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Originally Posted by FranksAngel
hi ... i am new to this forum ... and i have questions about becoming dx with alzheimer's ... both of my parents ... grandparents 3 of them ... and know of one of my great grandparents ...have alzheimer and i know its a genetic disease ...i know i have memory issues ... things i know i should know but just can't remember ... my husband is always telling me "i have heard this before" ... when i am telling things ... i repeat myself alot ... i am just alittle concerned but dont know what to do as my gp says i am too young at 46 to have this ... is there any test that can be done??? would love any help you can give me
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I am also your age and my mom is diagnosed with alzheimers, my question is, how can they be sure at 46, that it is alzheimers and not something else- like my Chiari malformation(a brain disorder) that causes me "brain fog", memory issues, word finding issues, etc. I did have a 3 hr "mental exam" and [I] am afraid to see the interpretation results-because of this. My mother has NOT had a brain MRI, and I am hoping to g et her one soon and hope it shows Cm1, as I have, and not alzheimers. Have you had the EEG done?or the eye test? an article was posted saying both those tests could predict it. I did have a brain MRI and my neurosurgoens made NO mention of alzheimers, but this was before my mom got diagnosed with alzheimer,.
09-28-2008, 10:06 PM
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