I have severe white matter disease also. I had no idea until I got a concussion in a golf cart accident. A brain scan led to an MRI which then led me to Mayo Clinic. I am 68 years old an extremely active. I teach and interpret sign language and am in a band at church. Since my diagnosis I started on a fat-free vegan diet and started learning the ukulele and Spanish. I don't feel like this diagnosis is a death sentence bur rather a new way of looking at my life. I do more, not less. I love more, not less. I want to start a blog about this because so many people do see it as a death sentence when really none of us have a guarantee that our lives won't end TODAY on our way to the store or crossing the street.

I plan on living the dickens out of my life, however long or short it may be. My husband and I have set upon upgrading our home to be a safer place for me and a nicer one. We moved my office into the Florida room so I can look at my newly landscaped back yard while I work. I wonder why I did not always live with this new improved attitude toward life!

I got back to Mayo Clinic in November or December and I'm planning to knock their socks off with my cognitive testing. I know this white matter will catch up with me sooner or later but in my 'in-between' time, I'm living life.

Good luck and may God bless us all!

Nancy