It's normal to be forgetful with aging. Alzheimers is a lot more than
being forgetful but also difficult to diagnose. I have a close friend
who has been diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer's. If he and his wife
hadn't told me I wouldn't know. But she could tell something was wrong
with him. She says it's not hard to tell something is different if you
live with him day and night. He has since been put on a couple of
different medications and after some dosage adjustments he seems to be
doing very well. His condition seems to have largely stabilized. He
just completed a battery of tests that showed no significant difference
than the same tests administered a year ago.
Probably the only significant difference to his lifestyle after 2-3
years is that for the past year he has not been allowed to drive at
night. He does fine during the day but can get lost even in familiar
places at night since he does not recognize what should be familiar.
Chuck Norcutt
On 8/24/2011 7:35 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Chuck wrote:
>> Given that you've written about it twice now I think you'll remember.
>
> I thought I might have ...
>
> Next question; is this a "normal" feature of aging, or does it indicate the
> onset of Alzheimers' ?
>
> PS; I'll see if I still have the raw image, thanks for the offer.
>
> Brian Swale.
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