Short term memory is so essential you dont know how much until you see what happens with someone who doesnt have it. We have doctors appointments almost daily for the next two weeks. I wrote them all on the calendar so they were handy. At 7 a.m. hubby woke me up, all in a panic about being really late and wanting to know when we go to the doctor. I told hin, then tried to go back to sleep. I am NOT a morning person. At 7:30 he woke me again. Same question. I told him. He went downstairs to check on the dog. At 8:30 he came back to ask me again. I told him not until later, please go back downstairs and dont wake me again. I need my sleep. I got up at 9, which is when I usually get up and I could hear him coming back up the stairs. He poked his head in the door and asked me what time we go to the doctor. I said it is written on the calendar downstairs, please just check the calendar while I get ready, ok? He got mad at me and stormed down the stairs, at least tried to storm down which is hard to do when you cant see very well. There was some shuffling of paper, then he called up to me: what day is today? I cant win. I am writing each appointment on a card in large numbers so he can read them. I put them on the coffee table so he can find them. It doesnt matter, because 5 minutes later I get the same questions again: what time do we go, and what day is it. Hubbys short term memory revolves around time and date. He remembers other things ok, like today is market day and I wanted to look for a specific kind of apple there. I am taking him with me everywhere not because I want to, but because it will help him focus on his surroundings, exercise his eyes and maybe, just maybe, his brain will re-learn how to make sense of what his eyes are seeing. The eyes work, the brain just isnt interpreting the information. I steer him around people who step in front of him. A lot of them give us this glare, as if it was our fault they stepped in front of us. If youd like to know how much hubby sees, try this. Take a pair of old sunglasses, tape some paper over the left half of each lens, rub a little vaseline on the other half, then try and walk around your house. Thats what he sees. Because he doesnt see well he walks with small steps and hesitates. We are still waiting to hear from the rehab people. I guess we will be waiting a long tine.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:35:36 +0000
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