God help us. While alzheimers is certainly a terrible condition, do you really want them drilling holes in your mom or dad’s head??
I would say at some point, I would have wanted to have wires in her head if it would help.
Alzheimer's is horrific.
If it would help slow or stop the disease, absolutely. I took care of my step-dad as he died from Alzheimer’s and now I am working in a nursing home and dealing with a lot of people with it. So horribly sad to see people that no longer recognize spouses or children and get progressively worse every day. The people “die” way before their hearts stop.
Absolutely. I've seen what Alzheimers can do to someone. It takes away almost everything of what they once where as a person, and towards the end, unable to go to the toilet, eat or even communicate. Having holes drilled into your head to prolong cognitive function for as long as possible is small potatoes indeed compared to the alternative, but even this will only prolong normality, it will not stop the progress of the disease. After seeing what I've seen, if I was diagnosed, I'd be sorely tempted to make the holes in my head myself, by blowing my brains out...
If it'll slow or halt Alzheimers, absolutely.
Let me weigh in on the side of the “Yes, please drill holes in their heads if it will help” group.
I know a guy with Parkinson’s and it helped him tremendously.
My father had advanced Parkinson’s. I had wished he would have come up from Florida to have the deep brain stimulation surgery while it would have still been worthwhile, as I live near Johns Hopkins. It’s not such a great disease. Holes in the head? Sure.