I Can't Remember

[FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I]

Just a line to say I'm living, that I'm not among the dead,

though I'm getting more forgetful and mixed up in my head.

I got used to my arthritis, to my dentures I'm resigned.

I can manage my bifocals, but God, I miss my mind.

For sometimes I can't remember when I stand at the foot of the stairs,

if I must go up for something or have I just come down from there.

And, before the fridge so often, my poor mind is filled with doubt,

have I just put food away, or have I come to take some out?

And, there are times when it is dark, with my nightcap on my head,

I don't know if I'm retiring or just getting out of bed.

Oh if only I could get the bats out of my head.

[gwenith, BSN, RN]

Sounds familiar

[donmurray]

Yes, It's like deja vu all over again...

I've reached that delicate time of life where I have to take the Ginko to enable me to remember where I put the Viagra.........

[FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I]

I love your reply. :chuckle It's frightening though when you have to give meds, or do procedures. Something like Viagra given to an 85yo female, or Premarin to a man.

When I was discharged from the ER at a local hospital yesterday, my discharge orders were to place an ace bandage on my limb tid, and keep it elevated, and resume my current meds. I was taken there for pain control R/T post thrombotic syndrome.

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

Yeah, I just love those "midlife moments".......I've never done anything truly stupid at work (probably the ol' survival instinct kicking in there), but at home I'd forget my own name if I didn't have six other people around to remind me of who I am!