Article in Business People Vermont Highlights the Work of Fletcher Allen's Memory Center

There's a lovely article in this month's Business People Vermont about The Memory Center at Burlington's Fletcher Allen Hospital.  

On February 9, I spent nearly 6 hours at the Fanny Allen branch of The Memory Center undergoing a neuro-psych evaluation following my "mild" TBI.  

The results did not surprise me.  I scored lower than average on many memory and right-side-of-my-body tasks and as expected, higher than average in verbal communication and comprehension.  While I'm not surprised by the results, I now have validation that my brain is not working as it did before my injury.  And more importantly, I have data - a baseline from which I can improve.  This is important to me because I am not settling for the status quo.  

The Memory Center deals primarily with degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.  I am grateful to be part of the "worried well" minority these folks serve.  

Mostly well, I think.  I worry a lot about my memory issues and I suspect that impedes my progress.  

Anyone up for a game of Memory?  Onward.  

Comments

[Scotty Arnold]

Great info Ann, thank you!

[Jill]

It has to be difficult to separate out mTBI memory problems with post-40 memory problems. I am stunned at my post-40 memory changes. I try to remind myself that I have a lot more to remember with every passing year ... so maybe the forgetting ratio isn't so bad? Post-mTBI takes post-40 to a whole new level ... but try not to be hard on yourself! My guess is that you don't forget the important stuff.