November 10, 2024 • 16 mins
Dr. Choctaw explores the powerful connection between blood pressure and cognitive function, uncovering how effective blood pressure management could reduce the risk of dementia. With practical advice, listeners discover steps to protect both their hearts and minds.
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(00:00):
Coming up on this episode of thehealthy, wealthy, and wise podcast.
We're going to talk about, we'regoing to define what dementia is,
because that's going to be partof our two part presentation.
We're going to find define whatAlzheimer's is, which you may
have heard Alzheimer's disease,because it is related to dementia.
(00:21):
But we're going to try to distinguishbetween the two, if you will.
And then we're going to talk about.
Welcome to the healthy, wealthy,and wise podcast with Dr.
Dr.
William T.
Choctaw, MD, JD.
This podcast will provide you withtools and actionable information
you can use to help live a morehealthy, wealthy, and wise life.
(00:42):
It's powered by the over 50 yearsof medical experience of this Yale
University medical school trainedsurgeon, who is also a Western state law
school trained attorney with executiveexperience being a former mayor of
Walnut, California, as well as thecurrent chairman of the non profit.
Transcripts provided byTranscription Outsourcing, LLC.
(01:17):
Good morning, everyone.
I have a scripture for you to goright into our session this morning.
And my scripture comes from the Psalms103 verses one through five, which
everyone quite often quite, I knowthey quite hold this in their heart.
But it says, bless the Lord, O mysoul, and all that is within me.
Bless his holy name.
(01:37):
Bless the Lord, O my soul, andforget not all his benefits.
Who forgave all thine iniquities, whohealed all thy diseases, who redeemed
thy life from destruction, who crownedthee with loving kindness and tender
mercies, who satisfied thy mouth withgood things, so that thy youth be
renewed like the angels, like the eagles.
Let's go to the Lord in prayer.
Father God Almighty, I come to youright now, Father, first of all, I
(01:59):
just thank you for this opportunity.
To be in the land of the living,my father, once more and again.
We thank you for the health and strengththat you've given us, my father.
We thank you, my father, for our lyingdown lifestyle and our rising up this
morning, closing our right minds, butall our spiritual, physical, mental
capacities functioning properly.
But we also thank you, my father,for the opportunity to hear from Dr.
Tata, my father, the servant that you sentto us to give us the information that we
(02:23):
need concerning hypertension, my father.
Father God Almighty, you'rean awesome God, my father.
You created us so you knowall about us, my father.
That's why we depend on you, but yetinstead we also depend on, we trust
and know that you send to us, myfather, with the right information.
So bless him, my father, to present tous what you've given him, my father.
And we will be, we will be sovery careful to give you the
(02:43):
glory, the honor, and the praise.
Jesus Christ.
Holy name.
Amen.
Dr.
Chakta.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Welcome.
Um, I can, I can tell youimmediately you were part of history.
This is the largest numberof people we've ever had.
Simpson Hall at the morning session.
(03:04):
So Congratulations for thelast, uh, uh, uh, 24 months.
Um, uh, today we're very delighted to, uh,present an interesting topic, uh, to you.
Um, a lot of the, some may ask, well, howdo, how do I come up with these topics?
Actually, I come up withthese topics from you.
(03:24):
Uh, folks will come up to me andsay, you know, that I've talked
to you, have you talked aboutblah, blah, blah, or this or that?
And I said, yes or no.
And so I, I put all that together.
The other sources every week,I read, I don't know, 10 to 15,
um, medical articles online.
Um, and so I, I do that to sort of stay ontop of what's going on since I am retired.
(03:48):
Um, uh, and so that's sort ofhow these topics come about.
Let me also say just, uh, one ofthe things that, uh, uh, my esteemed
colleague, brother Hammond said, Iam not president and CEO of Servants
Arms, past the doctor he is, I'm thechairman of the board for Servants Arms.
I just wanted to makesure I clarified that.
