Cai’s Story
Last Updated: Oct 4 2024
Memory recovery in 6 months
Sleep Apnea, Diabetes, Alcohol, Medication
Cai was 76 when she came to her appointment with the geriatrician quite concerned that she had dementia. Both her parents had been diagnosed in their early 80’s, and she was nearing that age as well.
She had noticed over the last year that she had more trouble with her memory. However, when we dug a bit deeper, she described issues with things like:
Following along with a TV show or reading a book - she would often have to re-read the sentence several times before she “got it”
Forgetting almost right away what a recipe called for, to the point she had given up cooking
Having to ask her husband to repeat himself multiple times because she hadn’t been paying attention to what he was saying.
Her memory testing was 20/30 (low for her age and education).
What did this mean?
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