Persuasive Essay On Alzheimers

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Yes if I had the option, i believe i would get tested for early onset Alzheimer. Others may ask by deciding to test, do I really want to know if I am going to die. Well everyone will die someday but we obviously don't know when and how. But by deciding not to test, you’re unconsciously killing yourself by wondering everyday if you have early onset Alzheimer. As humans we tend to think more negatively and worry about all the bad things in life and what we need rather than think positively and feel content with what we already have. By not testing, when you forget something, you start to question if you have Alzheimer and it consumes your whole life. Sometimes it's better to know than not to know. By deciding to get tested, you are not only preparing …show more content…
Lastly by getting tested early, you live your life to the fullest. Personally, there are so many things I wish to do. We all have a bucket list such as going skydiving, swimming with sharks, taking to someone you would have been shy to talk to. These are positive things and perhaps crazy things that you would never do knowing that you would always remember that memory and feel perhaps embarrassed about it. But, you could also feel happy about it. But, when you get tested and it is positive, you learn and try to live your life to the fullest. Perhaps you might have been the kindest person and finding out would have made you have a negative on life but on the contrary, you weren’t always the kindest person, so you try to show kindness to the people around you. It changes your whole for the better and you make amazing memories with yourself and those around you. Memories that even though you might forget because you do have an early onset Alzheimer’s, but, people around you will never forget and always remind you of how an incredible person you

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