(04:09):
I don't want to get in any trouble.
I get in enough trouble as, as it is.
But as John Lewis, former John Lewisused to say, I try to make a good
trouble, try to make a good trouble.
Um, so today we're going to talk aboutimproving blood pressure management
and how that can decrease dementia.
(04:30):
And you might say, but wait asecond, what does blood pressure
have to do with dementia?
And what do you mean byimproving blood pressure?
Uh, how, how does all that work?
And so we're going to go through this.
Um, and, um, Um, I get your thoughts now.
I always, as those of you inparticular that have been following
(04:50):
us for the last couple years or so,I like to talk about what I believe.
I like to talk about what I believe andwhat, why, why, why do I actually do that?
I do that because.
If you know what I believe, then yousort of know where I'm going, if that
makes sense, you know, I mean, I can talkabout X, Y, and Z, but my purpose, uh,
(05:11):
is to communicate based on my beliefs.
Um, um, I believe life is aboutbeing of service to others.
I believe that that's what, that's whyI'm here and why it may be why many of
you here is really to help other people.
Um, I believe knowledge is power.
Uh, started this past week, you know,we've learned a lot about power.
(05:35):
Um, and my point is, uh, that my, myimpression, my opinion is the way you
stay empowered is by learning stuff.
All the time.
Learning stuff.
Every day.
Every day I learn something.
Or try to learn something.
But that empowers me.
And the third thing is, I believeleaders can change the world.
(05:57):
Again, go back to this week.
A lot of stuff happened this week.
And a lot of changes need to be made.
So I believe that the individuals who willchange things are those who are empowered.
Uh, based on what theylearn on a continuous basis.
I don't think you ever stop learning.
(06:18):
Uh, and I don't think youcan ever learn enough.
So that, that sort of gives you an ideaabout why, why we're doing these things.
Uh, we're going to talk about, I alwayslike to put up an outline, because
the outline does two things, it letsyou know what I'm going to talk about.
And more importantly, it lets youknow when I'm just about done.
So I know you're all busy peopleand you got things to do, and God
(06:38):
bless you, you're here on a Saturdaymorning either on Zoom or in
person, uh, but you got stuff to do.
And my point is, I respect your time.
Um, I respect your time.
Um, and I used to always say, Istill say, the only thing that
I control in my life is my time.
is my time.
I use it wisely.
If you see me somewhere, uh,it's because I want to be there.
(07:02):
I do not waste my time.
Um, and, uh, so, uh, we're going totalk about, we're going to define what
dementia is because that's going tobe part of our two part presentation.
Uh, we're going to find,define what Alzheimer's is.
Because you may have heardAlzheimer's disease, uh, because it
is related to dementia, uh, but we'regoing to try to, um, distinguish
(07:25):
between the two, if you will.
And then we're going to talk abouthow, what does all that have to
do with your high blood pressure?
So, you know, and so we're going totry to answer that question for you.
We're going to review the signs andsymptoms of each, um, um, and then
as I said, um, talk about how itrelates to, uh, your blood pressure.
Now, quick story about two yearsago, specifically December 2020.
(07:52):
Um, in my Sunday school class,and I see some of my Sunday school
class members here this morning.
Um, um, I, I decided, or I, Iapproached, uh, Reverend Collins
after church, and I said, you know,Reverend Collins, I have this idea.
Uh, I said, I'd like to do sort oflike a master class about stuff.
(08:13):
And this is all based on, in my Sundayschool class, they used to have me do,
you know, COVID Chats with Chalk Talk.
COVID, actually Robin, uh, Nickensmade, uh, came up with that.
COVID Chats with Chalk Talk.
And this is during the COVID crisisand they have a lot of questions
about stuff and bleach and this andthat and all that sort of stuff.
And I said, no, stay away from the bleach.
(08:35):
And I would say, I don't carewhat that guy's telling you.
Stay away from bleach.
It's not going to help you.
