Tomorrow morning I’m off to the doctor.

Tomorrow morning I’m off to the doctor. Ostensibly it’s the usual annual checkup, no big deal. Only I’m going to share something that might be. For the past few years, I’ve been finding myself having more and more of what are euphemistically called senior moments. Things will just randomly fall out of my short-term memory. I’ll forget to do something I just talked about doing literally minutes before. I’ll walk into the kitchen to do something and completely forget to do it if I get the least bit sidetracked. Or sometimes I’ll just completely forget why I’m in there at all. This is terrifying to me on a couple of levels. First of all, I’ve always prided myself on what everyone used to call my steel-trap memory. Not so much anymore. Also, dementia/Alzheimer’s has been present in the past three consecutive generations of my mom’s family before mine. So I’m going to open a conversation about getting cognitive testing. I’m well aware that I might be making a mountain out of a mole hill. After all, apart from these lapses I’m perfectly fine, certainly not quite ready for Shady Acres. But if I am indeed making something out of nothing, at this point, it’s probably better that I know that so I can move on. So the point of all of this is to ask for positive thoughts/prayers/mojo/whatever anyone can send my way. Thanks for reading and also for being there.

@Thumper1964 I hope you'll be okay.

@NicksWorld Thanks Nick. Gosh, getting old really sucks the big one.

@Thumper1964 I won't ask how old you are. I feel I don't have that right.

@NicksWorld I’ve never made it a secret. I’m 61, will turn 62 in September. Which these days isn’t really that old statistically. But I remember when I was younger, like my early 20s, people in their 60s or older were ancient to me.

Tomorrow morning I’m off to the doctor. Ostensibly it’s the usual annual checkup, no big deal. Only I’m going to share something that might be. For the past few years, I’ve been finding myself having more and more of what are euphemistically called senior moments. Things will just randomly fall out of my short-term memory. I’ll forget to do something I just talked about doing literally minutes before. I’ll walk into the kitchen to do something and completely forget to do it if I get the least bit sidetracked. Or sometimes I’ll just completely forget why I’m in there at all. This is terrifying to me on a couple of levels. First of all, I’ve always prided myself on what everyone used to call my steel-trap memory. Not so much anymore. Also, dementia/Alzheimer’s has been present in the past three consecutive generations of my mom’s family before mine. So I’m going to open a conversation about getting cognitive testing. I’m well aware that I might be making a mountain out of a mole hill. After all, apart from these lapses I’m perfectly fine, certainly not quite ready for Shady Acres. But if I am indeed making something out of nothing, at this point, it’s probably better that I know that so I can move on. So the point of all of this is to ask for positive thoughts/prayers/mojo/whatever anyone can send my way. Thanks for reading and also for being there.

@Thumper1964 I won't ask how old you are. I feel I don't have that right.

Tomorrow morning I’m off to the doctor. Ostensibly it’s the usual annual checkup, no big deal. Only I’m going to share something that might be. For the past few years, I’ve been finding myself having more and more of what are euphemistically called senior moments. Things will just randomly fall out of my short-term memory. I’ll forget to do something I just talked about doing literally minutes before. I’ll walk into the kitchen to do something and completely forget to do it if I get the least bit sidetracked. Or sometimes I’ll just completely forget why I’m in there at all. This is terrifying to me on a couple of levels. First of all, I’ve always prided myself on what everyone used to call my steel-trap memory. Not so much anymore. Also, dementia/Alzheimer’s has been present in the past three consecutive generations of my mom’s family before mine. So I’m going to open a conversation about getting cognitive testing. I’m well aware that I might be making a mountain out of a mole hill. After all, apart from these lapses I’m perfectly fine, certainly not quite ready for Shady Acres. But if I am indeed making something out of nothing, at this point, it’s probably better that I know that so I can move on. So the point of all of this is to ask for positive thoughts/prayers/mojo/whatever anyone can send my way. Thanks for reading and also for being there.

@Thumper1964 I won't ask how old you are. I feel I don't have that right.

@NicksWorld @Thumper1964 It's not hard to figure out.

Tomorrow morning I’m off to the doctor. Ostensibly it’s the usual annual checkup, no big deal. Only I’m going to share something that might be. For the past few years, I’ve been finding myself having more and more of what are euphemistically called senior moments. Things will just randomly fall out of my short-term memory. I’ll forget to do something I just talked about doing literally minutes before. I’ll walk into the kitchen to do something and completely forget to do it if I get the least bit sidetracked. Or sometimes I’ll just completely forget why I’m in there at all. This is terrifying to me on a couple of levels. First of all, I’ve always prided myself on what everyone used to call my steel-trap memory. Not so much anymore. Also, dementia/Alzheimer’s has been present in the past three consecutive generations of my mom’s family before mine. So I’m going to open a conversation about getting cognitive testing. I’m well aware that I might be making a mountain out of a mole hill. After all, apart from these lapses I’m perfectly fine, certainly not quite ready for Shady Acres. But if I am indeed making something out of nothing, at this point, it’s probably better that I know that so I can move on. So the point of all of this is to ask for positive thoughts/prayers/mojo/whatever anyone can send my way. Thanks for reading and also for being there.

Tomorrow morning I’m off to the doctor. Ostensibly it’s the usual annual checkup, no big deal. Only I’m going to share something that might be. For the past few years, I’ve been finding myself having more and more of what are euphemistically called senior moments. Things will just randomly fall out of my short-term memory. I’ll forget to do something I just talked about doing literally minutes before. I’ll walk into the kitchen to do something and completely forget to do it if I get the least bit sidetracked. Or sometimes I’ll just completely forget why I’m in there at all. This is terrifying to me on a couple of levels. First of all, I’ve always prided myself on what everyone used to call my steel-trap memory. Not so much anymore. Also, dementia/Alzheimer’s has been present in the past three consecutive generations of my mom’s family before mine. So I’m going to open a conversation about getting cognitive testing. I’m well aware that I might be making a mountain out of a mole hill. After all, apart from these lapses I’m perfectly fine, certainly not quite ready for Shady Acres. But if I am indeed making something out of nothing, at this point, it’s probably better that I know that so I can move on. So the point of all of this is to ask for positive thoughts/prayers/mojo/whatever anyone can send my way. Thanks for reading and also for being there.

Tomorrow morning I’m off to the doctor. Ostensibly it’s the usual annual checkup, no big deal. Only I’m going to share something that might be. For the past few years, I’ve been finding myself having more and more of what are euphemistically called senior moments. Things will just randomly fall out of my short-term memory. I’ll forget to do something I just talked about doing literally minutes before. I’ll walk into the kitchen to do something and completely forget to do it if I get the least bit sidetracked. Or sometimes I’ll just completely forget why I’m in there at all. This is terrifying to me on a couple of levels. First of all, I’ve always prided myself on what everyone used to call my steel-trap memory. Not so much anymore. Also, dementia/Alzheimer’s has been present in the past three consecutive generations of my mom’s family before mine. So I’m going to open a conversation about getting cognitive testing. I’m well aware that I might be making a mountain out of a mole hill. After all, apart from these lapses I’m perfectly fine, certainly not quite ready for Shady Acres. But if I am indeed making something out of nothing, at this point, it’s probably better that I know that so I can move on. So the point of all of this is to ask for positive thoughts/prayers/mojo/whatever anyone can send my way. Thanks for reading and also for being there.