Hello, I don't have a diagnosis yet but I didn't do too well in my memory test today at the GP. I suppose I was expecting to be told it was just stress, but the doctor was concerned and I'm to have more tests soon. I'm only 43. It takes me most of the day to do the simplest tasks, and I keep getting lost and I've given up on doing most things. My teenage daughters are so exasperated because I forget everything. Today, after the appointment and making some lunch, i sat down to rest for a while and hours later when I went back in the kitchen I realised I'd left the gas on yet again. It's my children I'm most worried about if I do get a diagnosis. I can't tell them, as they are only 16 and 18 and I don't want them to feel they have to be my carer. I am on my own and I haven't got family or friends to turn to, and so it's this that worries me most. The thing I am most struck by when I read this thread, is that people have someone to care for them.
If this is diagnosed, what advice do you give to someone on their own? And I'm very struck by the things I've read; thankyou all so much.