Um, and, and so, so that was sortof how all of this came about.
And it was really based on the fact thatI felt it important to do something,
um, to sort of make a contribution,I guess is the best way I can put it.
(08:58):
Um, and so I decided to do amasterclass, because again, remember,
I believe knowledge is power.
Um, I, I believe that, that themore you know, the better you can
do and, and the happier you are.
So I came up with theidea of, of a masterclass.
And so I went to Reverend Collinsand I said, well, do you think
this is something reasonable?
He said, oh, I think it's a great idea.
(09:18):
It's really good.
And then I talked with the, uh, ReverendNickens, Reverend John Nickers, who was
also is one of the teachers, al resident.
He loved the idea.
I spoke with Pastor Revis andhe thought it was a good idea.
And so that was what sort of,so, so sort of launched this.
Um, and I decided tomake it a master class.
And the reason why it's a masterclass is it's not a regular class.
(09:40):
It's not a regular class.
That individuals who come in here, you'rehere because you want to know more.
It's not that you don't already know.
You know a lot of stuff.
But what I've learned in my seven tosix years of life, uh, is that the
people who know always learn more,that the superstars don't stop.
(10:01):
They just keep going becausethat's just what they do.
You know, that, that the onethat the A student in the
class continues to make A's.
She doesn't stop.
She's always made A's.
She's always been a high achiever.
He's always been a high achiever.
So those of you here online and in person,uh, this is one of the ways that, uh, you.
(10:23):
continue to identify yourself.
Because this is about health care, Ialways like to put in the providers,
always follow your doctor's orders.
This is not intent to, to tellyou what you should or should
not do in contradistinction towhat your doctor's telling you
what you should or should not do.
Why do I say that?
(10:44):
I say that because eachone of us is different.
We're absolutely, I don't careif we're twins, we're still
different, medically speaking.
medical speaker.
My high blood pressure is going to bedifferent from your high blood pressure.
My diabetes may be differentfrom your diabetes and I'm just
coming up with, with ideas.
So, so the way you know what works bestfor you is to take your general knowledge
(11:07):
that you learned from here and otherplaces and go into your doctor says,
you know what doctor, um, I want to askyou about blah, blah, blah, you know,
and I want to get some ideas about blah,blah, blah, but always remember that this
is advisory and it's for that reason.
My goal is to help youto live long and thrive.
Um, and, um, I, I never imagined thatI would be in my seventies, quite
(11:31):
honestly, you know, if, if I went byhistory in my family, uh, but here I am.
And so I, I, I personallythink that that's a good thing.
So let's jump right into it.
What, what, what is dementia?
So we're going to talk about two things.
We're going to do it at once tothe dementia and Alzheimer's.
So first thing is dementia isa general term for decline in
(11:55):
cognitive ability, thinking.
That's what cognitive ability means.
That includes memory losses.
And as I said, difficultythinking, uh, and we're going
to go over examples of that.
Okay.
Alzheimer's and, anddementia is not a disease.
It is not a brain diseaseor anything like that.
Dementia is somethingthat occurs with age.
(12:18):
Uh, what are the, you know, Godbless us to be 70 plus, some of us.
Uh, and with that, we get alow dementia along with it.
So it's not something that you'vedone or you ate the wrong thing
or you went to the wrong place.
No, no.
This is just part of your journey.
If you will part of your journey asit is part of my journey, uh, and it
(12:40):
will be part of everybody's journeywhen they get certain stages in life,
Alzheimer's is a disease of the brain.
Okay.
Dementia is not a disease.
Dementia is just somethingthat happens over time.
Alzheimer's is a disease of the brain,okay, and we'll, we'll talk about
what those differences are, and if youlook at dementia, um, uh, as a general
(13:06):
term of decrease in brain activity,Alzheimer's is a type of dementia.
There are other types of dementiathat we're going to talk about, and
Alzheimer's is just one type of dementia.
