A request - thoughts and prayers for Pam

[TomK]

Just a quick update. Pam has had further tests and the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has been confirmed. As you can imagine she is very distressed but we had a good chat this evening on the phone and hope she feels a little better after that. I told her about all the thoughts and prayers people have for her here and that cheered her up immensely, so just wanted all of you to know that. People at work have also been incredibly supportive almost to the point of me losing it once or twice on Friday, but you know us Brits - stiff upper lip and all that.

We still don't know the cause but I'm very hopeful this isn't dementia, she's too young for it and just this evening Pam mentioned a few of the medications she's on that might cause something like this. And for anyone who even thinks of posting a contrary view about modern medication, these are medications that have kept her alive, let me be very clear about that. Without them she would not be here today.

Anyway, I'm not sure if Pam will be posting again soon, but I did ask if she wanted to send a message via me, and she did. It was a big thank you to everyone here. It means an awful lot to her (and me) that there are so many people thinking about her especially given most if not all of you have never met her. In fact that was even more special for her, so thank you again.

Now I think I'll just have a little cry and get it out of my system!

Tom
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