Dr. Mia's Mom's Surprising Diagnosis

09/21/22 • 33 min

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Ask Dr. Mia: Answers For Dementia Caregiving - Dr. Mia's Mom's Surprising Diagnosis

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Dr. Mia: [00:00:00] Welcome back to ask Dr. Mia podcast conversation on aging. Today's episode is going to be a special episode regarding my mom's story and a surprising diagnosis that we have been dealing with for the past couple weeks.

This is something that. Has been difficult for me to record and I have thought back and forth about whether or not I should record a story about my mom, but I ultimately decided to go ahead and record this because I think. The informatio