So, dementia is something that occursin all of us as we get older, and you
don't have to be old to have dementia.
You can be, um, you know, I'vegot kids now that are fifty.
(13:30):
They're in their fifties.
That used to be real old of me.
It no longer is.
Uh, and, and so, so you, you can, you canhave dementia or 40, you know, you don't
have to be 60 or 70 or 80 to have it.
Uh, but, but my point is dementiais something that occurs normally
and it occurs differentlywith different people again.
(13:52):
And we're going to keep talking aboutthat, that everybody's a little different.
Everybody's a little different.
So when somebody comes up andsays, Oh, you have the same
thing that my sister had.
And what we did for her was, wegave her this, we gave her that.
And what you can just politely say,I understand that, but my dementia
is not like your sister's dementia.
And you can do it with a smile,and you can be nice, and be
(14:13):
respectful, and all that.
And you can say, well, I went to thismaster class, and that's how I know that.
Okay, still talking about,uh, dementia and Alzheimer's.
Remember, dementia is a general term,uh, for impaired ability of thinking.
We also use the term cognition.
Cognition and thinkingmean the same thing, okay?
(14:36):
Um, and, uh, and we'll talk about how allthat, um, affects us as, as we get older.
And all of us, Uh, we'll probablyget some form of dementia.
Remember, there aredifferent stages of it.
So you can have a little dementiaor a lot of dementia, and we'll
talk about that in terms of, of,of how we, uh, how we distinguish.
Now I want to take a little timeto go over a little more detail,
(14:59):
uh, as, and we're just talking,right now I'm just talking about
dementia, the broad term of dementia.
Recent memory, recent memory lossthat affects daily life is normal.
Um, it is normal to forget a meetingsand names and telephone numbers.
We all do that.
Um, a person with dementia might havetrouble remembering conversations.
(15:24):
Um, they may ask repeated questions.
So all of us might, might forget.
Um, Oh my goodness, I hada meeting at three o'clock.
What's the day?
I just saw it.
Today is Thursday.
Oops.
I missed my Wednesday meeting then.
Uh, but we all do that.
We all do that.
That is not a disease.
That is not, that's not even dementiamany times or maybe early dementia.
(15:48):
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Coming up on this episode of thehealthy, wealthy, and wise podcast.
We're going to talk about, we'regoing to define what dementia is,
because that's going to be partof our two part presentation.
We're going to find define whatAlzheimer's is, which you may
have heard Alzheimer's disease,because it is related to dementia.
(00:21):
But we're going to try to distinguishbetween the two, if you will.
And then we're going to talk about.
Welcome to the healthy, wealthy,and wise podcast with Dr.
Dr.
William T.
Choctaw, MD, JD.
This podcast will provide you withtools and actionable information
you can use to help live a morehealthy, wealthy, and wise life.
(00:42):
It's powered by the over 50 yearsof medical experience of this Yale
University medical school trainedsurgeon, who is also a Western state law
school trained attorney with executiveexperience being a former mayor of
Walnut, California, as well as thecurrent chairman of the non profit.
Transcripts provided byTranscription Outsourcing, LLC.
(01:17):
Good morning, everyone.
I have a scripture for you to goright into our session this morning.
And my scripture comes from the Psalms103 verses one through five, which
everyone quite often quite, I knowthey quite hold this in their heart.
But it says, bless the Lord, O mysoul, and all that is within me.
Bless his holy name.
(01:37):
Bless the Lord, O my soul, andforget not all his benefits.
Who forgave all thine iniquities, whohealed all thy diseases, who redeemed
thy life from destruction, who crownedthee with loving kindness and tender
mercies, who satisfied thy mouth withgood things, so that thy youth be
renewed like the angels, like the eagles.
Let's go to the Lord in prayer.
Father God Almighty, I come to youright now, Father, first of all, I
(01:59):
just thank you for this opportunity.
To be in the land of the living,my father, once more and again.
We thank you for the health and strengththat you've given us, my father.
