Month: May 2023

The jury (psychiatrist conducting dementia screening) has spoken.

On By Andi BrownIn Uncategorized7 Comments

And I do not, repeat do NOT show signs of dementia. I’m just old. Most of us are at the age where our annual physical includes a quick-and-dirty mental acuity test. Draw a clock showing 11:15. Remember these three words: teacher, television, bandage. Of course now you must think of nothing but those three words …

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Andi’s back…and she’s more real than ever

On By Andi BrownIn Uncategorized12 Comments

Fasten your seat belts! It’s going to be a bumpy night! Unlike most of my friends, I’ve never been terribly fearful about dementia. My father lived to be 96 and was coherent till the end. Ditto my mother at ninety. Alzheimer's had a serious hereditary component, didn't it? Seems to me there are three sources …

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