Robin Williams was a hero to many and a role model to all. But sadly he passed away in August 2014 to a disease that was wrongly diagnosed and unable to defend. Robin Williams widow, Susan Schneider Williams, speaks out about the disease that took her husband away from her. In her editorial in the journal Neurology, she explains in detail the terrible symptoms that killed her husband and the difficulty of diagnosing the disease that caused these symptoms.
While Robin Williams was still alive he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, which is often mixed up with Lewy Body Disease. These two diseases cause similar changes to the brain but need to be treated in different ways. The treatments didn't work and this lead to the death of Robin Williams. The doctors who examined Robin stated how he had one of the worst cases of Lewy Body Disease they had ever seen.
Susan Schneider Williams that he became a totally different person and that his anxiety skyrocketed. The disease was too much for him to take and it ultimately caused him to take his own life.
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1. How would you feel if you lost a loved one in such a terrible and painful way?
2. Would you be mad at the doctors because of the wrong diagnoses?
3. Did Robin Williams have any affect on your life?
Opinion- I would feel terrible to have to watch a person in so much pain, not only physically but mentally, and not be able to do anything. I don't think I would be mad at the doctors because the diseases are very similar hard to separate. Robin Williams had a pretty big impact on my childhood because of how many great movies he made. I watched his movies all the time and they gave me hours of enjoyment.
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Well done Dave!
I don't think that I could watch them and feel like there was nothing I could do to help, nothing I could do to at least ease the pain. I think that I would want to be calm and understanding because the diseases are so similar. I have a feeling that I would want to lash out and blame them for his/her pain. His movies were great and they tended to pick me up if I was having a bad day. RV was the perfect roadtrip choice as well.
You are one of the few that would try to not blame it ion the doctors. It is very easy to get enraged at them and throw all the blame on them. I agree that maybe we should calm down and forgive the doctors because the diseases are so similar. I agree that his movies were perfect to watch when you are down and that makes him one of the best actors ever.
I would be very sad. No, because even doctors make mistakes and they don't always know what to look for right away in order to diagnose someone with a disease like he had. I have always loved watching his movies because they are so good and funny.
I would be sad, but then I would realize that they were in pain. No, everybody makes mistakes and we can't all be perfect. When I was little, I watched a lot of his movies.
I would be heartbroken and suffering. It would be the worst thing. I might be a little bit mad, but I know that they would do their best and sometimes it's hard not to make mistakes. Robin Williams was special for my friend, but not as much to me. I've watched some of his movies, but that's it.
I think it would be terrible to lose someone whom I loved and watching them go so painfully. The diseases were very similar so I would not blame a doctor for it. I never really watched his movies either, but I heard how great they were.
I would be horrible to know that he died and he wasn't even able to spend the last years of his life with his own brain because the disease was changing him so much.
I would be mad at the doctors, but wouldn't blame them because it said how similar these two diseases were so it would be really tough for them to diagnose him
He was an extremely funny actor and in some of the best movies I have ever seen.
I agree with you that it was not only horrible for his family and friends to go on with him having this disease, but I'm sure the pain we feel was multiplied by one thousand and that's what he felt. he was changed into a different person and wasn't allowed to feel the emotion he would have felt when he was healthy.
I think losing any one to any kind of disease is very hard. This is sad but its good to know what really caused him to go. I don't think it is anyones fault it a done deal now and nothing can be done to fix it but Im sure Robin is enjoying life now in heaven. Yes I grew up watching movies with him in them and he was always such a funny guy, he was definitely a huge role model to me.
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