"Ophelia" ku> wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "gloria p" > wrote in message
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>>> On 4/11/2013 9:15 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>> On 4/11/2013 5:15 AM, Alan Holbrook wrote:
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>>>>>> I think you're okay if you forget what you needed at the
>>>>>> store, but in trouble if you forget how to get to the
>>>>>> store.
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>>>>> Ouch! THAT line is going into my stock speech!
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>>>> I read someone's account of developing early onset Alzheimers and
>>>> that was my takeaway ... she was driving to her usual supermarket
>>>> and suddenly didn't know the way ... it really stuck with me.
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>>> We had a friend in his late 40s who was driving home from a meeting
>>> ~30 miles away and suddenly didn't remember anything. He stopped at a
>>> house and told the woman who answered the door: "My name is xxxxx and I
>>> don't know where I am going."
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>>> It was a brain tumor. He lived less than 6 months.
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>> That happened to the husband of a friend of a friend. The not not
>> remembering anything. He was driving home from work and went totally the
>> wrong way, winding up somewhere in South Seattle and not knowing why he
>> was there. The police eventually found him. He had been sitting there
>> in his car for the better part of the day. He had also been having
>> crushing headaches. He too had a brain tumor. But in his case, he is
>> still living. He's about 55 now.
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> One of the lucky ones. Gloria and Julie ... do you know if they'd had any
> indications before the major attack?

Alan did have headaches for a while prior. And headaches weren't normal for
him.