I put 10 Therapy appointments on the giant calendar,
bringing to total 15 appts to keep.
Two hours later, I go to grab the calendar because I need to list yet another appt.
The Calendar is MIA,
NO where to be found,
I fly into a TIZZY ,
I repeatedly say, HOW can a giant calendar get out of the house and tear around the house madly searching while Bob watches in amazement from his pain filled knee while sitting on the sofa.
I go into every room, I look even in the bathrooms,
The @#$!%% Calendar is Gone!
I found the calendar, and no it was not in the fridge.
Which Could have Happened in my brain fog.
It was ON the table where I left it,
Under all the other stuff to do that I piled on top of it!
Dementia Is Here! I rant, What will you do when I get Alzheimers? Huh???
But wait, there is more NOTE! My Brain Fog from the Variant and Stress is now back to the Normal Fog of aging.
I had been checking Bob's BP and Pulse because I was told to do it 3 times a day.
I come out of the bathroom and he is getting up from the table and says I took my BP.
I said what was it?
Her replies: I don't know, I forgot what it said?
I look to see and he has UNPLUGGED IT!
the BP is gone forever.
I start to rant,
You took it and did NOT write it down???
Mid rant I remember it is time for his pills.
I get his pills and he says I took those!
What? Why? When???
I don't remember?
Why Would you Take them and not write it down. Plus, YOU TOOK THEM AT THE WRONG TIME
since it is NOW Time!!!!!!!
Bob says I think I will go brush the bottom of the pool!
I rant!
ITS only Day 5, you can't do that!
He could and he did!
And I could and did Rant!
19 comments:
I keep a little notebook where I write down when I take my medicines and at the back of it my Dr appointments and other important notes. I misplaced my little notebook the other day and about had a fit finding it. I had somehow put it in the stack of catalogues, and books on the incorrect side of my chair. I always keep in on the table on the other side of my chair.
Here is a crazy thing I do. I actually make a little bitty note with a Sharpie pen on my belly of time and dose of the insulin I take. It keeps me from taking a second dose by mistake. I imagine it is hard to imagine that someone could take a shot and not remember but I have caught myself about to do it a couple of times. It happens when I am tired, or not feeling well, or am having a day when I am trying to get too much done. It is also easy to check if I forgot to give myself my shot. There is no way I can lose that record of what I took and when.
Well, considering all that you have been going through, I think you are coping really well! Your brain fog is a defense mechanism, so it doesn't overheat. Without it, you may have really gone Mad. I remember your pelican shot really well, it was one of my faves!
When stuff disappeared my Dad used to say 'take your eyes off him for a minute and he'll put it back'. Not sure who 'he' is but he has been moving more stuff as i get older. If you believe in infinite parallel universes, you will understand that some stuff just slips through the interstices of time, often it comes back again and you find it later.
And not wild excitement here so much as a long breath in and a long breath out, and reeeeeelaaaax.... perhaps you should try it while you are waiting for 'him' to put stuff back.
I tried to record important things on my phone... but where is the phone? :O))
Over the past couple of years with Tom being ill I have decided that 'nothing really matters that much' so really try not to get in a tizzy. My worst thing is realising that he only has a short time left and that upsets me. The way the world (or rather the people in it ) is changing for the worse, that upsets me but otherwise I do try to keep calm. NOT EASY THOUGH and I understand how you feel.
Hugs
Briony
x
Hello,
It is so easy to stress out lately, over the little things that shouldn't matter. We keep all our notes and appointments on a calendar hanging in the kitchen. Love the pelican photo! Take care. Have a happy day!
That pelican is so grand!!!
As for the calendar, I can see why "losing" it for a while could freak you out.
And Bob is a challenge to put it lightly.
Hello Sandra,
So pleased your brain fog is improving. I go into stress mode when I can't find things I need. Important things that I only have one of. I try to calm down, and retrace my steps. I know it will turn up at some point, but when I need it "NOW," like the TV controls, or my mobile, or glasses, I feel a vein throbbing in my neck, and my heart racing. I then start to pray to St. Antony, and within a short time the misplaced object usually appears. I write down my appointments in a pad on my bedside table, and always put it back in the same place, or I definitely would forget. These senior moments are so common, that I don't worry about them.
It's great that Bob's surgery was so successful, and he feels well enough to do the things he is used to doing.
Hari OM
Yup, all of the above... YAM xx
I sure understand the feeling...yesterday I thought I had lost the info on Tigers nuclear stress test and got really stressed. But it was right where I thought it was in my purse..it was just plending in with the lining of my purse.
Bob for certain marches to a different drum beat than you.
Still say he might be my Daddy's long lost brother from another mother.
Hugs cecilia
Losing my camera and data would drive me insane too - then one things feds on another - you are okay - remember to breathe! ☺
Fabulous picture of that water bird!
I think our calendar is beginning to resemble yours. I only take it down from the refrigerator front to make updates -- but now have printed a second to keep on the dining room table where I take Tom's vitals and do his infusions.
But ya. He's exactly like Bob about remembering to record numbers and names. Do you ever feel like the Household Police?
I love pelicans and since I moved away from the coast, I really miss them. I have both for the dogs and for myself those pills by each weekday boxes. I only take a BP and one other pill at night, but Samson takes several, so it helps me know if I gave him his meds or not. He was supposed to go to the vet today, but I'm so tired, I rescheduled for next week. I too remember the pelican picture. Love it.
EXHAUSTING!!!!
Bob and you are like oil and water.. Life is sure never dull.
Hope the BP stuff gets straightened out..
Seu
Sometimes, men can be SO FRUSTRATING!!!
I’m so sorry you have to go through this and hope things get better soon, ❤️
Well, your brain fog and health hijinks sure are funny in retrospect but I know it's not funny when they are actually happening! Rant on, blog friend!
Oh boy, you don't need the stress that's for sure, but I can see how this would be very stressful. We really do need to let it all out rather than keep it in.
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