Today, I spent an hour and a half driving around looking for a place I’ve been to many times. Before I left, I checked Google Maps for the location to enter it into my GPS, but I needed to remember the address number. So, I entered the street number and the town my brain signaled it to be on. I have become so dependent on GPS that I no longer try to remember street numbers, names, or addresses. The problem is that I didn’t have that information programmed into my unit. Therefore, I used dead reckoning and GPS. I learned that doing so is not only dumb but dangerous. My top-notch brain is no longer as sharp as I remember. I remembered the place being on 147th Street. The problem is that 147th does not exist in that stretch of land, but the GPS kept taking me to nowhere, trying to find it. After driving a complete circle of a one-mile radius, I felt I was close, but as the old-timer I asked for directions told me once, “You can’t get there from here.”
Eventually, my memory kicked in after deducing that the previous recollection was wrong, and by accident, I remembered the street from which I could enter was 152nd; I finally located the place I wanted to go to. The upside of this escapade was seeing a portion of Orland Park that I never knew existed before. I don’t think the upside has enough value to warrant taking that route again.
Take this for what it is. I received it over the internet from a reliable source. That doesn’t mean it is correct. I think it is legitimate, and a fun exercise to determine if you are losing it.
Have you been diagnosed with Anosognosia ?
In the following analysis the French Professor Bruno Dubois Director of the Institute of Memory
and Alzheimer’s Disease (IMMA) at La Pitié-Salpêtrière – Paris Hospitals / addresses the subject
in a rather reassuring way:
“If anyone is aware of his memory problems, they do not have Alzheimer’s.”
1. I forget the names of families .. 2. I do not remember where I put some things ..
It often happens in people 60 years and older that they complain that they lack memory. “The information is always in the brain, it is the “processor” that is lacking.”
This is “Anosognosia” or temporary forgetfulness.
Half of people 60 and older have some symptoms that are due to age rather than disease. The most common cases are: – forgetting the name of a person, – going to a room in the house and not remembering why we were going there, – a blank memory for a movie title or actor, an actress, – a waste of time searching where we left our glasses or keys …
After 60 years most people have such a difficulty, which indicates that it is not a disease but rather a characteristic due to the passage of years …
Many people are concerned about these oversights hence the importance of the following statement: “Those who are conscious of being forgetful have no serious problem of memory.” “Those who suffer from a memory illness or Alzheimer’s, are not aware of what is happening.”
Professor Bruno Dubois, Director of IMMA, reassures the majority of people concerned about their oversights:
“The more we complain about memory loss, the less likely we are to suffer from memory sickness.” Now for a little neurological test: Only use your eyes!
If you pass these three tests without problem: – you can cancel your annual visit to the neurologist. – your brain is in perfect shape! – you are far from having any relationship with Alzheimer’s.
Lying around, pondering the problems of the world, I realized that, at my age, I don’t really give a rat’s ass anymore.
If walking is good for your health, the postman would be immortal.
A whale swims all day, only eats fish, and drinks water, but is still fat.
A rabbit runs, and hops, and only lives15 years, while a tortoise doesn’t run, and does mostly nothing, yet it lives for 150 years. And they tell us to exercise? I don’t think so.
Now that I’m older, here’s what I’ve discovered:
1. I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.
2. My wild oats are mostly enjoyed with prunes and all-bran.
3. Funny, I don’t remember being absent-minded.
4. Funny, I don’t remember being absent-minded.
5. If all is not lost, then where the heck is it?
6. It was a whole lot easier to get older, than it was to get wiser.
7. Some days, you’re the top dog, some days you’re the hydrant.
8. I wish the buck really did stop here; I sure could use a few of them.
9. Kids in the back seat cause accidents.
10. Accidents in the back seat cause kids.
11. It is hard to make a comeback when you haven’t been anywhere.
12. The world only beats a path to your door when you’re in the bathroom.
13. If God wanted me to touch my toes, he’d have put them on my knees.
14. When I’m finally holding all the right cards, everyone wants to play chess.
15. It is not hard to meet expenses . . . They’re everywhere.
16. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth..
17. These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter . . I go somewhere to get something, and then wonder what I’m “here after”.
18. Funny, I don’t remember being absent-minded.
19. It is a lot better to be seen than viewed.
20. Have I sent this message to you before…or did I get it from you?
