Good one.........I find that I pick up my coffee cup and talk into it thinking that I"ve picked up the phone............tomorrow, I"ll pay attention.......lol
Lorita

That's a good discovery. I find that I really don't care about details and definitely don't focus well on things. I'll try the experiment.

I gotta write things down; that's always been key for me, especially now, as long as I don't lose my list or forget where I put it. Also since my surgery, I have "anesthesia brain." I have forgotten whole events, even those I have attended! Hopefully this will get better over time. I agree, though, concentrating on paying attention does help.

Not sure if this will be all that helpful, but it was a life-saver for me during the first months of my loss.

I bought a phone message book from an office supply store (the kind that secretaries use with four message notes per page) that has the self-carbon copy that remains in the binder. When I needed to make sure something was not forgotten or a phone message needed posted, I would write it in this book regardless of whether I thought I would remember it or not (usually didn't, though). The message sheet could be torn out to take with me, if needed, but the self-carbon copy remained in the binder. I always had the assurance that whatever note I had removedand usually couldn't find again (yes, I lost my notes on a regular basis at first) that it would be in the binder for me to review. We have the small business of the maple syrup camp, and people were calling for orders, etc., so it became a very important life-line to me and our daughters. At the beginning, none of us could remember anything, so we would have been in a real mess with the business had we not have had the "book" to check out.

Maybe this will be a help, or maybe it sounds a bit far-fetched to some. I still use it, though, and find some humor in reading previous notes. Some of those notes from a couple of years ago have proven to be very helpful when I needed to recall some facts or phone numbers.

Happy remembering!!! TJ

Interesting and amusing reading about all the memory loss! Since Brian died I have almost no short term memory and thought that this was something I alone was suffering from! I do write things down - every night I make a list of the things I must do the next day - without it I would foget to get out of bed!!! Must try the concentration thing more and see if it helps. I was wondering the other day how on earth I can think of looking for employment if I have no short term memory!! lol

My memory was awful in the first months and my doctor said it was because I was focused on my loss. It's more a concentration issue. I couldn't watch television because I couldn't follow the storyline, but could read a book. Now that makes no sense, but it's true. Sharon