There's a reason why they call them a "battery" of tests

And that is because if you go through that much testing it is a freaking battery.

Today I had my appointment the judge set up for me. It was with a PhD at DBA emotional education services. I got there at about 20 minutes before my appointment time, but he wasted no time in getting started.

It was nothing I had been expecting. He put me through a series of four tests. I wrote down the names in case you are interested. They were:

-Wechsler Intelligence Scale IV
-Wechsler Memory Scale IV
-Trail Making Test
-Aphasia Screening Test

Holy crap.

The whole thing took nearly three and a half hours. Following the testing he conducted a brief interview. There were lots of questions but we didn't delve very deep.

Part of the first test included defining a series of words he asked. I am totally bragging but I defined every single one. But how the next test went bothers me. It was to assess my memory. I did terrible. I couldn't remember basic shapes, patterns, word pairs, or even anecdote details. It's really bothering me.

The last two tests were pretty basic. They were to assess brain damage and I'm pretty sure the results will say that I am not brain damaged... amaged. (Had to through that Homer Simpson reference in there, couldn't resist.)

That was basically it. I left exhausted and still am.

Oh, but two things were weird about this appointment. He never introuced himself or introduced what we'd be doing, I had to pointedly ask on those two points. And also, when he asked me how I spent my time and I said watching hulu, he had no idea of what that was. Don't worry; I didn't break out into a big Broadway number about how hulu is the greatest invention since the iPod or anything.

Big sigh of relief. One more hurdle hurdled.