My daughter, E, has assured me that the little memory problems I've experienced are normal for people my age, and that they're not signs of early-onset Alzheimer's.
I am terrified (maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but not by much) of Alzheimer's and dementia in general. We don't have a history of dementia in my close family -- grandparents or parents -- but a few great-aunts have been diagnosed with memory loss that would be consistent with Alzheimer's.
E tells me that it's normal to forget where you've put your keys. What's not normal is when you forget what you use keys for.
I wonder what she would say about what happened to me today.
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