Posted by susan C on September 4, 2001, at 10:12:20
In reply to what to say about ECT memory lapses, posted by Fredericka on September 3, 2001, at 22:24:22
I am TERRIBLY SORRY, could you please repeat what we talked about, I am so totally lost hear I don't KNOW WHERE my brain has been...(appropriate hand waving) I just must be suffering from half-himers (re:al ziemerrs) I know we talked about this before, but could you summerize what you rmember of our last meeting so we are all on the same page? We have met before? what is your name again? Where do you live? oh, Oh, Ok...now I got it. HOpefully it will stay this time...lol...
I hope that rant helps, I am constantly dealing with this and have the deepest empathy for you. My dad lost a lot of his memory with est when we were kids, and my mom had to coach him before each party...what he had in common, who he worked with, what their kids names were. After we moved and he started a live in a different place, the memeory loss didn't really matter. It didnot affect his learning.
Susan C.
> Elizabeth's post made me think of asking about this. I had ECT in May and my memory loss has been pretty minimal and mostly is easily passed over. But sometimes I forget that I've met someone SEVERAL times and had conversations, etc. Or I forget facts such as a meeting I called at my son's school to discuss his learning disability. I just don't know how to finesse these moments. I'm not old enough to claim senility, and these are not lose-your-keys sorts of things. I feel bad for the people I can't remember, as if I were saying they just weren't important enough; and I am embarrassed and upset by it, too. With my close friends and family I just say, well, I guess that one's lost; but I'm not about to tell all to someone I hardly know. Any thoughts? It's kind of a bummer.
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