More about
Alzheimer (2)
Peter
Wu
Since I wrote about Alzheimer’s
disease’s yesterday, my brain cells have suddenly
undergone a rejuvenation so many things I
forgot to say have now come flooding
back. Here are a few:
I could be working in the kitchen
and found that I need some eggs so I traipse into the garage. By the time I
reach the garage, I get side-tracked by the sight of a pile of dirty washings
so I put them into the washing machine. When I finished with it, Ireturn to the kitchen completely forgotten I need some
eggs in the first place so I
go back there again and pick up an
egg, not realising I need two. So a simple chore
like this requires several trips to
the garage. Tell you what, incidents like this are
happening with frighteningly increasing
frequency.
I totally rely on a list for my
trip to the supermarket. Even with such a list, I often miss out on things I
need to buy so that calls for a return trip to the supermarket.
Trouble is, I forget which
supermarket I go to in the first place so I often have to
check the receipt so I know which
supermarket to return to.
I also have a tendency to leave
bags of groceries behind at the checkout. Many a
time the check-out supervisor came
rushing after me, as if I am a shop-lifter!
A former colleague of mine, who
has since returned to the western sky (he was a
Kwai Lo),
was a bit of a lady’s man. One day, he arranged a nice bouquet of flowers for
his wife, for their wedding anniversary. He got home expecting a warm
reception from his wife. What he got was
anything but – it was an icy one. Why?
Because he got the anniversary
date mixed up with his previous wife’s. And how
many (wives) has he had? A grand
total of five! (based on what he told me).
How did he get it so wrong? Dementia.
What am I trying to say? Ok, feel
free to have as many as you like but make sure you either don’t have dementia,
have a good PA, or a good diary. But the most
effective way to cope is have only one
wife. That way, even if you muck up the
date, you won’t get sent to the dog
house.
Hey, despite all these, some will
never learn. So I think Alzheimer or Dementia are
God’s revenge on mankind, over our wayward behaviour.
~End~