Opinion: I have recurring memory lapses. Is it dementia?
LA TimesEver since I had a stroke five years ago, I have worried about dementia. The brain scans in her “ 90+ Study ” might show evidence of trouble — bright swaths of red and yellow that indicate plaque and tangle-like tissues, well-known harbingers of dementia — and yet the participants may never show symptoms of decline. Now I wanted the test, even though the results might mean I would lose my driver’s license, or worse. Participants in the “90+ Study” took a similar test annually as part of their protocol, and I saw myself in the “60 Minutes” footage of a failing and frustrated 90-year-old. He wasn’t missing broad areas of recall, but more nuanced things: He couldn’t repeat back three words he had been told 40 seconds earlier, and he failed to recall number sequences.
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