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Bruce Willis’ Wife Gives Blunt Update Amid His Dementia Battle: “I’m Not Good” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

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Emma Heming Willis gave an update on her family's struggle while taking care of the ailing actor.

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[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This isn't just dementia. This is frontotemporal dementia, AKA Pick's disease. Likely he's been suffering for years before it got bad enough to seek help. You don't even notice it at first. It starts with personality changes over years. They become a different person before they progress to having trouble speaking. By the time he became aphasic, the person he was had likely disappeared completely. Before anyone even realized he was sick. I feel worse for his youngest children, who likely never got to meet the real person before the disease.

[–] LoafyLemon@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Sleep's off the menu tonight, boys...