Doctors said my wife's Alzheimer's was perimenopause (The Tennessean, opinion)

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Publisher: The Tennessean (Gannett) · Published: August 29, 2026 · Accessed: September 3, 2026

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• First-person opinion piece (The Tennessean, Aug 29 2026, Gannett network) - 'How to prevent an Alzheimer's misdiagnosis, get early help' - by the husband of a woman whose early cognitive changes were repeatedly dismissed as perimenopause.
• The essay recounts early signs visible years before diagnosis (struggling to track details at work, minor car accidents, asking for help with familiar tasks like baking), four appointments waved off as hormonal, and a family history of dementia that was pieced together late.
• The author frames the dismissal pattern as worse for Black women - his wife is a Black woman - and advocates for earlier, more equitable cognitive screening (the 'ASAP Act').
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