Information and opinions on health from sojourner at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/588702/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/588702/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/588702/index http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/588702/56504/begin Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:45:44 -0500 sojourner I'll first introduce myself.  I am a 68-year-old retired woman, the daughter of a mother whose cause of death was "Alzheimer's Disease" at age 83.  With that knowledge, and knowing that I could be screened for the presence of Alzheimer's by means of a PET scan, I elected to become informed.  That was three years ago, that I was told the scan showed that I had the beginnings of the disease.   My primary care... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/588702/56504/begin