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[Mossfern]

8. I was part of an Alzheimer's study

because I have one APOE4 gene - no symptoms.

I would dread the portion of my visits that were the cognitive testing.
The test was very lengthy and had several portions - the list of words was very long and there were questions about the words on the list that didn't merely entail rote repetition, but relationships between the words. The part that was the most frustrating was the pattern matching (on my tests near the end.) The patterns were quite complex and being a perfectionist, I kept going back to make sure I was right. That made it so I didn't finish completely and I was very frustrated and concerned.

The administrator of the test told me not to be concerned, that I did very well.
I had brain MRI's and a PET scan of my brain as well as regular blood and urine tests. Because I had only one gene and my PET scan didn't show enough plaque, I was dismissed from the study led by a pharmaceutical company. That was fortunate as the drug they were studying ended up causing Alzheimer's symptoms!
I never got to the point of being given any medication. Dodged a bullet there.