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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sister, BIL and I made a suicide pact this holiday. Dark, I know, but spending time with older family members with Alzheimers underscored for all of us that we don’t want to live with this disease. [/quote]

I’ve already made my own plans for this and have told my SO. It’ll be a trip to Switzerland once the symptoms start to show. I’m in my mid-forties, so hopefully have a ways to go yet, but it runs in the family so I know it’s coming…[/quote]

Switzerland is my plan if I start to develop symptoms.  I exercise, eat relatively well, drink very little alcohol.  I currently use my brain a lot for work but will replace with language lessons and crosswords when I retire.[/quote]

FYI

Learning a language later in life is not proven to help. The studies have shown knowing and speaking two or more languages helps if done throughout life—not in older age.

While I was disappointed to learn this, I will still continue my language acquisition.

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