Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Support Group
This community is a place where members can discuss current events and weigh in on what's going on in the world.
This community is a place where members can discuss current events and weigh in on what's going on in the world.
Lisa
Educating him may be the key.
DD
i have had memory issues since the dx with epilepsy most of the meds cause memory issues and then we all know that MS plays havoc with memory as well...grin.. so i am screwed when it comes to memory... but i do try..and some days are pretty good...
And i must admitt my husband is doing well considering we have only been married for 6 years.. but when he really gets on my nerves about my memory ,, i get sarcastic.. (yeah yeah i know its in my nature)... i put one of those name tag things on him.. for example.. which he promptly rips off
one thing i really hate is when i am watching something on t.v. and i know we have all been there.. and he comes along and says ....you have seen this before dont you remember??... he will ask me that aprox.. 8 times during the show.. about 10 minutes in i have of course remembered the show.. but hell no im not going to admitt it now.. i patiently wait until the end and then tell him that yep i remembered and exactly when.. and next time if he does not pester so much then i would have changed the channel...
this took place with a re run of criminal minds...heh heh heh ..it was okay it was a good eposide...grin..
serves him right...grin..lmao
Another favorite and i know your going to think im mean for this one...and goose if you read this you cannot tell next time we have coffee...lmao
if he is really starting to bug about the memory thing....rofl
i hide things on him...grin.. car keys ,, sun glasses..etc.. not hide..hide.. if you know what i mean,, but pick them up from where he put them down and move them to an out of the way spot...grin.. then when he is looking for them...i smile oh so nicely and say..dont YOU remember where they are hon?...lol
have some fun with it people... dont let them beat you down.... just if your going to switch places of where he put something for gods sake write it down somewhere...lol... in case you forget..rofl
I understand what you are saying about your husband. Mine does the same thing. I have had MS for over 10 years now, and recently I am having memory losses. Sometimes he will tell me something and then he has to tell me again, because I know he said something but what is beyond me. I am sort of phasing out. He is getting very frustrated with this. It is so funny because he never is tired of the wheelchair or loading and unloading it. But the fact that I can't remember what he is saying makes him angry. Remember our husbands try hard to understand and to continue life as it was before and they forget that we have limitations now that we didn't have a few years ago. They know it, but don't live it until it hits them in the face like not remembering something that they just said. They are trying to put this all together also. I know my husband loves me a lot, and I know that he would never hurt me on purpose, but sometimes he says things without thinking about what I am feeling or doing at the moment. Sometimes he just has to be reminded not to expect the same things that he had before from me and then he seems to be ok.