My memory is deteriorating. Lately, I find myself staring at objects and not being able to say what they are. My sentences are interrupted by my mental blocks. My response is not immediate. It takes me several seconds or minutes before my mind is able to process and dig stored knowledge, to instantly identify names, objects, calendar, dates, events, faces, etc.
During my recent trip to the doctor, he dismissed my complaint as a simple memory lapse that happens to every living thing on the planet. But when I gave him a few examples, his eyes widened, his jaws dropped and his mouth remained open while listening to me. He wrote a prescription drug which he said would improve my memory. And according to feed backs from his patients, it helped.
My family dismissed my complaints on having frequent memory lapses as something unimportant. A cause of no worry. They think it’s a joke. They laughed at me saying that if I start forgetting their names, that’s the only time we should worry. Then, that would be too late. Imagine how sad it would be? I wouldn’t be able to recognize my own children, who they are. That could mean me leaving home for I would be looking for familiar faces and people I could recognize. I would lose my sense of belonging. I would be feeling uncomfortable and uneasy with my own family because I’ve forgotten who they are. I would feel like a stranger in a strange land.
Memory is fundamental to ones being. Without memory we don’t know who we are.
That means, I would no longer be me.
Hi Ms Annie.. That is really scary.. Losing one’s memory and not being able to identify even the most common and simplest object right in front of u is enough reason to go and see a doctor… 🙁
Those memory lapses are just TEMPORARY.. 😉 even I have experienced it just recently.. 🙂
It can happen to ANYONE, even to the BEST of them.. So u need not worry coz it’s NOT an isolated case.. 🙂
You see, Ms Annie, You are a kind person… you have a good heart… You have a very KIND and LOVING FAMILY.. And you have your BLOG to help u remember these good memories… 🙂
God will never allow u to lose sight of what He has given u.. 😉 GOD LOVES YOU and HE sees the goodness of ur heart…
If and when the time comes that u will eventually FORGET, do not fear becoz the HEART will ALWAYS REMEMBER… 🙂
Pls don’t be sad anymore.. God bless u… 🙂
You’re right Pam. If will never forget my loved ones for my heart will always remember.
I’ve read somewhere that every cell of our body stores memory. I remember your operation. Maybe that part of you they removed stored some of your memories. Ano kaya Kung ganon?
It totally skipped my mind that my memory loss could be due to my recent operation. Thank you for reminding me Joey.
Oh yah Ms. A., I forgot also the effects of general anesthesia.
Twice din po ako na CS Ms. Annie, and after giving birth I felt that was the start of my memory lapses.
No worries Ms. Annie you have your beautiful blog to look back on the wonderful memories you have made.
Dear Lei,
My memory talaga had been affected by my previous operations and several medical procedures where I was injected with heavy doses of anesthesia. Since I just had another operation four months ago, eto na nga, ramdam ko na ang effect. My memory lapses are becoming more evident.
Ms. Annie, minsan pag sobrang stressed out, nangyayari yang memory lapses. Usually may triggering factors bago sya mangyari. Minsang kulang sa tulog, dami iniisip, kulang water intake o dehydration o kaya sometimes your surroundings that trigger overwhelming emotions can cause that. Normal lang yan Ms.Annie kung paminsan-minsan. Kung madalas at naidentify mo na ang triggering factors, try your best to limit the amount of stress that you entertain or kung tao o nasa environment, bawasan na lang ang interaction he he he Word of caution though, pag daw di mo maalala kung saan mo nilagay ang susi mo ibig sabihin medyo memory lapse lang pero pag hindi mo na alam kung para saan ang susi, it’s time to see your doctor. As for us your readers, reading your blog lessen our stress in our ever hectic daily lives! Kudos!
HI Sophia, naku paano yan, ang dami kong susi pero hindi ko na alam kung para saan.
Hello po!
my ob (she’s a well-known ob with various clinics in QC and her family also runs their own hospital) dismissed the idea of me having memory lapses. maybe because none of her other patients has brought it up to that time yet(?) and none of the seminars and studies she’s had were about the effects of anaesthetics to patients(?), or worse, and since i haven’t seen a study on that yet (or maybe i did not type the correct terms (?) kaya, no medical research can conclude that it’s a medical condition as a result of anaesthesia application in large doses.
I have 2 kids (parehong CS delivery) and i also had a laparoscopic cholecystectomy almost 5 years ago kaya ayan i forget a lot of things na. sometimes kailangan kong tumigil para isipin kung ano ang nakalimutan ko na importanteng yon or kailangan ko i-retrace steps ko baka sakaling maalala! (hahaaa! di ko to ina-admit now lang) . kaya i write notes on my desk calendar or in my notebook na lang. 🙂
ok lang yan Ms. Annie baka nalilito lang kayo sa dami. pero kung the key itself hindi nyo na alam kung ano ang purpose, may kakilala akung magaling na neurologist ha ha ha ha ha joke lang!
Ang hirap niyan siywasyon na ganyan ma’am, ako naexperience ko rin because of anesthesia last year I gave birth-anesthesia then after 4 months, polypectomy -anesthesia na naman.