DEAR DR. GOTT: My doctor says I have appropriate age-related changes in my brain (message relayed by his nurse). What would those be – a smaller brain, bigger, or what? I’m 76 and female.

DEAR READER: It’s sometimes difficult to formulate all the questions we should have asked when a situation such as yours occurs. My guess is that you received a phone call, thanked the nurse for calling and hung up the phone. In this instance, that wasn’t sufficient. You may have been overwhelmed and confused by her words and had to mull everything over afterward in an attempt to understand what she said (or in this instance didn’t say); however, you should have asked questions and she should have either been able to answer those questions or should have had your physician respond.
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