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Old 17-10-2005, 00:06
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Old 17-10-2005, 00:16
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Yes, I think so. But not until the end of 2006. Johnny Briggs who plays Mike will then have celebrated 30 years in Corrie. He wants to retire to Florida I believe.
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Old 17-10-2005, 00:23
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Mike is going to develop Alzhiemers which will be slowly played out over the next 18 months or so
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Old 17-10-2005, 05:58
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It's already started (slowly!) with him occasionally forgetting names etc.

Remember hearing somewhere (might have been from the soap woman on This Morning!) that the storyline involves

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Old 17-10-2005, 06:03
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Originally Posted by FifthColumnist
It's already started (slowly!) with him occasionally forgetting names etc.

Remember hearing somewhere (might have been from the soap woman on This Morning!) that the storyline involves

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I'm looking forward to that.
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Old 17-10-2005, 06:40
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Am I right in thinking this is the first time a soap has tackled alzheimer's?
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Old 17-10-2005, 06:48
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nana moon.
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Old 17-10-2005, 08:47
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Originally Posted by Lottylou
Mike is going to develop Alzhiemers which will be slowly played out over the next 18 months or so
but how will they end it with Mike? Alzhiemers doesn't kill a person which is one of the saddest things of all about it, when someone gets it they can live for a long time regardless and so need constant care as the condition worsens. I think this is a really sad way for Mike to go out of the Street.
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Old 17-10-2005, 09:08
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Originally Posted by FifthColumnist
Am I right in thinking this is the first time a soap has tackled alzheimer's?
Mo Butcher ?
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Old 17-10-2005, 10:38
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Yes, Mo Butcher. There is also a very good storyline currently in The Archers on radio 4 which started about six months ago, where Jack has a very sad and convincing case of alzheimers.

Mike won't be killed by alzheimers though presumably - he will have a heart attack/stroke. Same thing just happened to a friend of mine's mum in her 80s earlier this year - had alzheimers over about six months then died suddenly.
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Old 17-10-2005, 11:08
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Neighbours covered it. Helen Daniels married her cousin Michael, but shortly after it was discovered he was still married to his wife, who was suffering from the condition.
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Old 17-10-2005, 11:11
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Originally Posted by Brian Fantana
nana moon.

Nana Moon is forgetful, but I don't think she has Alzheimers, or any other form of dementia.

Quite how they think they can kill Mike off next year as a result of dementia, which is only showing its first signs now, is a mystery.

It is not that fast a decline. In most cases it is a slow cruel decline
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Old 17-10-2005, 11:16
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Originally Posted by Arnostae's Mum
Nana Moon is forgetful, but I don't think she has Alzheimers, or any other form of dementia.

Quite how they think they can kill Mike off next year as a result of dementia, which is only showing its first signs now, is a mystery.

It is not that fast a decline. In most cases it is a slow cruel decline
Maybe in most, but not all (as per my previous post).

I agree Nana does not appear to have dementia, she is just a bit 'dotty', always has been.
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Old 17-10-2005, 11:17
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yes i presume they will move him into nursing care somewhere away from the street, i think if done well this will be excellent. killing him off will not do the character justice as people rarely die suddenly from that form of dementia , as other posters have stated.
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Old 17-10-2005, 11:20
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I guess it could be his Alzhemeirs causing his death through an accident though, which could happen at any time but gets more likely as time goes on. He could leave the gas on and light up ? Forget whether he's taken some tablets and end up overdosing ? You get the idea ....
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Old 17-10-2005, 11:24
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yeah thats a possibility but most people with the full blown condition (as mike is rumoured to get) would not be left alone at any times. this is a possibility that he could be left alone but if corrie are going to do this then i doubt they would end it like that
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Old 17-10-2005, 11:37
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[quote=FifthColumnist]It's already started (slowly!) with him occasionally forgetting names etc.

I do that as well - I'd better start chomping on those Chinese herbs
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Old 17-10-2005, 14:46
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Originally Posted by FifthColumnist
Am I right in thinking this is the first time a soap has tackled alzheimer's?
I think (although I could be wrong) that Corrie has touched on this before. I think Emily was going to marry a vicar and when she had a few funny turns he dumped her because it reminded him of some relative who'd had Alzheimers. I remember thinking what a caring man of the cloth he was
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Old 17-10-2005, 14:51
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They gave Dot in EE a mental breakdown after Ashley died - she was running round the square conviced Mo Fowler was still alive etc...
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Old 17-10-2005, 15:33
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[quote=Dancing Queen]
Originally Posted by FifthColumnist
It's already started (slowly!) with him occasionally forgetting names etc.

I do that as well - I'd better start chomping on those Chinese herbs
Actually (I'm such a know it all ) doing crosswords, word searches and sudoko (or however you spell it) is the best way to offset things like alzheimers
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Old 17-10-2005, 15:43
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Actually (I'm such a know it all ) doing crosswords, word searches and sudoko (or however you spell it) is the best way to offset things like alzheimers
thanx for that It's as much as I can do fitting in DigiSpy at work - don't think I could manage suduko as well
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Old 17-10-2005, 15:46
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Originally Posted by Lippincote
Yes, Mo Butcher. There is also a very good storyline currently in The Archers on radio 4 which started about six months ago, where Jack has a very sad and convincing case of alzheimers.

Mike won't be killed by alzheimers though presumably - he will have a heart attack/stroke. Same thing just happened to a friend of mine's mum in her 80s earlier this year - had alzheimers over about six months then died suddenly.
You can be disoriented with Alzheimer's though and fall over or something (always fatal in the elderly)
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Old 17-10-2005, 15:53
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Originally Posted by Aeneas
You can be disoriented with Alzheimer's though and fall over or something (always fatal in the elderly)
Don't tell my 93 year old grandfather that he falls over at least once a month yet he's never even been hospitalised. Last week he fell over backwards clutching an ironing board yet he's still with us!

We don't know what the writers have in store for Mike but I am sure they will have thought it out thoroughly - this storyline has been developed over a long time.
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Old 17-10-2005, 15:56
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I'm sure Nana Moon had it and then they just forgot about it
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Old 17-10-2005, 15:59
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You're right that Nana had a previous storyline when she was 'confused', but it turned out to be some kind of operable problem (I forget what) not dementia. She had an operation which 'cured' her.
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