Getting Old

[T13A]

Hi

I was just searching through some posts for some information and realized that a question that I asked last week was exactly the same question that I asked back in 2011.

Sorry chaps.

Cheers Paul

PS Both questions got answers!

[d_Guy]

PS Both questions got answers!

Which must tell you something!
...and even more if the answers were completely different...and yet from the same people! 

[sunjester]

Which must tell you something!
...and even more if the answers were completely different...and yet from the same people! 

That can happen after a gap of six weeks, never mind six years!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

That can happen after a gap of six weeks, never mind six years!

You mean your attention span is THAT long....

[sunjester]

You mean your attention span is THAT long....

Sorry, what was the question?

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Squirrel!

[sunjester]

Ten to Twelve!

[Leman]

So am I, let's have a cup of tea.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Windyy, no its Friday

[Techno]

The MIL can remember stuff from years ago.......But anything said to her from between 30 seconds and a minute previously simply won't stick....(I'm not joking).....And the last year might just not have happened, as far as she's concerned.

Sad...and not much fun when you deal with it constantly.

Cheers - Phil

[paulr]

Been there with my mother 

[Subedai]

Also seen it at first hand myself with my mother. Not good.

MickS

[sunjester]

The MIL can remember stuff from years ago.......But anything said to her from between 30 seconds and a minute previously simply won't stick....(I'm not joking).....And the last year might just not have happened, as far as she's concerned.

Sad...and not much fun when you deal with it constantly.

Cheers - Phil

Ditto with both in laws.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Likewise, also same question about 5 times in ten mins. You have to be patient, and I'm not.

[Techno]

I find that I can fairly easily cope with 'the problem' most of the time....Sometimes she even makes me have to hide my laughter, with the statements she comes out with.

Other times......AAAAARGH !!!!

Like you say, Ian....The same question over and over again in a short period of time. Her record is 7 times in 5 minutes, a few weeks ago.

Cheers - Phil

[FierceKitty]

Somebody shoot me first, please!

[Techno]

Don't worry, Matey....You won't know that it's happening. 

A very nice lady from the Alzheimer Society came to see us a few weeks ago.....And gave a very good 'explanation' of what happens with the condition.

Imagine a book case, filled with your own memories in diaries.....Book by book.

Top shelf, are the most recent 'diaries'.....The bottom shelf are your earliest memories, from childhood.

These books aren't stacked particularly well, and are prone to fall over.
Once they've fallen over.....That's it !....They've gone....You can't access them anymore.

Soooooooo....Once the top shelf has fallen over (with the most recent memories)...all that's going to happen is that the shelves below are going to start 'falling over' as well.....
The 'victim' is going to basically regress to childhood, as  'these books' fall over.

Not nice.

Cheers - Phil

[Leman]

FK - careful what you wish for.

[fsn]

What a lovely metaphor Techno.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

If you like a metaphor, doesn't it become like, a simile?