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Aging Well | Last Active: Apr 8 10:22am | Replies (214)
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@SusanEllen66

@colleenyoung
Thank you Colleen, About 2 years ago I was diagnosed with MCI via the 4 hour memory test, and an MRI.

Over the past few months I’ve been having trouble with my usual organizational skills. I used to do my housecleaning, and laundry on schedules. I found it helpful and did it that way for many years.
Now, I have no idea what day I did what the week before. The crazy thing is that I don’t care. That is not at all like me!
My house was always company ready. Always. Now, not so much and my attitude towards it has changed.

The Brain MRI was done 2 years ago. I didn’t look at the results until last week. I have moderate atrophy, and generalized micro vascular ischemic disease.
The fluid filled areas are getting larger.

I have been under a lot of stress lately because I was just diagnosed with severe polyneuropathy. I have an appointment with my neurologist in a few weeks and I will bring this issue up with him.

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mahoganybrain | @mahoganybrain | May 13, 2024

Wow, those are my reactions with MCI as well... It's nice to know that im not the only one having these dont care responses to day to day living.

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mecha | @mecha | Jun 30, 2024

Deseo y me alegra que vayas encontrando y recibiendo la ayuda que necesites en cada momento. No solo es útil para solucionar los problemas que van apareciendo También es bueno para fortalecer el espíritu y la esperanza .
Saber que tenemos una mano extendida solucióna parte de los problemas.

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peat | @peat | Apr 6 11:32am

Hi Susan,

I too have been diagnosed with MCI. This was based primarily on my memory test as my MRI was, as my neurologist said, “not much different from normal for my age (73) and a P-tau217 blood test was well below the level for markers of Amyloid proteins. I am interested in your memory test though. My symptoms however are very similar to those others have described here and are distressing. My test was only about 10 minutes, yours was 4 hours. What kind of test was it and what did they cover?

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