Sorry people to moan & groan but I can feel myself going into a bit of a doom and gloom frame of mind. I have the potential to be diagnosed with ms if I have another attack and I have a parent diagnosed with altzheimers when he was only on his early 60s. I assume from what I’ve read I’ve got a 50 50 chance of inheriting that also. Dread the rest of my life to put it bluntly.
I was initially diagnosed with CIS and then MS, and dreaded the future too. I started mindfulness meditation and very much try to live in the now rather than worry about the future, which is an alien concept to me as I am a natural planner. It does work for me in the main. Others have said here, whatever will happen in the future will happen, so we owe it to ourselves to make the most of now. I hope your future is a long and happy one, but stressing about it won’t help.
Because you have very little control over what your ms (and in your case potentially altzheimers) will be like in the future, just enjoy now, get out and do all the things you want to do.
Good advice above. I remember being very worried about job losses where I worked in the 1990’s, and met with the head of staff and expressed my concerns. He said to me, “You have a job today”, that stayed with me. We can’t solve problems we haven’t yet got. I am sure you will find a coping mechanism, I like the book “The power of now”, by Eckhart Tolle which is similar to mindfulness. All the best, Peter.
Hi Anon, My uncle always at 70 years old said every night, thanks for today Lord and when he woke in the morning he would say WOW you’ve given me another day, thanks Lord. Now I wouldn’t say I’m religious but I live from his thoughts, enjoy today and worry tomorrow, remember the adage tomorrow never comes. Stop worrying about “what if”. Ju.st think of the good things you have now. Janet x
Hello anon You have a 50/50 chance of Not getting Alzheimer’s. Why waste your life worrying about something that may never happen. It doesn’t make sense to me. Look for the positives in life 
Hiya
I suppose we are all technically ‘doomed’. We are all going to ‘pop our clogs’ sooner or later. Nothing will stop that!
Grasp the present. Don’t worry too much about the ‘if’s’ and the ‘maybes’. Enjoy it now.
Take care,
Marty