Because of his increasing forgetfulness, Jürgen Drews checked and tested for dementia himself. Result: negative. But something else was found in the pop star.
Jürgen Drews turned 76 in April, and now states in an interview that he often has memory problems. His forgetfulness has increased in recent years: “Of course it increases with age. Everything that does not interest me immediately disappears. I once said among my colleagues: I think I’m going crazy,” said the music star Bild.
“Often I don’t even know where I am”
The reason for Druze’s assumption: sometimes he doesn’t speak to him terms, names and places, then he needs a keyword and only then the memory will return. “When my driver takes me somewhere, I often don’t know where I am.” However, this was no longer particularly important to him. However, he went to see a specialist.
Regarding this, Drews stated, “I had a neurologist’s dementia test. I wanted to know if I was at risk for the disease.” His mother had also developed signs of this brain disease in her old age. But Druze could breathe a sigh of relief: “Fortunately, my suspicions weren’t confirmed.” But the singer of the “King of Mallorca” was diagnosed with a neurological condition: the so-called “peripheral neuropathy”. “Nerves don’t do what they’re supposed to,” Drews explains. Because of that, he became a little shaky on stage.
“Jürgen Drews from the past will no longer exist,” Drews explains. He can’t say how long he’ll be partying: “I used to go on stage to prove myself. I wanted to process my fears this way.” Today it is no longer needed. “If I stop, I’m leaving,” Drews says.