We thank you, my father, for our lyingdown lifestyle and our rising up this
morning, closing our right minds, butall our spiritual, physical, mental
capacities functioning properly.
But we also thank you, my father,for the opportunity to hear from Dr.
Tata, my father, the servant that you sentto us to give us the information that we
(02:23):
need concerning hypertension, my father.
Father God Almighty, you'rean awesome God, my father.
You created us so you knowall about us, my father.
That's why we depend on you, but yetinstead we also depend on, we trust
and know that you send to us, myfather, with the right information.
So bless him, my father, to present tous what you've given him, my father.
And we will be, we will be sovery careful to give you the
(02:43):
glory, the honor, and the praise.
Jesus Christ.
Holy name.
Amen.
Dr.
Chakta.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Welcome.
Um, I can, I can tell youimmediately you were part of history.
This is the largest numberof people we've ever had.
Simpson Hall at the morning session.
(03:04):
So Congratulations for thelast, uh, uh, uh, 24 months.
Um, uh, today we're very delighted to, uh,present an interesting topic, uh, to you.
Um, a lot of the, some may ask, well, howdo, how do I come up with these topics?
Actually, I come up withthese topics from you.
(03:24):
Uh, folks will come up to me andsay, you know, that I've talked
to you, have you talked aboutblah, blah, blah, or this or that?
And I said, yes or no.
And so I, I put all that together.
The other sources every week,I read, I don't know, 10 to 15,
um, medical articles online.
Um, and so I, I do that to sort of stay ontop of what's going on since I am retired.
(03:48):
Um, uh, and so that's sort ofhow these topics come about.
Let me also say just, uh, one ofthe things that, uh, uh, my esteemed
colleague, brother Hammond said, Iam not president and CEO of Servants
Arms, past the doctor he is, I'm thechairman of the board for Servants Arms.
I just wanted to makesure I clarified that.
(04:09):
I don't want to get in any trouble.
I get in enough trouble as, as it is.
But as John Lewis, former John Lewisused to say, I try to make a good
trouble, try to make a good trouble.
Um, so today we're going to talk aboutimproving blood pressure management
and how that can decrease dementia.
(04:30):
And you might say, but wait asecond, what does blood pressure
have to do with dementia?
And what do you mean byimproving blood pressure?
Uh, how, how does all that work?
And so we're going to go through this.
Um, and, um, Um, I get your thoughts now.
I always, as those of you inparticular that have been following
(04:50):
us for the last couple years or so,I like to talk about what I believe.
I like to talk about what I believe andwhat, why, why, why do I actually do that?
I do that because.
If you know what I believe, then yousort of know where I'm going, if that
makes sense, you know, I mean, I can talkabout X, Y, and Z, but my purpose, uh,
(05:11):
is to communicate based on my beliefs.
Um, um, I believe life is aboutbeing of service to others.
I believe that that's what, that's whyI'm here and why it may be why many of
you here is really to help other people.
Um, I believe knowledge is power.
Uh, started this past week, you know,we've learned a lot about power.
(05:35):
Um, and my point is, uh, that my, myimpression, my opinion is the way you
stay empowered is by learning stuff.
All the time.
Learning stuff.
Every day.
Every day I learn something.
Or try to learn something.
But that empowers me.
And the third thing is, I believeleaders can change the world.
(05:57):
Again, go back to this week.
A lot of stuff happened this week.
And a lot of changes need to be made.
So I believe that the individuals who willchange things are those who are empowered.
Uh, based on what theylearn on a continuous basis.
I don't think you ever stop learning.
(06:18):
Uh, and I don't think youcan ever learn enough.
So that, that sort of gives you an ideaabout why, why we're doing these things.
Uh, we're going to talk about, I alwayslike to put up an outline, because
the outline does two things, it letsyou know what I'm going to talk about.
And more importantly, it lets youknow when I'm just about done.
