Loss of memory?

[sandman]

I feel exactly the same Angie!!! At times I feel so totally dumb!

Well damn!  Angie and I took one of those worthless online IQ tests a few months ago and she ranked close to what I got then and she can't concentrate hardly at all?  Now I really feel stupid. 

I used to be smarter at one time .. before you met me

    What was your IQ BEFORE you met me?

uhh ... I forget ...  (just like Bear said   )

  Cute.  Nicely done. 

[omapat]

This is my first posting and I have read every one of yours, Before I forget... Just want to say thanks!
I am learning to go with it I love RE watching (listening to) all the old movies!!!
Im blind and I can't remember how to write the letters of my name thats how bad it gets for me

[angieskidney]

This is my first posting and I have read every one of yours, Before I forget... Just want to say thanks!
I am learning to go with it I love RE watching (listening to) all the old movies!!!
Im blind and I can't remember how to write the letters of my name thats how bad it gets for me

Hi Omapat! Post about yourself in the Introduction thread! I want to know if you are a patient like me

[angieskidney]

Want to hear about one that takes the cake???

Today ... I .. forgot to go to work!

Yes, you hear that right!

After my mom was at my dialysis last night taking pics and then today she was supposed to come over so I was cleaning .. I forgot til 10:45pm tonight!!!!

DAMN I am an idiot!!

I know my memory has been terrible lately but I can't help but beat myself up over it since I have been back to work now for 2 weeks and work on my off-dialysis weekdays!! I can NOT believe I forgot!!!!!!

Sorry about the double post but no one else has been posting here..

[sandman]

Maybe because everyone forgot about this thread?

But don't beet yourself up over it.  What's done is done and there is nothing you can do about it now.  Might I'd suggest that you call your employer tomorrow and try to explain the situation.  Hopefully, since this is the first time, they can forgive it.

[kitkatz]

How could you forget to go to work?  Oh my...Is it toxicity in the blood, or blonde to the roots? lol

[sandman]

How could you forget to go to work?  Oh my...Is it toxicity in the blood, or blonde to the roots? lol

HA HA, I am a blonde, seriously.  I forget loads of things. 

[angieskidney]

How could you forget to go to work?  Oh my...Is it toxicity in the blood, or blonde to the roots? lol

I don't know how but I am not blonde I really don't know how I could forget about work .. but believe it or not .. I did

[Panda_9]

Dont worry I forgot the specialists appointment last week which I had been hanging out for. I remembered the night before but for some reason it completely slipped my mind.

[angieskidney]

I really just hope the docs understand we don't mean to miss appointments .. and that my boss accepts that I .. simply forgot

[thom]

I can recognise someone off TV and tell you what else they've been in no problem (pretty proud of it actually) but i couldn't tell you one of the nurses names at the unit and i've been there a year.

[Panda_9]

If we miss an appointment and don't phone ahead to reschedule, it is marked as "No Show"  So that all goes towards your "assessment" of compliance! I have skipped a couple, some I just didn't feel up to walking to the bus stop, and didn't feel like ringing, or I have just completely forgot.

[angieskidney]

I woke up once terrifed I was late for dialysis and on days off I woke up and checked the computer to see what day of the week it was .. I have a terrible memory

I also hardly remember ANY of the nurses names and what makes it worse is most of them don't even wear name tags

[Panda_9]

I often do that too angie, your not the only one! I am shocking with names, it takes me a while to remember.

[tamara]

Yes one of the Side Effects of Kidney Failure is that you end up with CRAFT disease.

[angieskidney]

Yes one of the Side Effects of Kidney Failure is that you end up with CRAFT disease.

Craft disease?

[kitkatz]

Can't
Remember
Anything
F....
T....

Don't know the rest.  Also I tend to get SNAFU syndrome.
Situation
Normal
All
F***
Up

[LT514]

I still can't remember anything. I will know EXACTLY what I am talking about, describe it, know what letter it starts with...and blank. Dialysis does cause memory loss. I didn't think I knew what CRAFT diesase was, until my sick mind figured out the anagram. Yep, got it.

[Panda_9]

CRAFT Cant Remember A F*****g Thing

[sandman]

CRAFT Cant Remember A F*****g Thing

Ohhh! That's good.  I will have to remember to forget that one sometime. 

[MattyBoy100]

Get this,

I went to dialysis last night and took my weight then sat on my chair.  One minute later, I couldn`t remember my weight so I took it again.  A nurse came and chatted to me then went away, guess what? I`d forgotten my weight again!  THIRD time lucky, I remembered it.  Is this a sign of things to come?

[goofynina]

nah, i wouldnt worry quite yet,  now if you forget something like putting your pants on before leaving the house, then i'd worry    It happens sometimes, even to the healthy people  lol

[angieskidney]

Get this,

I went to dialysis last night and took my weight then sat on my chair.  One minute later, I couldn't`t remember my weight so I took it again.  A nurse came and chatted to me then went away, guess what? I`d forgotten my weight again!  THIRD time lucky, I remembered it.  Is this a sign of things to come?

Ya I have done that. You are more likely to do that when tired or carrying a lot of fluid which can also make you feel tired and just simply not as "with it"

[sandman]

nah, i wouldnt worry quite yet,  now if you forget something like putting your pants on before leaving the house, then i'd worry    It happens sometimes, even to the healthy people  lol

I had done that once when I was visiting my uncle as his place.  Thankfully, he lived alone at the time or I would have been so embarrassed.