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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 18 2012, 09:19 AM (250 Views) | |
| sue | Nov 18 2012, 09:19 AM Post #1 |
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FFI I watched a documentary about this disease last night. Had never heard of it before. I think about how punchy I get after a couple of nights in a row with not much sleep, how hard it is to function optimally, and then try to imagine what hell this disease would be.
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| Horace | Nov 18 2012, 10:45 AM Post #2 |
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I've seen stories about that. Terrifying. |
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| brenda | Nov 18 2012, 11:40 AM Post #3 |
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I've never heard of it before. How awful that would be. |
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| sue | Nov 18 2012, 01:08 PM Post #4 |
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They showed some pictures of someone who died from it. His face, after a few weeks, with tiny pin prick pupils, and just barely open, was so painful to see. Anyone whose ever looked at themselves in the mirror after a sleepless night can relate. What was horrifying was seeing the same man several months later, on his death bed. He looked like he'd aged 100 years. They also interviewed a young woman who was about to be married. Her father, several uncles and aunts, grandparents and so on, had died from it. She chose not to be tested; didn't want to know. I understand that, but if I wanted to have kids (as she did), I would most certainly want to know. Kids have a 50% chance of carrying the gene. I wouldn't want to risk passing it on to another generation. Adoption would be my choice. |
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| Newpianoplayer | Nov 18 2012, 03:49 PM Post #5 |
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I watched show about a teacher with the disease. It was awful. |
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| kathyk | Nov 18 2012, 07:01 PM Post #6 |
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Thankfully it seems to be very rare. |
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| Newpianoplayer | Nov 18 2012, 07:54 PM Post #7 |
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Just watched a Youtube series on the disease |
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