So I know you're all busy peopleand you got things to do, and God
(06:38):
bless you, you're here on a Saturdaymorning either on Zoom or in
person, uh, but you got stuff to do.
And my point is, I respect your time.
Um, I respect your time.
Um, and I used to always say, Istill say, the only thing that
I control in my life is my time.
is my time.
I use it wisely.
If you see me somewhere, uh,it's because I want to be there.
(07:02):
I do not waste my time.
Um, and, uh, so, uh, we're going totalk about, we're going to define what
dementia is because that's going tobe part of our two part presentation.
Uh, we're going to find,define what Alzheimer's is.
Because you may have heardAlzheimer's disease, uh, because it
is related to dementia, uh, but we'regoing to try to, um, distinguish
(07:25):
between the two, if you will.
And then we're going to talk abouthow, what does all that have to
do with your high blood pressure?
So, you know, and so we're going totry to answer that question for you.
We're going to review the signs andsymptoms of each, um, um, and then
as I said, um, talk about how itrelates to, uh, your blood pressure.
Now, quick story about two yearsago, specifically December 2020.
(07:52):
Um, in my Sunday school class,and I see some of my Sunday school
class members here this morning.
Um, um, I, I decided, or I, Iapproached, uh, Reverend Collins
after church, and I said, you know,Reverend Collins, I have this idea.
Uh, I said, I'd like to do sort oflike a master class about stuff.
(08:13):
And this is all based on, in my Sundayschool class, they used to have me do,
you know, COVID Chats with Chalk Talk.
COVID, actually Robin, uh, Nickensmade, uh, came up with that.
COVID Chats with Chalk Talk.
And this is during the COVID crisisand they have a lot of questions
about stuff and bleach and this andthat and all that sort of stuff.
And I said, no, stay away from the bleach.
(08:35):
And I would say, I don't carewhat that guy's telling you.
Stay away from bleach.
It's not going to help you.
Um, and, and so, so that was sortof how all of this came about.
And it was really based on the fact thatI felt it important to do something,
um, to sort of make a contribution,I guess is the best way I can put it.
(08:58):
Um, and so I decided to do amasterclass, because again, remember,
I believe knowledge is power.
Um, I, I believe that, that themore you know, the better you can
do and, and the happier you are.
So I came up with theidea of, of a masterclass.
And so I went to Reverend Collinsand I said, well, do you think
this is something reasonable?
He said, oh, I think it's a great idea.
(09:18):
It's really good.
And then I talked with the, uh, ReverendNickens, Reverend John Nickers, who was
also is one of the teachers, al resident.
He loved the idea.
I spoke with Pastor Revis andhe thought it was a good idea.
And so that was what sort of,so, so sort of launched this.
Um, and I decided tomake it a master class.
And the reason why it's a masterclass is it's not a regular class.
(09:40):
It's not a regular class.
That individuals who come in here, you'rehere because you want to know more.
It's not that you don't already know.
You know a lot of stuff.
But what I've learned in my seven tosix years of life, uh, is that the
people who know always learn more,that the superstars don't stop.
(10:01):
They just keep going becausethat's just what they do.
You know, that, that the onethat the A student in the
class continues to make A's.
She doesn't stop.
She's always made A's.
She's always been a high achiever.
He's always been a high achiever.
So those of you here online and in person,uh, this is one of the ways that, uh, you.
(10:23):
continue to identify yourself.
Because this is about health care, Ialways like to put in the providers,
always follow your doctor's orders.
This is not intent to, to tellyou what you should or should
not do in contradistinction towhat your doctor's telling you
what you should or should not do.
Why do I say that?
(10:44):
I say that because eachone of us is different.
We're absolutely, I don't careif we're twins, we're still
different, medically speaking.
medical speaker.
My high blood pressure is going to bedifferent from your high blood pressure.
My diabetes may be differentfrom your diabetes and I'm just
coming up with, with ideas.
