posted at 07/06/09 - 10:06 AM
Should Alzheimer's Testing be Mandatory?
Both my mother and father were diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2007, at which time I was told my mother had a year and a half to live and my father possibly a couple of years? Prior to my taking them to a neurologist they were both very healthy and had yearly physicals with their same family doctor whom they had for years. My parents passed away several years ago, and 36 days apart of one another, which I later wrote a book titled "36 Days Apart." As I reflect back on their life I can recall many years prior to their diagnosis strange behaviors in both of them. I truly believe that Alzheimer's testing should be a mandatory test as part of a yearly physical. I feel that if my parents were diagnosed early in their disease that the drugs used to slow the progression of Alzheimer's would have sustained their life.
Deborah Tornillo
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