Shout out to Nancy Pugh and Katy Mowrer for spending time with me this morning at treatment. Thanks guys. Love you both!
I am doing a little better this evening. Still pretty emotional, but a lot of that is from all the steroids they have been giving me and pumping into me. I am prepared to have an emotional, moody, up and down weekend. Basically I am an emotional roller coaster. Poor Danno.
I also got some other news today, another diagnosis....
Thank goodness
there's a name for
this disorder.
Somehow I feel
better even though
I have it!!
I was diagnosed with
A.A.A.D.D.
Age Activated
Attention Deficit
Disorder/Chemo Brain
This is how it
manifests:
I decide to water
my garden.
As I turn on the
hose in the
driveway.
I look over at my car
and decide it needs
washing.
As I started toward
the garage.
I notice mail on the
porch table that
I brought up from
the mail box earlier.
I decide to go
through the mail
before I wash the
car.
I lay my car keys on
the table,
put the junk mail in
the garbage can
under the table,
and notice the table,
and notice that the
can is full.
So I decide to put
the bills back on
the table & take
out the garbage
first.
But then I think,
since I'm going to be
near the mailbox
when I take out the
garbage anyway,
I may as well pay
the bills first.
I take my check
book off the table,
and see that there is
only one check left.
My extra checks are
in my desk in the study,
so I go inside the
house to my desk
where
I find the can of Pepsi I'd been
drinking.
I'm going to look
for my checks,
but first I need to
push the Pepsi
aside
so that I don't
accidentally knock it
over.
The Pepsi is getting
warm.
I decide to put it in
the refrigerator to
keep it cold.
As I head toward the
kitchen with the
Pepsi,
a vase of flowers on
the counter catches
my eye.
They need water.
I put the Pepsi on
the counter and
discover my reading
glasses that
I've been searching
for all morning.
I decide I better put
them back on my
desk,
but first I'm going to
water the flowers.
I set the glasses
back down on the
counter,
fill a container with
water and suddenly
spot the TV remote
someone had left it
on the kitchen table.
I realize that
tonight when we
go to watch TV,
I'll be looking for the
remote.
but I won't
remember that it's
on the kitchen table,
so I decide to put it
back in the den
where it belongs.
But first I'll water the
flowers
I pour some water in the
the flowers
Quite a bit of it spills
on the floor.
So, I set the remote
back on the table,
get some towels and
wipe up the spill.
Then I head down
the hall trying to
remember what I
was planning to do.
At the end of the
day:
the car isn't washed
the bills aren't paid
there is a warm can
of
Pepsi sitting on the
counter
the flowers don't
have enough water,
there is still only 1
check in my check
book,
I can't find the
remote,
I can't find my
glasses,
and I don't remember what I did
with the car keys
Then, when I try to
figure out why
nothing got done,
I'm really baffled
because I know I
was busy all day
long,
and I'm really tired.
I realize this is a
serious problem,
and I'll try to get
some help for it, but
first I'll check my
e-mail......
Don't laugh --
this could be you
someday!!!
I definitely have AAADD. That made me laugh!!! Bless you girl!
ReplyDeleteWho is this??
ReplyDeleteThis just made my day!!!! Was laughing sooo hard!
ReplyDeleteJody
Isn't that funny. haha
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