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Anyone Else Have Mild Dementia?
Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Feb 11, 2023 | Replies (29)Comment receiving replies
@carolee888, that's hard news to get and I can understand your being left with that almost unaswerable question of "Now what?"
I think fellow members like @artscaping @larryh123 @emyliander @mountainsueh @sherwood06 @dougjanehaltom @helenfrances will relate to what you're facing.
Carolee, do you find that following a daily routine helps? If I remember correctly, you also like to pursue creative projects that make you happy.
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@carolee888 , since we moved to NY I have seen a Neurologist, had an MRI which showed I had had some very small mini strokes. The doctor put me on Vit B shots once a month, then went to pills daily. It did help. This year my VB level was too high so I stopped taking it. Now it is too low and I’m back on the pills. However before I got the results of my labs I told my PCP that my memory had not been as good and sure enough VB was low. I keep my calendar next to my chair, and on my phone, and make use of the alarms to remind me when I need to go somewhere.
Just today I found a very nice retirement card which I had written some nice comments in and for the life of me I can’t remember who it was for, and obviously it didn’t get sent.
My life is very busy so I don’t have much time to think about it all. At 76 yrs old I’m well aware that I don’t have a long time to live but I’m young at heart and try to enjoy my days.
An Asprin a day, the Mediterranean diet and exercise was his prescription. I see him yearly.
I hope when everything settles down and you come to terms with what you have to deal with
, that this too will be a normal part of your life that you will learn to compensate for. Your in good hands with the folks here.
Emyliander.