So, so the way you know what works bestfor you is to take your general knowledge
(11:07):
that you learned from here and otherplaces and go into your doctor says,
you know what doctor, um, I want to askyou about blah, blah, blah, you know,
and I want to get some ideas about blah,blah, blah, but always remember that this
is advisory and it's for that reason.
My goal is to help youto live long and thrive.
Um, and, um, I, I never imagined thatI would be in my seventies, quite
(11:31):
honestly, you know, if, if I went byhistory in my family, uh, but here I am.
And so I, I, I personallythink that that's a good thing.
So let's jump right into it.
What, what, what is dementia?
So we're going to talk about two things.
We're going to do it at once tothe dementia and Alzheimer's.
So first thing is dementia isa general term for decline in
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cognitive ability, thinking.
That's what cognitive ability means.
That includes memory losses.
And as I said, difficultythinking, uh, and we're going
to go over examples of that.
Okay.
Alzheimer's and, anddementia is not a disease.
It is not a brain diseaseor anything like that.
Dementia is somethingthat occurs with age.
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Uh, what are the, you know, Godbless us to be 70 plus, some of us.
Uh, and with that, we get alow dementia along with it.
So it's not something that you'vedone or you ate the wrong thing
or you went to the wrong place.
No, no.
This is just part of your journey.
If you will part of your journey asit is part of my journey, uh, and it
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will be part of everybody's journeywhen they get certain stages in life,
Alzheimer's is a disease of the brain.
Okay.
Dementia is not a disease.
Dementia is just somethingthat happens over time.
Alzheimer's is a disease of the brain,okay, and we'll, we'll talk about
what those differences are, and if youlook at dementia, um, uh, as a general
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term of decrease in brain activity,Alzheimer's is a type of dementia.
There are other types of dementiathat we're going to talk about, and
Alzheimer's is just one type of dementia.
So, dementia is something that occursin all of us as we get older, and you
don't have to be old to have dementia.
You can be, um, you know, I'vegot kids now that are fifty.
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They're in their fifties.
That used to be real old of me.
It no longer is.
Uh, and, and so, so you, you can, you canhave dementia or 40, you know, you don't
have to be 60 or 70 or 80 to have it.
Uh, but, but my point is dementiais something that occurs normally
and it occurs differentlywith different people again.
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And we're going to keep talking aboutthat, that everybody's a little different.
Everybody's a little different.
So when somebody comes up andsays, Oh, you have the same
thing that my sister had.
And what we did for her was, wegave her this, we gave her that.
And what you can just politely say,I understand that, but my dementia
is not like your sister's dementia.
And you can do it with a smile,and you can be nice, and be
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respectful, and all that.
And you can say, well, I went to thismaster class, and that's how I know that.
Okay, still talking about,uh, dementia and Alzheimer's.
Remember, dementia is a general term,uh, for impaired ability of thinking.
We also use the term cognition.
Cognition and thinkingmean the same thing, okay?
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Um, and, uh, and we'll talk about how allthat, um, affects us as, as we get older.
And all of us, Uh, we'll probablyget some form of dementia.
Remember, there aredifferent stages of it.
So you can have a little dementiaor a lot of dementia, and we'll
talk about that in terms of, of,of how we, uh, how we distinguish.
Now I want to take a little timeto go over a little more detail,
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uh, as, and we're just talking,right now I'm just talking about
dementia, the broad term of dementia.
Recent memory, recent memory lossthat affects daily life is normal.
Um, it is normal to forget a meetingsand names and telephone numbers.
We all do that.
Um, a person with dementia might havetrouble remembering conversations.
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Um, they may ask repeated questions.
So all of us might, might forget.
Um, Oh my goodness, I hada meeting at three o'clock.
What's the day?
I just saw it.
Today is Thursday.
Oops.
I missed my Wednesday meeting then.
Uh, but we all do that.
We all do that.
That is not a disease.
That is not, that's not even dementiamany times or maybe early dementia.
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