Source: http://blog.alz.org/chronicles-of-my-alzheimers-a-new-york-times-reporter-shares-his-story/
For a while now, I’ve been worried about memory lapses. About big vacant holes where my memories should live.
For example, I completely forgot that one of my best friends growing up also worked for me at the school newspaper at Penn State. I all too often looked at my sister with blank stares when she described her memories of our family life; I just don’t remember the stories.
But I didn’t rush off for testing because I didn’t think anything could be done about my memory. And besides, I’m only in my mid-50s and that is awfully young for Alzheimer’s or dementia, isn’t it?
About a year ago, my sister saw a research study notice for a drug that has shown some success in slowing down the progression of memory loss. I took the online test and “passed” on to a telephone conversation. I “passed” that, too, and soon found myself in a medical research office in suburban New Jersey – giving lots of blood, having…
Source: http://blog.alz.org/chronicles-of-my-alzheimers-a-new-york-times-reporter-shares-his-story/
For a while now, I’ve been worried about memory lapses. About big vacant holes where my memories should live.
For example, I completely forgot that one of my best friends growing up also worked for me at the school newspaper at Penn State. I all too often looked at my sister with blank stares when she described her memories of our family life; I just don’t remember the stories.
But I didn’t rush off for testing because I didn’t think anything could be done about my memory. And besides, I’m only in my mid-50s and that is awfully young for Alzheimer’s or dementia, isn’t it?
About a year ago, my sister saw a research study notice for a drug that has shown some success in slowing down the progression of memory loss. I took the online test and “passed” on to a telephone conversation. I “passed” that, too, and soon found myself in a medical research office in suburban New Jersey – giving lots of blood, having…
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