Hi, I have been on the Mighty for awhile, but am really struggling with new information. For the past couple of years I had some memory loss, attributed to a high ammonia level from liver failure. In November last year it underwent a rapid change, lots of problems and I was still working. My wife and I thought maybe it was stress related to a situation at work. So I changed jobs, but that didn’t help. I had a lot of testing of all kinds and a couple days ago I was diagnosed with early onset dementia. I feel destroyed. I use to take pride in my ability to provide OT services to all kinds of people, but then I was showing up at the wrong house on the wrong day and at the wrong time. I would make notes about what the client wanted to accomplish, or something they needed, and then totally forget about it. I was having more challenges than my clients. My wife told the doctor I try really hard to be organized and have a system to not keep messing up, but then I can not find my calendar, or their projects, or my keys. I became very unreliable and it was killing me. This was not how I saw my career ending. I had just finished my doctorate about 6 months before the early symptoms surfaced. I am bitter that I did all that work, with a goal just out of reach, and now I see what a waste of time and money that was! I could have been vacationing, pursuing other interests, etc. I don’t know where to go from here. My buddy is Bella, my latest Great Dane. I did not crop her ears, I found her at a rescue. Next time I will share a picture of one of my cats. Not a huge cat fan, but when my Dad died I felt this strong urge. So stay tuned, you might get lucky and I will remember to introduce you to Chunk (the name is self explanatory)! Have a good night/weekend everyone!
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