ALS.
Jane,
63
West Linn, OR USA
Anything that leaves you paralyzed before you die. Like, you're still alive and can think, but can't do anything about it.
Karen,
23
Ames, IA USA
Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis ~ more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. I watched
a friend die from this many years ago and I seriously think I couldn't
handle it at all. It's an agonizing process of losing complete control
and function of every muscle in your system, slowly but surely ~ eventually
even those very muscles that help you to swallow your own saliva. The
brain doesn't lose function, so you can still hear and see (as long as
your eyelids can remain open) but toward the end you cannot speak, move,
swallow, or even gesture to indicate what you want or need. I have not
followed this disorder through the years, but to the best of my knowledge,
there is still no out and out cure ~ and very few methods of "treatment"
in keeping a patient comfortable (other than mega-doses of sedatives).
Fisch,
47
Preston, CT USA
The big C
Tam
There are worse diseases than cancer, but I'm most likely to get it. So I'd have to say cancer.
Judy,
62
Easton, KS USA
SARS or AIDS
Ashley,
20
Jacksonville, FL USA
Cancer
Ryan,
29
Riedlingen GERMANY
Ebola.
Talia,
25
Tallahassee, FL USA
Flesh-eating bacteria. It seems like an awful way to go.
Cathie,
53
Novi, MI USA
There are certain questions that give me pause and this is one of them. I have had cancer. I'm cancer-free since 1999 and next year will be considered cured. So much of my fight has been mental, that I don't even like to entertain the idea of taking on the big C or any other disease. Hope ya'll understand.
Cindy,
41
VA USA
Alzheimer's--or any of the other diseases that destroy the mind, leaving the body to be a burden for other people.
Jill,
61
Saylorsburg, PA USA
Alzheimers. Or any disease that leads to dementia.
Laura,
38
Lowell, MA USA
Well, any, really, but I'll say cancer - mostly because my grandmother died of it before I was born and because it's looming out there as a nearer possibility for me that the others.
Cristin,
25
Frisco, TX USA
It is hard to answer this, but I would suppose anything that involved too much pain or lingered so long it became a burden to those who loved me.
Felicia,
37
Lowell, MA USA
cancer or AIDS
Melodi,
19
Gahanna, OH USA
I'm scared of AIDS because it takes so long.
A-Dog,
20
Eugene, OR USA
I
don't know if it could be considered a fatal disease or not but I would
be most afraid of contracting diabetes. You can live a close-to normal
life with it IF you take care of yourself and closely monitor everything
you do. However, I am a very impulsive person - always have been. I seem
to have very little self-control which is something you HAVE to have with
diabetes. Many people have died a slow, painful death with all kinds of
horrible side effects, from not
taking care of their diabetes.
Reba,
57
Gaithersburg. MD USA
Ebola or AIDS.
Keri-Jade,
23
Brampton, Ontario CANADA
AIDS or wasting away from cancer.
Janet,
45
E. Brunswick, NJ USA
I think I'm pretty good as far as preventing a deadly disease but I'm deathly afraid of getting bitten my a brown-recluse (fiddleback) spider! UGH! Your skin dies off. I've seen pics and ugh!
Stephanie,
27
TX USA