Nice office. Nice staff. The doctor was absolutely wonderful. When was the last time a docotr, not a PA, not a NP, but a real live doctor spent 45 minutes with you? Never unless you were under the knife.
It was as I thought it was going to be. Mild dementia, early onset Alzheimer's. How fast will it progress? How to slow it down along side the drugs? I suppose questions I have will be addressed on the next appointment. Just knowing now makes it more doable. I suppose. At least the issue is addressed and treatment is started.
The gave him a series of tests to determine the severity of the dementia. "What is 100 take away 7?" Joe got it right several times. several times not. Did not know what year it was, what the date was, did know it was Wednesday, did know Trump was president but could not remember the VP was Mike Pence. Could not remember the county we lived in. Knew we lived in Jeffersonville. Did not remember what city we were in (New Albany) knew it was on Charlestown Rd.
When asked to draw a clock with the time being 1:30 he could not do it. Took three tries to draw a clock face with the numbers but without the arms and 1:30 marked to the right of the one. The doctor held it up to show me. I wanted to laugh. JC is watch crazy! He owns about 10 of them!
The brain CT showed just normal shrinkage typical with age.
Begin medicine and come back in a month . More blood work.
Just a old gypsy girl trying taking a new journey reselling. What I'm learning as I go. Use to write about my life, but that is now officially boring.
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