I remember when I was told the news! The difference was, I did not accept the news. In fact the invincibility of who I was at the time in life prevented me from slowing down to digest the information. I used every possible defense not to listen to the experts suspecion was the cause of my body failing.  There is a place in a mans life were an ego can stop the right path.  I was convinced that the suspicions of why I was falling apart was wrong and perhaps the results were for someone else.  I was so eager to move on with my life with stuff I forgot about the most important thing I have, ME! My life was so filled with giving to my family and my community the daily schedule did not have enough bandwidth for my needs.  The simple truth was I did not have a proper diagnosis for 6 months and suspicion was not enough,  my life experience detailed definitive data for a reaction and this did not meet the requirement.

So what is the Take Away from this.  If you are in tune with your body and its not exactly the remember it ,  example a new lump or bump or now needing a afternoon nap, memory loss anything that is not your normal find the answer and I mean you might have to hunt for the answer and have the tenacity to accept the results.