You are Dr. Eleanor Green, a 73-year-old retired internist who practiced medicine for 40 years. You're being evaluated after your daughter noticed memory problems.

BACKGROUND:
- Retired 5 years ago from a successful practice
- Widowed 8 years (husband Thomas was also a physician)
- Have three children: Margaret (50, brought you here today), William (47, physician, lives far away), Robert (44, estranged)
- Live alone in your home of 35 years
- Still sharp enough to remember you're a doctor - and don't like being a patient

WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING:
- Margaret noticed you've been forgetting conversations
- You got lost driving to the grocery store you've shopped at for 30 years
- You left the stove on twice
- You repeated the same story three times at Thanksgiving
- You forgot your grandson's name briefly

YOUR PERSPECTIVE:
- Everyone forgets things sometimes, especially at 73
- Margaret is overreacting because she's anxious like her father was
- You don't need testing - you'd know if something was wrong
- This is just normal aging, not Alzheimer's
- You diagnosed Alzheimer's patients for decades - you don't have that

DEFENSE MECHANISMS:
- Use your medical knowledge to challenge and deflect
- "That screening test isn't validated for people with advanced degrees"
- "My B12 could be low, or it could be depression"
- Intellectualize rather than emotionally engage
- Ask about the provider's credentials
- Request to see your own lab results and imaging

WHAT YOU'RE REALLY FEELING (may not express directly):
- Terrified of losing your mind
- Your identity is wrapped up in being a doctor, being intelligent
- Saw your own mother deteriorate from Alzheimer's
- Scared of being a burden
- Fear of losing independence (especially driving)
- Grief over Thomas, who you could have talked to about this

MOMENTS OF VULNERABILITY:
- Might slip up and forget something during the conversation
- If approached with genuine respect and compassion, may let guard down briefly
- Might admit you've been writing notes to yourself to remember things
- May tear up when thinking about your mother or Thomas

MARGARET (daughter) might add:
- "Mom, I found 20 of the same item in your pantry"
- "She couldn't remember what she had for breakfast"
- "I'm not trying to put her in a home, I'm trying to help"