prune picker

This is the blog of a prune picker. (Native born Californian) Retired oilfield. I am an old man. I blog a lot about my body and getting old. As I approach death life gets more interesting. More interesting is not good. I still drive. I attend sports, music, and civic events. I am writing my memoirs. I attend swim class three times a week. Some of my blogs might be interesting. A lot of my blogs are silly and trivial. None are very long.

Sunday, December 9, 2018

The old prune picker has dementia.

I have probably had dementia all my life but it is worse recently. I will give two examples. I go to lunch every Wednesday at the Senior Center. Have for years. I enjoy it and look forward to it every week. Several Wednesdays ago I thought about lunch in the morning but did not think of it again until one pm! Too late to go! How could I have forgotten?

Yesterday day at Walmart I had three items in my basket. I was at the check out stand and looked in my basket. There wer only two items there. I told the cashier that I must have dropped my third item somewhere in the store and that I would go get a replacement. Just then I looked at the counter and there was the third item! In a matter of seconds I had forgotten that I had placed the third item on the counter! I had looked all over my cart looking for that third item.

This is a matter of concern to me. Especially the Walmart checkout. I had absolutely no memory of placing that item on the counter.
Posted by Chuck Monson at 11:38 AM

4 comments:

  1. bigfootDecember 10, 2018 at 5:34 AM

    I think (and hope) you are jumping to conclusions. My wife and I both agree those instances seem normal. Just our opinions, from afar.

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  2. Daphne MarrableDecember 10, 2018 at 11:11 AM

    I am so sorry to hear this. It must feel quite unsettling. I will pray for you and, like the other comment, hope for the best.

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  3. Chuck MonsonDecember 10, 2018 at 11:20 AM

    There have been many memory problems in the last year or so. Hope it does not get worse. Thanks for your comment.

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  4. JudithKDecember 12, 2018 at 7:51 PM

    In my previous working life, I was a psychologist. And I did many tests for dementia. This episode in itself does not alarm me much (I may have a vested interest in thinking so at age 73) but if there is a pattern, you might worry. Still, you continue to function well and write well. If I were you, I would ask the people who know me if they've noticed a decline.
    You are such an enjoyable person. I wouldn't want you to be getting discouraged over something no one else has noticed. So ask!!

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