What if anything has changed in my life since my diagnosis?

March 26, 2016 (Chapter 1 Symptoms and Diagnosis & Chapter 6 Living with a Memory Impairment in my book)

Since my first diagnosis in 2005, I have made positive changes in my life that I feel have helped me function much better because I have less stress. One huge change that I made is a little more than a year after my diagnosis, I left a verbally abusive marriage after twenty-seven years. I appreciate my life so much more today than I ever did before!

I have learned to write things down that are important and that I don’t want to forget. I think that although I am a “people” person, meeting new people is now a little stressful for me. I feel like I’m keeping a secret that I don’t want them to know.