tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post114752383921408891..comments2024-01-12T00:24:35.544+01:00Comments on St Bloggie de Riviere: Mortal StatesSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-1147626504105244882006-05-14T19:08:00.000+02:002006-05-14T19:08:00.000+02:00I agree, Phil. It's like the pathways that govern ...I agree, Phil. It's like the pathways that govern short-term memory no longer function, while the ones where old memories are housed are favoured, unencumbered by diverionary tactics by short-term memory hogging disk space.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-1147616840737949942006-05-14T16:27:00.000+02:002006-05-14T16:27:00.000+02:00The mind is such an odd thing. Sometimes it can su...The mind is such an odd thing. Sometimes it can suffer terrible trauma, like when my friend John crashed his motorbike into a brick wall in the Comoros islands, and had to be helivacced out to hospital in South Africa, and still recover completely - although on awakening from his coma he couldn't recall how to speak either English or French, when I saw him a year later, he was indistinguishable from his former zany self. You wouldn't think mere age would have a greater impact that violent head trauma, but it does seem to catch up with us all. Even without afflictions like the Parkinson's that darkened by grandfather's last years, it seems like something eventually snaps up there, like a toy plane whose propeller is wound up once too often. Doubtless, Sarah's advice to keep busy is the best - keep learning new things, keep challenging yourself, and above all keep a sense of purpose up there. There is always something more to do.<BR/><BR/>Cheers, --- PhilAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-1147535638372944532006-05-13T17:53:00.000+02:002006-05-13T17:53:00.000+02:00Hi Glen, he's 75. He's due to have a neurological ...Hi Glen, he's 75. He's due to have a neurological MOT soon to assess his condition. My mother is not expecting more than an identification of his condition as the links in his brain which govern tasks has gone. So he loses track of where he is during a given task. It's been coming on for years.<BR/>The only thing I can suggest for you is to keep your brain active. If you are on the computer that's great - do as much as you can to ward off boredom. My mother tells me that when my father is doing nothing in particular at home, he is much much worse than when, for example they go on a day trip somewhere and get a good dose of mental input.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-1147528382392063162006-05-13T15:53:00.000+02:002006-05-13T15:53:00.000+02:00How old is your Dad?I'm 72 and think I am going th...How old is your Dad?I'm 72 and think I am going the same wayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com