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there s no concept of time, you know? you say it s 11 years since i was diagnosed. itjust doesn t. itjust seems like a few months at the most. you described to me what it felt like when information is being told to you and it s not quite settling. what does that feel like? because you re aware it s happening. there used to be a comedian called norman collier and he used to have a microphone and he used to do an act as if the microphone was going off and on. so it used to go, hello, ladies.and gentlemen, i ll. and that s sometimes when people are talking to us, that s what it sounds like. so i don t get the message. so i always say to them, i m sorry, i didn t quite get that. and i can t do money. because it was one of the strangest things i felt that i don t recognise that. now, we ve got this new plastic money. it s not paper money now, is it? plastic. it just doesn t seem
ladies.and gentlemen, i ll. and that s sometimes when people are talking to us, that s what it sounds like. so i don t get the message. so i always say to them, i m sorry, i didn t quite get that. and i can t do money. because it was one of the strangest things i felt that i don t recognise that. now, we ve got this new plastic money. it s not paper money now, is it? plastic. it just doesn t seem like real money. you play golf, you write music, you go out with your pals, come to cafes like this. you live well. my friend paul, who is also living with alzheimer s, you know. we help one another because when you ve got someone that s got empathy with you rather than sympathy with you, it s great because we can just talk about the things we used to do. how much of a difference does it make to your confidence being out and about, when people do take their time, when they speak to you like a real