lynninnj wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:46 am
Awesome sauce!
I could sure use some of that. I used to buy it in 6 packs at the Q Mart.
lynninnj wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:46 am
You sound pretty chipper this morning and just getting 7ish hours more or less with a mask on is huge for you. YAY!
How's the brain fog?
Remember... you asked so here goes....
I am pretty chipper today. Just one big ray of sunshine.
As far as the brain fog goes, it is very hard to explain. Some days it is sever and other days it is not so bad. I think the best example I can give you is this:
The other morning when I was in the shower, I finished doing my thing, rinsed off, turned the water off and instead of reaching for my towel that is over the shower door to dry off, the same place it always is, I just opened the door and got out. It took a few seconds of standing in the bathroom dripping wet to realize what I did.
Last weekend I took my meds out of the cabinet in the kitchen and placed the daily Sunday through Saturday container thingy on the counter. I walked through the kitchen and the dining room to the extra fridge where the water is kept on top. I did not take a bottle of water from on top of the fridge but opened the fridge door and took a pickle from a jar and went outside to do some stuff in the yard. It wasn’t until hours later that my wife asked why I didn’t take my meds. She watched me take the pickle and thought nothing of it at the time. I had no recollection of taking or eating the pickle.
Twice I have gone in to brush my teeth, put toothpaste on my toothbrush and walked out of the bathroom. I go back later and find my unused toothbrush on the counter.
At work some days are terrible. I am surrounded by sticky notes. I have had phone conversations, hung up the phone and have no idea who or what was talked about. Exaggerations? Nope- not in the least. Some days it takes an hour to write an email. Reading, re-reading and changing. Then not remembering I sent it at all. I can see it here in my posts. It is very frustrating to know what I want to say and be unable to express it clearly.
So how is the brain fog? Not good.
There is a lot more to it than that but those are the best examples I can give.
Doc says it is cognitive and not dementia or anything to be worried about but it terrifies me to not be able to remember things or not even know I did something or when it happens. I was told that once the anemia and sleep apnea is under control, I should be as good as new. We shall see. It has been almost 3 months since my original diagnosis. The sleep is definitely getting better the past few nights, I am still very tired and still have serious memory issues, but I will continue to try to make sense of this and make it work.
Other than that, I am right as rain. LOL.
