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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 262842" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Oh one more thing.</p><p></p><p>She said I shouldnt use "diagnostic" words for things that were wrong such as cognitive impairments or executive functioning problems. I should just describe symptoms. I used the word aphasia because I couldnt think of how else to describe what I wanted to say BECAUSE of my word retrieval problems and she jumped all over me on that one...lol. She said I dont have true aphasia so I should just say I have trouble getting my words out. Well...I have trouble getting my words from my brain to my mouth and sometimes what I am trying to think of doesnt come clearly and at that particular moment aphasia was what came to me. Im real sorry if I happen to know some medical terms! </p><p></p><p>I should say that I have problems thinking clearly, problems with remembering things instead of memory impairment I guess, and I have no idea what would be executive function problems would be. I guess just whatever those individual problems are. Things like I cant sequence things or whatever. </p><p></p><p>It really makes me wonder why there is this big no no on terminology. Its not like I dont know what things are. I have no doubt that I have some cognitive impairment from both the medications I take and the meningitis. Not to mention the fibro which has its own set of symptoms. I didnt even go there with her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 262842, member: 1514"] Oh one more thing. She said I shouldnt use "diagnostic" words for things that were wrong such as cognitive impairments or executive functioning problems. I should just describe symptoms. I used the word aphasia because I couldnt think of how else to describe what I wanted to say BECAUSE of my word retrieval problems and she jumped all over me on that one...lol. She said I dont have true aphasia so I should just say I have trouble getting my words out. Well...I have trouble getting my words from my brain to my mouth and sometimes what I am trying to think of doesnt come clearly and at that particular moment aphasia was what came to me. Im real sorry if I happen to know some medical terms! I should say that I have problems thinking clearly, problems with remembering things instead of memory impairment I guess, and I have no idea what would be executive function problems would be. I guess just whatever those individual problems are. Things like I cant sequence things or whatever. It really makes me wonder why there is this big no no on terminology. Its not like I dont know what things are. I have no doubt that I have some cognitive impairment from both the medications I take and the meningitis. Not to mention the fibro which has its own set of symptoms. I didnt even go there with her. [/QUOTE]
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