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Replies to "@kjc48 thanks again, Karla. Hearing these real life bits from a real person are so helpful..."
@sunnygardens Ps, Sunny, what a great name! Brightens our soul!
Best, Karla
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@sunnygardens No you are not loopy! You are trusting your gut, and seeing firsthand a friend/roommate mentally deteriorating. And trying to analyze if it's just age related and/or memory loss. It's a lot to take in, I know how I felt when I first was confronted with it. And I knew immediately what to do.
I'll share one thing: once you're around it, and see it, you'll even pick it up with other people. I recently had to change my periodontist, who is still practicing with what appears to be Alzheimers. I won't go into what happened in his office, but it was enough for me to ask his practice if I could have the other person in his practice handle the problems I was having with an implant crown. After that day, I changed to the other periodontist, because he can't see that it's time to retire, and his office doesn't know how to handle what's going on with his memory loss and overall agitation. People are in denial over this disease, and it's really sad.
Best, Karla