O memory, Where Art Thou

mapuc · 02-02-19, 05:31 PM

My memory sucks and sometimes it does it(and now it happened again)

The problem with my memory means that within 5-10 years I can expect to be blind on my left eye

For about 2½-3 years I was living with an untreated eye disease Glaucoma.

In the afternoon and in the evening I had problems with my eyes, said to myself Tomorrow I will talk with my doctor so he can give me anreference to an ophthalmologist…..well next morning my eyes was ok and I had forgot everything about last nights or evenings problems with my eyes.

The same goes with my stomach

For years I had daily pain heavy pain in my stomach……
In the evening, some hours after dinner I had severe pain-suicide was an option....next day….everything ok and I had forgot everything about my pain evening before.
Now I know…milk or lactose and tomatoes is absolutely no go here.

When it comes to history and science one of my two favorite subject.

I have or I guess I have a huge knowledge when it comes to History of Religions-when posting some comments my head is filled with knowledge that I want to write in this comment….gone(not entirely more likely hidden)

Same goes with science about the univers.

This have been my problems for about 25-30 years or so.
My doctors can't find anything that could give them or me an solution to why my memory is bad and sometime very bad..

Markus

mapuc · 02-02-19, 06:04 PM

These problems have made me change my life into an automatic-living-style.(can't find a better word for it)

When I make dinner I stay near my stove from start to end...I can leave it but then I have nothing on my mind then….my stove.

When I have to take my eye drops I go straight into my kitchen and take one of my pipets and go thereafter directly to my bathroom….I do nothing else..
If my brain get occupied by something else….I totally forget my medicin.

Markus

Sailor Steve · 02-02-19, 06:24 PM

You're not alone. I've always had a very good memory for long-ago things. I'm familiar with a lot of different aspects of history myself. I think that may be because I think about those things all the time. On the other hand I often can't remember what I came into this room for, or what I was doing five minutes ago. This isn't just about aging, as I've had it happening for most of my life.

I too have to be very careful with medications. Since my recent eye surgery I'm taking three different eyedrops four times per day. They have to be taken five minutes apart so the current one won't wash the last one out. I take them at set times, and if I forget I end up not taking any for several hours. More likely I'll take the first one, sit down at the computer and two hours later will suddenly remember the next one.

It drives you crazy sometimes.

mapuc · 02-02-19, 06:33 PM

Yea same here.
My longtime memory is not of this world. I can remember all way back to my own birth.

how does this help me, that I can remember what have been said by my mom, aunt and uncle when they where holding me on my way to be Baptist, when it is my shorttime memory I need.

Markus

u crank · 02-02-19, 06:33 PM

That is a very clever title Markus.

Yea it is an age thing for me. Sometimes in the morning I find myself staring at the coffee maker and wondering why it's taking so long. Of course you have to turn it on.

Sailor Steve · 02-02-19, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

Yea same here.
My longtime memory is not of this world. I can remember all way back to my own birth.

I can remember a couple of snippets of things I did at age seven, but before that is all a jumble.

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Originally Posted by u crank

Sometimes in the morning I find myself staring at the coffee maker and wondering why it's taking so long. Of course you have to turn it on.

That's a good one.

Rockstar · 02-02-19, 08:01 PM

Long term memory still serves me well. But sometimes, which seems more often than I like to admit, I walk into a store and for the life of me I can't remember what the heck I was looking for. So I'll wander around until it comes back too me.

Buddahaid · 02-02-19, 08:54 PM

I know what you mean about forgetting why you enter a room. I believe in my case I'm thinking ahead about something else on the way there which drives out the older thought by the time I get there. Man, I almost forgot, uh.....

Reece · 02-03-19, 12:20 AM

Hi Markus, yes it's just an age thing!! I blame it on technology, the young ones are up to it from early schooling but old fossils like me have a hard keeping up. My wife is having the same issues with work, she can't keep up with the change. We are stuck in the past with things like writing, arithmetic, calculators or slide rules, old wall phones, old TV's, old cars etc. Basically a whole different life style, I can't get my head around it all, I miss the old days and old ways. Problem is we are forced to change, even things like banking have changed, also changes to society itself!! So it is not surprising to find ourselves with memory loss, headaches etc, we can't cope with the ever changing world!!

Buddahaid · 02-03-19, 01:49 AM

But we can figure out what the change is on a purchase without a calculator.

STEED · 02-03-19, 06:16 AM

What was this thread about again?

I just forgot all that I was reading.

Platapus · 02-03-19, 08:27 AM

My forgetter's getting better,
But my rememberer is broke
To you that may seem funny
But, to me, that is no joke

For when I'm 'here' I'm wondering
If I really should be 'there'
And, when I try to think it through,
I haven't got a prayer!

Oft times I walk into a room,
Say 'what am I here for?'
I wrack my brain, but all in vain!
A zero, is my score.

At times I put something away
Where it is safe, but, Gee!
The person it is safest from
Is, generally, me!

When shopping I may see someone,
Say 'Hi' and have a chat,
Then, when the person walks away
I ask myself, 'who on earth was that?

Yes, my forgetter's getting better
While my rememberer is broke,
And it's driving me plumb crazy
And that isn't any joke.

Jimbuna · 02-03-19, 10:14 AM

I have a pretty good long term memory going back to about the age of three in my estimation....the thing that lets me down is remembering peoples names. Just about every time I venture into town I'll come across someone I know and it can be a little embarrassing as they greet you by your christion name (usually) and you're often then compelled to say "I know you but sadly what is your name again"?

