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Tanuki

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5. You mentioned that your S-I-L is still driving, which is very likely unsafe if she is this impaired.

Reply to HockeyMom (Original post)

Fri May 9, 2014, 12:40 PM

May 2014

Please discuss it with her husband (or have your husband do so). Her family doctor can run tests to see if there is some reversible problem (thyroid, vitamin deficiency, etc.) and make a referral to a specialist for evaluation of her mental status. It sounds as if this is a progressive dementia, from what you have said, but more information will be needed to be sure.

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Early Signs of Alzheimer's [View all] HockeyMom Apr 2014 OP

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I was friend's years ago with a woman who had Lyme Disease HockeyMom Apr 2014 #3

There certainly is something going on. SheilaT Apr 2014 #4

You mentioned that your S-I-L is still driving, which is very likely unsafe if she is this impaired. Tanuki May 2014 #5

I suggest you search for studies done on Alzheimer's and Curcumin.. ellenrr May 2014 #6