Informal Poll: Onset of MLC

[BrightFuture]

Death in the family – H’s Dad who had ALS. Dad’s sister (H’s aunt) died of the same disease two months later. Dad’s death was about 1.5 years before BD.

Some details:
2009 – H’s Dad diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease).

Fall 2010 – we go to visit H’s Dad. He shows a significant deterioration, very hard to watch. H is starting to show more anger, some other strange behavior. Keeps telling everybody that he will not live past 65 or 70 years old based on his family history.

Jan. 2011 – H’s Dad passed away. We went to the funeral. Two months later Dad’s sister died of the same disease. After that H started to show even more strange behavior, like not wanting to do the things he would normally do, being angry at some people, depression. Even his brother told me later that he noticed the difference. He was irritated with me. I thought that it was the stress about his work. He kept talking about his own mortality.

June 2012 – BD. I love you but not in love with you speech… I have not been happy for a couple of years… We need to separate…