Hi, did I get your attention with brain farts? Hahahah, maybe I should have said senior moments!
This is what I will be writing about for this post, forgetting. Thru my life journey, I had the pleasure of experiencing cancer. I say pleasure because I was lucky in the respect of an extended lifetime and cancer brought about changes that I would not have taken if I never had cancer. This can be another post. I mentioned this because I did experience the chemo brain. I had a very difficult time with remembering appointments and simple stuff. Prior to chemo my short term memory was excellent and long term memory ok. But boy, I sure had issues once in remission. As time progressed (like a year after remission) I still experienced the chemo brain. My father who is 20 years my senior said to me, “it could simply be your age.” Either way I had to do what ever I could to remember.
At that time I used many different colored sticky notes. Today, my phone! No need to dig for paper and pencil. Just whip out that phone. See what I mean in this illustration.
When I need to remember something I take the shot. Then I can look at the picture later to recall the desired information I wanted to remember. Or when the print is too small, take a picture of the print and enlarge the picture. This has been a handy one for me! Once I have taken action of the saved info, I delete the image. Here’s another example.
There are many different ways to help with recalling information on the fly. My daughter uses her refrigerator as a white board. She will have a few different to do list written on the front doors of the refrig. Well we have a few different things on our frig. The most common is business cards. There was an exception.
I’ll keep this picture. My grand-daughter wrote this and now I can keep it forever. Don’t have to worry about loosing it or taking up lots of space. I have added it to my favorites folder!
Cell phones were not common when my kids were younger. Definitely the cell phone we did have back then did not have the camera capability like today. But I could have taken a picture with my 35mm camera, but did not.
Whether you call forgetting things brain farts or senior moments, remember you can take a picture of something that you want to remember. Think smarter, not harder!
Best Wishes, Debra
I hear you Debbie. I have fibromyalgia and get fibro fog a lot and it really messes with me. That’s when I’ve got notes stuck all over the place.
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Funny thing, my dad said that could also be from me getter older! ha, ha.
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Take care and best wishes.
My daughter’s oncologist told her that cancer feeds on sugar so that right there was enough to convince me not to eat it any longer.
I have always consumed sugar foods. Since I have started Weight Watchers, I have cut back on so much sugars in my diet. I am feeling better. In fact when I sit on the ground now, when I go to get up, I can! Once, I felt like one of those air blown up punching bags that had the weight in the bottom and after punching it, the blow up would return to upright for another hit.
I do that too, that’s why my phone is with me 24/7. I have categorized albums to hold such in the photos app. My brain fog comes from fibromyalgia. Didn’t know you had cancer. I briefly wrote about my daughter’s cancer in my post about “benefits of a plant based diet.” Thanks so much for linking up at the #UnlimitedLinkParty 123. Pinned.
hahahaah, you said it much nicer than me- brain fog! 🙂 I will visit your post for the benefits of a plant based diet. This will be interesting for me to read. We now use cast iron skillets. My husband got rid of all our non-stick skillets. I now only use the microwave to heat up food. Never use it to cook a meal. We have also adapted in other ways too. This could be a future post! I appreciate the pin!
Well, it’s not my way of saying it, that’s actually what medical professionals call it with those who have brain issues related to fibromyalgia. Yeah, I stopped eating sugar and no longer use the microwave as that’s what my daughter’s doctor instructed her to do.
I could not even imagine the pain you experience with the fibromyalgia. With my Crohn’s disease I am limited on what I can eat. Meat, potatoes and pasta are my go to’s, so much for limiting sugar!
One thing for sure I have learned, nothing is as important as good health! Take care.