Hello. Several years ago (3 I think), I had an appt with a neurologist who asked me to name as many animals as I could, in a certain amount of time (1 minute?) and also he asked me to list as many words as I could beginning with P. I also had an MRI (an experience I never wish to repeat!). When I received his letter he said there was nothing on the scan showing damage in the areas of the brain to do with memory and that the test results were 'average'.
He ended the letter by saying that he hope this would allay my concerns. Well I thought 'No it doesn't' because I had not complained of memory problems but of word finding problems and also misspelling words and using the wrong words. Also I have always been good at words (absolutely rubbish with numbers!!) and if my results were 'average', I think that would be a poor result for me. I did read something somewhere that results should be adjusted for intelligence/level of education.
I realise that this might sound very arrogant. ;-)
I have contacted my GP again and I am to have some blood tests. I only had blood tests done very recently because of being very tired and they came back normal, apart from low in vitamin D, but perhaps they are going to test for something else.
Obviously I hope very much that I don't have any form of dementia. This is one occasion when I hope I am wrong. However, several things are concerning me, which I posted about on another board (the wrong one I now realise as I don't have a diagnosis). I seem to tick a lot of boxes. Apathy is one. Many days I don't check my phone to see if anyone has messaged me and when I misplaced it for 36 hours and it was out of charge, it was my husband who was more concerned. He found it in my car. I figure that anything important, then family members know the landline number or my husband's number.
Sorry this is long. Am I right that my test results may not have reflected my ability (or lack of).
Thanks for reading
Mrs Tiggywinkle
He ended the letter by saying that he hope this would allay my concerns. Well I thought 'No it doesn't' because I had not complained of memory problems but of word finding problems and also misspelling words and using the wrong words. Also I have always been good at words (absolutely rubbish with numbers!!) and if my results were 'average', I think that would be a poor result for me. I did read something somewhere that results should be adjusted for intelligence/level of education.
I realise that this might sound very arrogant. ;-)
I have contacted my GP again and I am to have some blood tests. I only had blood tests done very recently because of being very tired and they came back normal, apart from low in vitamin D, but perhaps they are going to test for something else.
Obviously I hope very much that I don't have any form of dementia. This is one occasion when I hope I am wrong. However, several things are concerning me, which I posted about on another board (the wrong one I now realise as I don't have a diagnosis). I seem to tick a lot of boxes. Apathy is one. Many days I don't check my phone to see if anyone has messaged me and when I misplaced it for 36 hours and it was out of charge, it was my husband who was more concerned. He found it in my car. I figure that anything important, then family members know the landline number or my husband's number.
Sorry this is long. Am I right that my test results may not have reflected my ability (or lack of).
Thanks for reading
Mrs Tiggywinkle