Hi,
my name is ginger, I was actually diagnosed in 2002 with dementia, the doctor at that time disagreed with finding, due to the fact the I have- bi-polar disease( please don't let that scare you away, it is a disease like anything else, I am not crazy, and if you met me, you would not think there was anything wrong with, me, where as, actually there isn't;well anyway, I was never treated, something happen around the middle of last year, and I though I should persue it with a neourologist. They did a Pet Scan, and found that I had the onset of ALZ; at first I was really frightened, then I realize, actually I am ok. They put me on Arecept, and Namenda, and I am ok. I am still driving, getting out an about. I am a type "A" personality, so I can't sit still, I have to be going going going.
I am not afraid, I try not to go there, in my mind. I don't dwell on it. It' will make you NUTS.
what's the difference, a bus could hit you tomorrow, so all of that wasted worrying energy was for nothing. Enjoy the Day, the moment, the Hour. Think good things, happy things that have happened in your life and how lucky you are, to have had those moment.
Ginger Kelley chat later
Ginger,
Thank you so much for sharing your story with our community.
You courage is so admirable. I know that others on this site will find hope in your words, and maybe courage of their own.
Have you ever read any of the blogs by Leah? She is 58 years-old and was recently diagnosed with vascular dementia. She writes a lot about what it's like, and what she's doing to keep on keepin' on. You can read her blogs at A Day in the Life of A Dementia Sufferer, right here on our site.
Thanks again for writing. And keep in touch.
MK