Aktungbby · 02-03-19, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I have a pretty good long term memory going back to about the age of three in my estimation....the thing that lets me down is remembering peoples names. Just about every time I venture into town I'll come across someone I know and it can be a little embarrassing as they greet you by your christion name (usually) and you're often then compelled to say "I know you but sadly what is your name again"?

SAME HERE; EXCEPT I JUST SAY "PARDON ME BUT I HAVEN'T HAD MY ARICEPT YET TODAY." MOST PEOPLE HAVE PARENTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM SO UNDERSTANDING IS PRETTY UNIVERSAL."

Jimbuna · 02-03-19, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

SAME HERE; EXCEPT I JUST SAY "PARDON ME BUT I HAVEN'T HAD MY ARICEPT YET TODAY." MOST PEOPLE HAVE PARENTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM SO UNDERSTANDING IS PRETTY UNIVERSAL."

Aye but what about those who remind you of a conversation between both of you only a fortnight or so ago?

02-02-19, 05:31 PM	#1
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,537 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	O memory, Where Art Thou My memory sucks and sometimes it does it(and now it happened again) The problem with my memory means that within 5-10 years I can expect to be blind on my left eye For about 2½-3 years I was living with an untreated eye disease Glaucoma. In the afternoon and in the evening I had problems with my eyes, said to myself Tomorrow I will talk with my doctor so he can give me anreference to an ophthalmologist…..well next morning my eyes was ok and I had forgot everything about last nights or evenings problems with my eyes. The same goes with my stomach For years I had daily pain heavy pain in my stomach…… In the evening, some hours after dinner I had severe pain-suicide was an option....next day….everything ok and I had forgot everything about my pain evening before. Now I know…milk or lactose and tomatoes is absolutely no go here. When it comes to history and science one of my two favorite subject. I have or I guess I have a huge knowledge when it comes to History of Religions-when posting some comments my head is filled with knowledge that I want to write in this comment….gone(not entirely more likely hidden) Same goes with science about the univers. This have been my problems for about 25-30 years or so. My doctors can't find anything that could give them or me an solution to why my memory is bad and sometime very bad.. Markus

02-02-19, 06:24 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	You're not alone. I've always had a very good memory for long-ago things. I'm familiar with a lot of different aspects of history myself. I think that may be because I think about those things all the time. On the other hand I often can't remember what I came into this room for, or what I was doing five minutes ago. This isn't just about aging, as I've had it happening for most of my life. I too have to be very careful with medications. Since my recent eye surgery I'm taking three different eyedrops four times per day. They have to be taken five minutes apart so the current one won't wash the last one out. I take them at set times, and if I forget I end up not taking any for several hours. More likely I'll take the first one, sit down at the computer and two hours later will suddenly remember the next one. It drives you crazy sometimes. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-02-19, 06:33 PM	#5
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	That is a very clever title Markus. Yea it is an age thing for me. Sometimes in the morning I find myself staring at the coffee maker and wondering why it's taking so long. Of course you have to turn it on. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

02-02-19, 08:54 PM	#8
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,320 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	I know what you mean about forgetting why you enter a room. I believe in my case I'm thinking ahead about something else on the way there which drives out the older thought by the time I get there. Man, I almost forgot, uh..... __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

02-03-19, 12:20 AM	#9
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,709 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Hi Markus, yes it's just an age thing!! I blame it on technology, the young ones are up to it from early schooling but old fossils like me have a hard keeping up. My wife is having the same issues with work, she can't keep up with the change. We are stuck in the past with things like writing, arithmetic, calculators or slide rules, old wall phones, old TV's, old cars etc. Basically a whole different life style, I can't get my head around it all, I miss the old days and old ways. Problem is we are forced to change, even things like banking have changed, also changes to society itself!! So it is not surprising to find ourselves with memory loss, headaches etc, we can't cope with the ever changing world!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

02-02-19, 06:04 PM	#2
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,537 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	These problems have made me change my life into an automatic-living-style.(can't find a better word for it) When I make dinner I stay near my stove from start to end...I can leave it but then I have nothing on my mind then….my stove. When I have to take my eye drops I go straight into my kitchen and take one of my pipets and go thereafter directly to my bathroom….I do nothing else.. If my brain get occupied by something else….I totally forget my medicin. Markus

02-02-19, 08:01 PM	#7
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Long term memory still serves me well. But sometimes, which seems more often than I like to admit, I walk into a store and for the life of me I can't remember what the heck I was looking for. So I'll wander around until it comes back too me.

02-03-19, 01:49 AM	#10
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,320 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	But we can figure out what the change is on a purchase without a calculator. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

02-03-19, 06:16 AM	#11
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	What was this thread about again? I just forgot all that I was reading. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

02-03-19, 08:27 AM	#12
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,365 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	My forgetter's getting better, But my rememberer is broke To you that may seem funny But, to me, that is no joke For when I'm 'here' I'm wondering If I really should be 'there' And, when I try to think it through, I haven't got a prayer! Oft times I walk into a room, Say 'what am I here for?' I wrack my brain, but all in vain! A zero, is my score. At times I put something away Where it is safe, but, Gee! The person it is safest from Is, generally, me! When shopping I may see someone, Say 'Hi' and have a chat, Then, when the person walks away I ask myself, 'who on earth was that? Yes, my forgetter's getting better While my rememberer is broke, And it's driving me plumb crazy And that isn't any joke. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-03-19, 10:14 AM	#13
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I have a pretty good long term memory going back to about the age of three in my estimation....the thing that lets me down is remembering peoples names. Just about every time I venture into town I'll come across someone I know and it can be a little embarrassing as they greet you by your christion name (usually) and you're often then compelled to say "I know you but sadly what is your name again"? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!