Hon, I've followed your journal for several years and I think you are the cat's pj's. I would feel terrible if I alarmed you unnecessarily, but if I were you I'd check out the Alzheimer's possibility as soon as you can. If you are tested and find out you don't have it, it would be a huge relief. If you find out you do, you can plan for the future.

Alzheimer's is in my thoughts because I read Still Alice and also went to see Lisa Genova give a talk this last Thursday on what it's like to have Alzheimer's. She just happened to be coming to my town a week after I finished the book, which is pretty amazing. The book describes the experience from the point of view of a Harvard prof who gets Az. at age 50.

I love you much, and am very much hoping that hormone replacement therapy will be all you need. However, the book Still Alice makes a strong point that early diagnosis of AZ is really important in dealing w the disease.