Reminiscence, memory and dementia

Last weekend I had a number of occasions for reminiscing with volunteering, school and nursing girlfriends. Catching up with ‘old’ friends is not only lots of laughter and fun, but it has a habit of highlighting my memory loss…  More blank spaces, less understanding, and afterwards, a few more tears. I have random and episodic memory loss, some…

“Oh, but you’re just like me.”

Many times a day I walk around in circles at home, wondering what I had been doing, or what I was going to do. It is not quite confusion, but more like a vagueness caused by forgetfulness. My brain used to be so sharp. I used to have about 12 television screens going on at…