Will You Lose Your Memory When You Get Old?

[Michael_e]

blog.thealzheimerssite.com/...

[cat3]

Sorry Michael but the video didn't play for me.

I think Alzheimers is something everyone fears, but especially after a brain injury because of the damage already done to our memories.

I know there have been enormous medical advances in recent years though. It's probably a high priority in medical research owing to the growing cost of care to the NHS.

Having said that, most people end up in care homes at a sizeable cost to themselves.

But my aunt's Alzheimers was halted for several years by medication until she died of an unrelated condition earlier this year.

[paxo05]

Hi Michael,

I know a few months ago someone from the alzheimer and dementia society came and did a talk at our local headway.

They explained the advances and how important it was for recognising the early signs to look for. Then they listed the signs .

We in the group looked around at each other and commented that we all already had most of the symptoms.

All of us took this light heartedly at first before we realised that we would NOT be alble to recognise the early signs.

This does not give us much hope of early treatment and can be a worry.

Having said that personally I have all on adjusting to what I know I suffer from so any new illnesses will have to wait their turn.

[angelite]

Thanks, Michael, I absolutely loved this presentation - very Monty Pythonesque !

A great way to package some good info. As an interesting point , my partner ( now an ex taxi driver ) had a stroke affecting speech,swallowing and short term memory. He made an incredibly fast and highly functional recovery,with a little speech therapy.I feel that going back to work after 6 weeks, having to use his memory skills to drive to location ( and he may already have had more connections as a response to his line of work ) and his speech skills to talk to base and customers may well have helped his recovery along faster : )

Right, I'm off, destination Neuroplasticity, TAXI..........!

[Matt2584]

Hi Michael,

Like the article said, once you reach 30 your mind goes bit by bit each year so in turn, everyone loses there memory... But not completely.

I think a lot of it is to do with the chemicals we are exposed to now, in foods, drinks, the air and so on.

Aerosols, deodorants contain aluminium and can not only cause breast cancer but alzheimers too. Why spry your pits with metal?

I use roll on deodorant now, the natural kind of course. Never will I go back to spraying myself or even rolling myself with advertised deodorants.

Nature is the way to go.

If it is advertised, then it is bad.

That will refer to aerosols, food, drink... Etc

[malalatete]

I know when I first got ill early onset alzheimers was my first thought - silly really as I went from compos mentis to completely mind-blank overnight, and I don't think there are many cases of acute onset. But my great grandma lived with us because of Alzheimers when I was a teenager and I remember it very vividly - it is a horrifying condition.