First Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease
A University of Kansas study suggests that memory loss may not be one of the first symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. This is something I’ve been thinking about lately because I’ve noticed that as I am writing sometimes I look at what should be a very familiar word and all of a sudden after I’ve typed it, it looks strange and somehow wrong to me. I’ve been a little worried about it although I’m way too young for Alzheimer’s. I’m sure it’s something else but Kansas is pointing out that thinking and or learning problems could preceed memory loss by years.
Until they know for sure and develop some kind of treatment or cure, I’ll be paranoid every time this happens. I’ve taken care of Alzheimer’s patients and it’s not a nice place to be. One of my residents asked me if her husband would be visiting her that day, every afternoon I saw her. Her husband had died and I had to break the news to her of that every day and it was as if she was hearing it for the first time. Though it was the correct thing to do, it was cruel and after a while I just started lying to her and omitting the fact he had died.
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