For an assessment as to how I was getting on with the new dose of Dosulepin after 3 months. I told him that I was feeling a bit better, but was concerned about my short term memory. He asked for some examples and I said , "Oh you know, the usual things, thinking of something that should go on the shopping list, by the time I get downstairs I can't remember what it was, also when doing a crossword I see 2 clues to which I know the answer, but by the time I have filled in the first one, I forget what the second one was"
I thought he would say it was an age thing, but he said he would take some blood and send it off for various tests, and please would I book an appointment for 2 weeks time and come in to run through some dementia tests 
I was a bit confuddled re the bloods,but sure enough it turns out that blood testing is quite common for this sort of thing.
I went back today, and he said all the tests done on the blood samples were fine, in fact my cholesterol had come down slightly.
He then went on to the other tests. Now,I had mentioned to a friend that I was having this done, and she said that her BIL had gone through them recently, and part of it was reciting the alphabet backwards I'll admit that I had practiced a bit, so was quite miffed when he didn't ask me to do it. (by the way, even with practice I still wasn't very good at a backward alphabet, and had thought of doing my party piece, which is singing "How much is that doggy in the window" backwards, try it, the words still fit the tune, if you know what I mean 
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Anyway, I thought I had done reasonably well, but at the end he said that he did think it ought to be investigated a bit more.
He is sending me for a scan. Yes, I'm a bit taken aback, but also thankful that I have such a good GP who is not only thorough, but also listens to his patients, rather than dismissing them out of hand as it seems so many others do.
They seem right to me, but then again...........
