Comments on: Short term memory loss http://www.tomrafteryit.net/short-term-memory-loss/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:07:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Valerie Smith de Roch http://www.tomrafteryit.net/short-term-memory-loss/#comment-252084 Valerie Smith de Roch Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:59:13 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/?p=303#comment-252084 Hi, A couple of years ago, I had a brain aneuyrsim burst and many surgeries for the shunt which kept messing up as a result. The vascular coil I got worked really well, no problems. It is was the hydrocepallus shunt that was and is the problem. I am glad to read your site blog cause it makes me feel better to think that I can recover mentally alot more. I still have a lot of problems with time and memory. I still can't tell if something happened this morning or a few days ago etc. I can't really remember what happened in the morning by 4:00 PM daily. It is almost like clock work. I live with notes and post it notes to the point of absurdity now. Any suggestions? Val Hi, A couple of years ago, I had a brain aneuyrsim burst and many surgeries for the shunt which kept messing up as a result. The vascular coil I got worked really well, no problems. It is was the hydrocepallus shunt that was and is the problem. I am glad to read your site blog cause it makes me feel better to think that I can recover mentally alot more. I still have a lot of problems with time and memory. I still can’t tell if something happened this morning or a few days ago etc. I can’t really remember what happened in the morning by 4:00 PM daily. It is almost like clock work. I live with notes and post it notes to the point of absurdity now. Any suggestions? Val

]]> By: Did you ever wish your parents were dead? « Tom Raftery’s I.T. views http://www.tomrafteryit.net/short-term-memory-loss/#comment-2119 Did you ever wish your parents were dead? « Tom Raftery’s I.T. views Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:58:07 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/?p=303#comment-2119 [...] My mother had an explosive brain haemorrhage on December 5th 1997 - I remember it vividly. She recovered reasonably well and apart from vastly reduced stamina and a sensitivity to loud noises you’d hardly notice any change. Then in October 2003 she had a seizure - the doctors told us she had developed epilepsy as a result of the brain haemorrhage - the seizure also left her with a permanent headache which, although it varied in intensity, it never left. [...] [...] My mother had an explosive brain haemorrhage on December 5th 1997 - I remember it vividly. She recovered reasonably well and apart from vastly reduced stamina and a sensitivity to loud noises you’d hardly notice any change. Then in October 2003 she had a seizure - the doctors told us she had developed epilepsy as a result of the brain haemorrhage - the seizure also left her with a permanent headache which, although it varied in intensity, it never left. [...]

]]> By: Bif http://www.tomrafteryit.net/short-term-memory-loss/#comment-1158 Bif Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:52:55 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/?p=303#comment-1158 Yeah, I have a buddy who had an aneurism a few years back and conversations with him can still seem like they're on a loop. You learn to adjust though. Yeah, I have a buddy who had an aneurism a few years back and conversations with him can still seem like they’re on a loop. You learn to adjust though.

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/short-term-memory-loss/#comment-1157 Tom Raftery Wed, 20 Jul 2005 10:38:39 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/?p=303#comment-1157 I'm very sorry to hear that Michele. It is extremely distressing to see someone you love affected by brain injuries (or any kind of illness, really), isn't it? I’m very sorry to hear that Michele.

It is extremely distressing to see someone you love affected by brain injuries (or any kind of illness, really), isn’t it?

]]> By: Michele http://www.tomrafteryit.net/short-term-memory-loss/#comment-1155 Michele Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:50:32 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/?p=303#comment-1155 Reminds me of my grandmother, though in her case she would confuse me with my cousin who is 20 years my senior Reminds me of my grandmother, though in her case she would confuse me with my cousin who is 20 years my senior

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/short-term-memory-loss/#comment-1148 Tom Raftery Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:32:52 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/?p=303#comment-1148 Sorry Keith, I should have clarified that - she is significantly better now. Thanks for asking, Tom. Sorry Keith,

I should have clarified that - she is significantly better now.

Thanks for asking,

Tom.

]]> By: Keith http://www.tomrafteryit.net/short-term-memory-loss/#comment-1147 Keith Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:50:09 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/?p=303#comment-1147 So did she recover any of her short-term memory? So did she recover any of her short-term memory?

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