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Share your early symptoms of forgetting: What can help?

Posted by hudsonlady @hudsonlady, Sep 22 1:58pm

82 and experiencing sproratic episodes of forgetting names, nouns, and some past events. Tests show E4 gene but no AD. Looking for a support group for how to go forward, e.g., what can help in daily life, treatment, how to communicate with professionals, etc..

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my44 | @my44 | Oct 3 7:40am
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@judybradford

I do have a list when I go to the grocery store, but I also alphabetize, or make up a word, to remember the items just in case I leave the list at home. Example: Bananas, apples, walnuts, deoderant (BAWD). Works every time!

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@judybradford I, too, make up words to remember various things, and it really does work. I didn't know that others did that.

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writernana | @writernana | Oct 3 11:06am

i appreciate you all sharing these helpful suggestions. The only thing I might add is just stay calm and move to another subject, the misplaced word usually pops up again....eventually.

Also, I envision my brain as a vast library and imagine there's a Librarian living there.
She's on call 24/7 !
In her youth she was perky and quick , running to and fro delivering immediate responses to my inquiries.
Later.....as I have aged, she has also ..... We will be 77 in a few weeks.
I picture my Librarian today as a sweet elderly woman; hunched shoulders and her sweet white hair bent over her cane. She peers through thick lensed glasses as she carefully considers my latest inquiry. Then she happily begins her search for my answer. Her response may be in a few minutes or days . I have learned to appreciate her consistent best effort no matter the result 🙂

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edsutton | @edsutton | Oct 3 2:15pm
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@writernana

i appreciate you all sharing these helpful suggestions. The only thing I might add is just stay calm and move to another subject, the misplaced word usually pops up again....eventually.

Also, I envision my brain as a vast library and imagine there's a Librarian living there.
She's on call 24/7 !
In her youth she was perky and quick , running to and fro delivering immediate responses to my inquiries.
Later.....as I have aged, she has also ..... We will be 77 in a few weeks.
I picture my Librarian today as a sweet elderly woman; hunched shoulders and her sweet white hair bent over her cane. She peers through thick lensed glasses as she carefully considers my latest inquiry. Then she happily begins her search for my answer. Her response may be in a few minutes or days . I have learned to appreciate her consistent best effort no matter the result 🙂

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Writer Nana-
I love your image!
"I picture my Librarian today as a sweet elderly woman; hunched shoulders and her sweet white hair bent over her cane. She peers through thick lensed glasses as she carefully considers my latest inquiry. Then she happily begins her search for my answer. Her response may be in a few minutes or days . I have learned to appreciate her consistent best effort no matter the result."

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lakesofdelray | @lakesofdelray | Oct 4 8:25am
In reply to @colleenyoung "Hi @hudsonlady, I added your discussion to the Brain & Nervous System support group and the..." + (show)
@colleenyoung

Hi @hudsonlady, I added your discussion to the Brain & Nervous System support group and the Aging Well support. I think there will be additional members who will appreciate joining this discussion like @SusanEllen66 @jackchap @heidiruth @walton @johnnoregon @lioness @fromthehill @rosewg and many others.

What tools do you use to help your memory?

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How do I join the group?

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jehjeh | @jehjeh | Oct 4 9:10am
In reply to @writernana "i appreciate you all sharing these helpful suggestions. The only thing I might add is just..." + (show)
@writernana

i appreciate you all sharing these helpful suggestions. The only thing I might add is just stay calm and move to another subject, the misplaced word usually pops up again....eventually.

Also, I envision my brain as a vast library and imagine there's a Librarian living there.
She's on call 24/7 !
In her youth she was perky and quick , running to and fro delivering immediate responses to my inquiries.
Later.....as I have aged, she has also ..... We will be 77 in a few weeks.
I picture my Librarian today as a sweet elderly woman; hunched shoulders and her sweet white hair bent over her cane. She peers through thick lensed glasses as she carefully considers my latest inquiry. Then she happily begins her search for my answer. Her response may be in a few minutes or days . I have learned to appreciate her consistent best effort no matter the result 🙂

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I love this image! I'm going to start thinking about it this way. 🙂

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Oct 4 9:23am
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@lakesofdelray

How do I join the group?

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Hello @lakesofdelray

As you have posted once in this group you are part of it! In order to receive notifications for all posts that take place in this discussion group, go to the top of the page and look under the first post. There you will see a Bell. If you click on the Bell, four options will appear. Here is where you can pick an option to receive notifications when anyone posts or if a member @mentions your name.

When I want to become involved in a discussion group, I usually click on the first option, where I will receive emails and onsite notifications, but you can pick the one that works best for you. I use this method for any and all discussion groups that I want to become involved with.

Does that help?

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hudsonlady | @hudsonlady | Oct 5 2:40pm

Thanks, everyone. Great suggestions...if I can remember them:)
Looking forward to more conversation like...what is normal aged forgetting and what isn't?

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lakesofdelray | @lakesofdelray | Oct 7 3:07pm
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@hopeful33250

Hello @lakesofdelray

As you have posted once in this group you are part of it! In order to receive notifications for all posts that take place in this discussion group, go to the top of the page and look under the first post. There you will see a Bell. If you click on the Bell, four options will appear. Here is where you can pick an option to receive notifications when anyone posts or if a member @mentions your name.

When I want to become involved in a discussion group, I usually click on the first option, where I will receive emails and onsite notifications, but you can pick the one that works best for you. I use this method for any and all discussion groups that I want to become involved with.

Does that help?

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Thank you.

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lakesofdelray | @lakesofdelray | Oct 7 3:11pm

First it was names. Then other nouns. Sometimes directions to places I haven’t been to in a long time.

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bea4me | @bea4me | Oct 8 1:09pm
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@jehjeh

I love this image! I'm going to start thinking about it this way. 🙂

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I've done something similar when I can't find a word I need. I think of my senior brain as a big filing cabinet. It's just going to take the brain a while to sort thru the huge number of entries it holds. Accepting that, I can move on to something else and likely the word I was looking for will pop up in my mind before too long.

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