What disease(s) are you afraid of the most?

[roy.or.r]

I have had a lifelong phobia of Cancers, especially the ones which are incurable. Whenever I have pain or swelling, I fear the worst. ALS is another one that I am afraid of. I don’t think like this about any other disease.

Curious to know what diseases people here are afraid of the most.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Mad cow disease was the one that always made me shit myself seeing it on TV. Thankfully it's ridiculously rare. But then again, alzheimer's isn't a million miles away. Anything involves you slowly losing your brain function, for me.

That, and of course the lurgy.

 

[idahoblues]

Bad Cat AIDS

 

[burning blue soul]

English Disease

 

[city saint]

Cityitus

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Dont know if dementia is a disease but if it isn't....dementia. Mum went with it, or associated ailment brought on by it and it is awful and prolonged and you know there is no end in sight and it's going to get worse......

 

[jazzy]

Think I have scousers disease , I have delusional tendencies where I think the world revolves my past achievements & tomorrow will be the start of a glorious new chapter in my quest for world domination

 

[ChicagoBlue]

I’ve forgotten the name of it. Wait, it’s on the top of my tongue….Nope, it’s gone.

What was the question again?

 

[dooie68]

Industrial Disease !

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

I’d never heard of this one until a couple of years ago. The dad of a colleague of mine got ill and eventually ended up in ICU within 48 hours. He was diagnosed with Guillan Barre Syndrome.

2 years in and he is still bed bound and has no use of his limbs. Was in hospital over a year.

The thought of it petrifies me.