I have had short term memory loss for 7 years after aTBI do to a
car accident.I have good memory days and bad. but now at the age of
40 some days feel like I have alzheimers. I went back to school and
have been taking college classes since 2006.

I keep notes and calendars every where. I just dont retain anything
what happens is the last thing that goes in is the thing I retain
until something elses goes in.

I do drive but do get lost and even though I may have been by there
a million times forget how to get there of get back and have to call
my husband.

Doctors were once hope ful that the short term would come back but
so far I live day to day and keep notes and calendars (the down fall
is sometimes I dont remember the last place I had them)

Most people dont understand the frustration this can cause and think
that I sometimes fake this matter .

How do you cope?



Pattie