Hello everyone, I’ve surfaced again, we are now living in NY and I have some advice. Don’t move during a pandemic. First we stayed in an apartment belonging to our sons friends, it was very nice and had everything we needed, that was in June, then we moved into our new mobile home last September and are busy arranging gardens.Everything takes twice as long to accomplish and is twice as difficult, as well as getting established with all new Doctors for our many needs. My new doctor did refer me to a neurologist and I had the testing done about 2 months ago. The result is that I have had some TIA’s, not big enough to have caused symptoms that I would be aware of. My memory certainly deteriorated as the months went by, causing me to forget many things, loose things, not able to do bills, or figure out simple tasks that should have been easy to do.but my doctor and the neurologist both think that it is due to stress. The neurologists advice is to exercise each day, follow the Mediterranean diet, keep my blood pressure under control, take a baby aspirin each day and reduce my stress. I had been having trouble with my blood pressure and was started on medication for it, it is better now. I am reducing my red meat intake to once a week, cut down a lot on sugar and salt in foods, I use Mrs Dash instead of salt. Eating more fresh fruit and vegetables. I also had a low vitamin B12 level and am getting a B12 injection each month. I have felt some improvement. I must say that I am surprised that stress could affect your memory so much.
I actually did write a letter to you Chris, but lost it before it got sent.
Another of my brothers died last August in Australia from brain cancer. We are still working on getting our daughter Kim into a day program, there are many more hoops to jump through in NY than there were in Maine.
One good thing, we have all three had our second COVID vaccines, with minor side effects.
I know this pandemic has been hard on everyone and however it is affecting you all, I hope you have relief soon, and can enjoy the summer months.