While this story begins long ago, today’s Facebook Memories brought this up and it feels like a sign to post it here today as a starting point. More history will be shared in chronological order.

Although I do not claim to fully understand the experience of development of dementia, this is pretty close to it according to my neurologist and my research. My neurologist said I had “functional dementia” for an undefined period of time.

However, a key test in determining a case of dementia is the shrinking of the prefrontal cortex, and mine looked fine. An MRI done in early 2018 showed no abnormalities except for a slightly deviated septum and some compression of cervical vertebrae. That compression, I have been told a dozen times, could not have caused any of my cognitive or odd physical symptoms. (This is something I’ll challenge in a later post.)

The screenshot below demonstrates clearly my state of mind and body a year ago.

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