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So this memory thing is really becoming an issue
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<blockquote data-quote="flutterby" data-source="post: 498125" data-attributes="member: 7083"><p>difficult child kept a record of the purchase, because since I did it on her laptop and it isn't hooked to a printer she did a print-screen and copied the receipt to Word. difficult child won't order things without permission. She always asks. I have no worries in that area. And even if she were, it wouldn't be a mop. LOL! Clothes or makeup, but not a mop. Mainly, because she's the one that has to use it. It's too painful for me. </p><p></p><p>I get brain fog (my term for fibro fog). This is different. Brain fog is when I lose concept of time - I'll lose days or weeks - or am going somewhere and start driving as if I'm going somewhere else. Not getting lost, just going to the wrong destination. Or forgetting a doctor appointment (that happens a lot - and I have it on 2 computer calendars that remind me, plus written on the wall calendar). (And I was going to put something else here, but I can't remember what it was. It was gone as soon as it came.) </p><p></p><p>This is where I'm driving and forget where I'm going, or suddenly nothing looks familiar and it should, or forget how to do simple math, or zero memory of things that have happened recently that are important. Things that when they happen, it scares you and you get that surge of adrenalin because all of a sudden you don't know where you are and you should cause you've driven this route 1,000 times. I'll also get confused at times and have trouble following simple conversation, let alone understand something complex like Medicare. I worked with handling benefits - it shouldn't be this hard for me. </p><p></p><p>The way I explained it to my GP is this: It's like when you have a dream, and when you wake up you have a vague feeling or memory of the dream, but you can't quite make it out. I'll have weeks like that. It did unsettle her, and she sent me to another neuro and I honestly have no idea if I've talked to him about it or not. We've been working on other stuff. I really need to have someone go with me to these appointments, but usually no one is available. </p><p></p><p>I did figure out that second charge. When I looked at it again, it had part of word and I was able to figure out what it was. It was legitimate - it was a copay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterby, post: 498125, member: 7083"] difficult child kept a record of the purchase, because since I did it on her laptop and it isn't hooked to a printer she did a print-screen and copied the receipt to Word. difficult child won't order things without permission. She always asks. I have no worries in that area. And even if she were, it wouldn't be a mop. LOL! Clothes or makeup, but not a mop. Mainly, because she's the one that has to use it. It's too painful for me. I get brain fog (my term for fibro fog). This is different. Brain fog is when I lose concept of time - I'll lose days or weeks - or am going somewhere and start driving as if I'm going somewhere else. Not getting lost, just going to the wrong destination. Or forgetting a doctor appointment (that happens a lot - and I have it on 2 computer calendars that remind me, plus written on the wall calendar). (And I was going to put something else here, but I can't remember what it was. It was gone as soon as it came.) This is where I'm driving and forget where I'm going, or suddenly nothing looks familiar and it should, or forget how to do simple math, or zero memory of things that have happened recently that are important. Things that when they happen, it scares you and you get that surge of adrenalin because all of a sudden you don't know where you are and you should cause you've driven this route 1,000 times. I'll also get confused at times and have trouble following simple conversation, let alone understand something complex like Medicare. I worked with handling benefits - it shouldn't be this hard for me. The way I explained it to my GP is this: It's like when you have a dream, and when you wake up you have a vague feeling or memory of the dream, but you can't quite make it out. I'll have weeks like that. It did unsettle her, and she sent me to another neuro and I honestly have no idea if I've talked to him about it or not. We've been working on other stuff. I really need to have someone go with me to these appointments, but usually no one is available. I did figure out that second charge. When I looked at it again, it had part of word and I was able to figure out what it was. It was legitimate - it was a copay. [/QUOTE]
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