Not being able to answer my boyfriend's questions

Yesterday I realized that the fog must have rolled in. My boyfriend and I were watching the Boston Red Sox game and I was using a heating pad because I had a sore back. A short time later, he asked me if I was feeling better with the heat on it. I remember replying, “I don’t know.” I think that there were different questions that he asked me, and I remember that I kept answering, I don’t know.

He said to me, “you don’t know if you are still in pain.” I said that I really couldn’t figure it out right now. I guess this is just something else that he will have to learn about me. There are times when I really can’t answer a question because I can’t figure out the answer. Thankfully he is usually very understanding and he truly “gets me”.

The other day, I told my boyfriend that I was thinking about the other evening when he asked me several questions and my reply was, "I don't know." I have wondered why that was my response. I told him that perhaps I couldn't find my words. I told him that I thought that some fog had rolled in!

I just wish that my three children, ages thirty-one, twenty-seven and twenty-three would spend some time trying to understand what it is like for me to live with a memory impairment. I will just continue to try to educate them. I do know that I can’t force them to accept the diagnosis or educate themselves.

I am still feeling a little foggy today! It's all good because I don't have to work today!