Well, the doctor said "we have a pattern here and are on the right
track." And, that I should call if I pee on myself or fall down. Nice.
I'm not sure if that makes me feel better or not?

She wrote my excuse for work and it says to excuse me from work Sunday
and Monday "due to [my] medical condition". I don't about you, but why
call "it" a "medical condition" if I haven't been diagnosed yet?  

Thanks for listening. I'm so glad I found this group. I hope that all of
my rambling is okay with you.

Karen

When my memory/recall was really, really, really bad, I'd tell people that
it was like the forgotten event never happened.  Many times I had no idea
what I had forgotten unless somebody told me.  Sometimes even if they told
me, I just couldn't recall it.  When my daughter graduated from high school,
about a week later the memory was totally gone from my head.  I mean, I sat
there through the entire long commencement ceremony and could not recall ANY
part of the event.  For several months I tried to figure out if the event
was inside or outdoors, and I just didn't know.  That fall, a friend showed
me a few pictures taken during the ceremony, and then I could recall SOME of
the event.

It wouldn't be so bad if you knew in advance what you were going to forget
so you could take notes, set an alarm clock, or do what you can to help
recall stuff, but you don't know in advance what you will and will not
recall, so you are totally unprepared to help yourself.

I can recall tons of times where I would let food rot in the bottom drawers
of my refrig because I didn't know I had put food in there.  Same thing for
the microwave; have made a lot of multiple meals because I just didn't know
I'd already started cooking food.  The same thing would happen when
shopping.  I'd buy a pair of slacks in one store, drive to the next store,
and buy another pair of slacks because I didn't recall buying the first
pair.

Most of the above happened before I was diagnosed and things got a little
better, at lease I didn't have the 'amnesia' type thing that lasted weeks on
end, but there were still significant problems with memory/recall.  It has
taken years and years to get some of that ability back.  It's not normal,
but much, much, much better than it used to be.

Boy, not being able to remember stuff can get you into a lot of hot water.
I've never had a doctor who really seemed to understand how serious and
possibly dangerous this was.

Barb