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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan

A while back I was in Ecuador and lost my Passport. Then a couple of weeks later I was home and lost my wallet.

Both of those are important items, and I was concerned that I lost both in a matter of weeks.

I discussed it with my PCP at the VA and she thought it was nothing more than a simple "absentmindedness" that happens at my age, but felt it would not hurt to go ahead and get a baseline psychological evaluation done, so, we would have it on file in case anything develops later.

A week later I spent a couple of hours with the therapist and she said the tests showed that I am having some trouble forming new long-term memories. I am not forgetting memories I already have but some of my short-term memories fail to get moved into long-term storage.

She recommended I start a regime of mental exercises to improve my memory functions, which I am doing.

Now that I have the diagnosis, I am starting to find that I am completely forgetting some things. For instance, Sharon will mention that we did something and I have no recollection of having ever done it. Sigh. Oh well, sucks to get older.

Since I am on several medications, the therapist recommended the VA provide me with a pill minder, and it arrived today.

This is one serious pill minder! But, being a geek, I appreciate it having a computer built into it. I will have to see if I can hack it to play Candy Crush or maybe better, "Wack-A-Mole" with the pill cases.

Good luck, Grumpy. Memory issues due to aging aren’t easy to deal with and I hope the exercises help you.