Have I got it??

 

The lovely Pauline Quirk MBE, has announced, that she is stepping away from  acting, because she has Alzheimer's. I've loved her in 'Birds of a Feather,' and then in some roles as a serious actor. In 'Missing' she was DS Mary Jane Croft, she was in 'Broadchurch,' 'Casualty,' 'Cold Blood,' and a lot more besides.  When this was announced in the news, I thought straight away of Prunella Scales,  who also has Alzheimer's. She became totally reliant on her husband Timothy West, but he died November 2024 after a fall.. So if  actors can get this, even though their lives were a constant stream of word learning, what chance have those of us, whose only requirement of word learning was some poetry in school, to avoid this cruel illness?

Each time I forget a word I think, am I in the beginnings of Alzheimer's or Dementia? But I usually remember it, later.. Once I couldn't remember the word 'sun dial' It worried me so much, I looked up on line 'garden ornament that can tell the time by the sun!'  I have never forgotten it since and that was years ago!

Friends my age admit to forgetting words sometimes, but we all laugh and believe, if you know you've forgotten a word, you haven't got Alzheimer's!

Do you think that's true?

..................Lisa Faulkner, avocado, moussaka... a name and two words I could not remember in the last few weeks! I forbid Dh to tell me or even hint. I sort of remembered Lisa because I thought it was' Louise'  

If you've had this and feel just a bit panicky, you'll know what I mean when I question.. Have I got Alzheimer's? 

Chrisxx