A Short Update with Good News

This is going to be short as morning comes quick.  I use to be one that if going somewhere tomorrow would wait till the day before to do what I had to do.  A lesson learned, .... here I go again 'slow and easy does it' and no more multi-tasking for this girl.  That is if I don't want disaster to strike.

Tomorrow is the beginning of a week of getting ready for a treat for the long weekend for those here in Canada.  Glens birthday is coming up and so is his retirement. Our oldest daughter has got us all tickets to the football game, a good supper after and spending the night in Regina with early a.m. breakfast.  Wow, talk about excitement in this house is building, as football is a great talked and watched game here.

Stress and excitement have similar effects, so everything must but 'slow and easy' during the next few days.  It will be nice to get away and really looking forward to it.  These two things put together can be a trigger if we let them.  If this is a trigger for you would love to hear your comments.  We can help each other and know we are not alone.

Hope all in Purple Power land is keeping well.  Have lots of fun and keep your spirits up. 
Keep Smiling
Julie

Getting to Know Our Brains (#3)

Now that we are getting to know our brain a little more, the next step and probably the hardest after storing all the information is to 'Retrieve' it now, right?  Does this ever happen to you?  Sometimes we put things away where we are sure they will easily be found and when it comes time to find them that place just isn't there.

Have you ever noticed too that when someone asks you something where an answer is needed quickly and immediately no matter how hard you try it just isn't there.  It is right on the tip of your tongue, you can see it or it can be a word you use all the time and should be as easy as getting out of bed in the a.m. but it just isn't there.

The harder we try to think of the word needed the further away it goes.  Try forgetting about it for a minute and it will be right there in front of you.

What the doctors refer to this is 'short and long term memory spam'.  Some have one and not the other.  This can happen over time with both the number of seizures we have and the meds that are added to our system.

In time some of long term may come back and like myself it is almost competely wipped/gone/zip/nil.  Since being out of the foggy world I was once in the short term is now there, sometimes having to wait a minute or two.  That part I can handle.

This last and final job of the librarian/brain is the one that irritates us the most at times.  Sometimes too we think we are loosing it.  Don't worry, as you are far from alone.  Actually, when you look around and hear other stories similar to your own you can find you are a lot better off than you thought.

Don't worry, that will only make it worse,

Keep smiling

Julie