A dad who became argumentative and thought his family were making plans without him was later diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's at just 55 years old.
Gerry King, 60, began getting warning signs for early onset Alzheimer’s in 2016 when he was asking his wife Trisha, 50, “the same questions maybe 30 or 40 times a day” and becoming “argumentative” as he thought his family were organising things without telling him.
He soon became medically retired, causing his household income to drop by between 50% and 60% and also lost touch with “32 years of friends”.
The gravity of the diagnosis even led him to contemplate suicide as felt he would to be a 'burden' on his family. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. The dad of three, to Cieran, 24, Daniel, 21, and Stephanie, 19, and grandfather of two, to Myles, three, Hudson, three months, was diagnosed with the condition after numerous tests, causing “quite a dramatic effect” on himself and his whole family.
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