines to say. That seems to have gone on for far too long.

I understand that he undertook that himself before his condition progressed as he wanted to leave as much money as possible for his children. He has a young family I think.

I don't believe that. Sounds like he couldn't even consent to work or to what was being done to him. His net worth is in the hundreds of millions. How much more money does his (second) wife and their children need? Seemed pretty clear that he had some type of dementia back when this all came out.

PP again. There were rumors for years. Here's just one article (tried to pick a respectable source)

Concerns about Bruce Willis’ declining cognitive state swirled around sets in recent years
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-03-30/bruce-willis-aphasia-memory-loss-cognitive-disorder

"Burns was one of a handful of people who knew Willis was struggling with his memory, but he said he was unaware of the severity of the actor’s condition until June 2020, when he was directing his first film, “Out of Death.” It was among 22 films Willis did in four years." A lot of people were making a lot of money off of him for years, even as he condition deteriorated. Very sad.

Lots of other articles and discussion here. It could be that he recognized there were issues while he was still with it and wanted to work as much as possible before he wasn’t. And that as time went on the people around him took advantage of him. It’s awful. David Addison was my first crush and I will love him forever for it. https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1047736.page

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This happened a while ago. Okay. Now they call it dementia.

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Dementia completely sucks. 67 is too young for that. When you all are 67, you'll understand.

I wish Bruce and his family all the best.

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FTD is a scary diagnosis, with shortened life expectancy (7-13 years average after symptoms start).

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it's heartbreaking and can feel quite young for an otherwise healthy person. I've known a number of people with dementia and other terminal illnesses who worked as long as they could. I don't think that's unusual and I don't see it as people taking advantage of him. If he pushed hard for as long as he could, that was his choice to make.

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Anonymous wrote:FTD is a scary diagnosis, with shortened life expectancy (7-13 years average after symptoms start).

If the CNN report is accurate, even worse than that. And for those speculating about causes:

"People with FTD typically live six to eight years with the condition, according to the US National Institute on Aging. Between 10% and 30% of FTD cases are inherited. Other than genetics, there are no other known risk factors, although researchers are investigating what role the thyroid and insulin may play in the onset of the disease."


His poor little girls.

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Anonymous wrote:His wife is only 44 and their daughters were born in 2012 and 2014. So sad - but also I don’t understand a woman procreating with a guy in his 50s.

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Anonymous wrote:“Friends and family of Bruce Willis believe that a head injury he suffered on the set of the 2002 action movie Tears of the Sun could be the cause of the debilitating brain disease that has ended his career, but a special effects worker on the movie denied the claim.”

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10674551/amp/Bruce-Willis-friends-fear-aphasia-linked-injuries-hit-head-set-2002.html

So sad. Not surprising to me. My dad was in a fairly normal damage level car accident where he hit his head on the driver's door window (the car didn't have curtain airbags). He received a fairly bad concussion from the hit. His brain never fully recovered. It started with him forgetting little things and progressed to where he has almost no short term memory. His lawyer was successful in arguing the memory loss was a result of the head injury from the accident.

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Anonymous wrote:His wife is only 44 and their daughters were born in 2012 and 2014. So sad - but also I don’t understand a woman procreating with a guy in his 50s.

I kinda feel bad for her and wonder if she’ll remarry.

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Anonymous wrote:His wife is only 44 and their daughters were born in 2012 and 2014. So sad - but also I don’t understand a woman procreating with a guy in his 50s.

I kinda feel bad for her and wonder if she’ll remarry.

You mean now, or after he's died?

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Poor memory is rarely a first symptom of FTD just sayin