Quick background: Two brain stem strokes (2013 and 2015) recovered from initial issues to a great extent i.e. diplopia, vertigo, double vision etc.
I didn’t realise until yesterday the extent of pre-stroke memory loss and found the experience quite distressing.
My friend and me went shopping, whilst shopping he got a call from his niece asking him to pop round as her daughter (2 year old) was asking to see her favourite uncle. He mentioned he was out with me and she said I was welcome to come along to meet her daughter which I thought was a lovely gesture. Fast forward to returning home, I said I could vaguely remember my friends niece thinking about when my friends mum had died as his niece would surely have been there.
It turns out however that I had employed his niece and have no memory of this fact - I was astounded to say the least. Now trying to build a picture of how this occurred and the project I employed the niece to undertake.
I am sure this is more common than I realised and wondered if anyone can relate to this experience.
Thank you for your response Ann, it was something I had not expected to occur especially given that the project was a career defining moment for me so to forget a person who was instrumental in it’s success was very disconcerting
I just wanted to welcome you to the community, and I’m sorry to hear about your recent situation with your memory, that sounds very distressing for you.
I can see that @Mrs5K has shared a resource with you about memory which I hope will help and I’m sure there will be some more people along shortly with advice on this.
You can also use the in the top right hand corner to search for past conversations about memory which may help.
If you need anything whilst you’re using the Online Community, please don’t hesitate to tag me using the @ symbol and my username.
Thank you Anna for both the welcome and the advice. I am wondering if it might be an idea to make a GP appointment for a follow up neurological consultation - it has been a long time since I sought advice for anything stroke related. This experience has shaken me a little.
It would probably be a good idea to see your GP. They can check you over & make sure there’s nothing else going on too. It is easy to put things down to our strokes but that might not always be the case. Definitely worth getting checked for peace of mind.
in the top right hand corner to search for past conversations about memory which may help.