I've had CRS disease since my first child was born - he's now 38!

Yup.....another CRS'er here too. I went to renew my license today and when it came time to take my picture, I stood with my back to the desk and faced a big blue wall. The lady said, unless I wanted the picture of the back of my head on my licence, i should turn around and stand with my BACK to the blue wall and FACE the camera. OOPS! Dottie

Dottie, I wish I COULD have the back of my head on my license. My picture scares little children.

Last week I had dinners to attend on Wed. and Thur. nights. One Tuesday I knew which was which but by Wednesday I showed up for a 5 p.m. dinner at a venue and no one was there. I then remembered I needed to be at another venue at 5:30 and made it there almost on time. At least on Thursday night I knew just where that new venue was. I have CRS so bad.

CRS? I can't even remember what that is.

I have been waiting for 2-3 weeks for an order to arrive from Starcrest.
Waiting, waiting.

Yesterday I checked the site. There sat my order in my shopping cart.

Sue

this is why I LOVE THE KT...I am not alone and instead of getting ridiculed because I just came to the basement from two flights up...i know there is something I need down here so if I just sit here for a minute...I'll remember what it was...I've tried retracing my steps in my mind...but it looks like I'm gonna have to go back upstairs into the bedroom I was cleaning and try and remember why I came to the basement in the first place...

Liz who is president of the CRS club!

OK - what is CRS. I'm sure I'm a member too - maybe I forgot?

Dotmom, that's so funny! I bet you gave all those motor vehicle workers a chuckle around the lunch table.

I could be the VP of the CRS club if I knew what it meant. My mind as I knew it has disappeared.

Now I know I got on the forum for some reason. . . . Let me think a moment, it will come to me . . . .

My husband has senior moments all of the time (he is almost 62). I am almost 60 and have yet to have one. That is good news and bad news - because it is very frustrating to know that I am right. And I make no effort to remember. In my family those of us with large heads - and I have one - have minds like steel traps. My husband's 93 year old aunt has to answer questions for her children all of the time. I am getting selective though when people ask me about things - can't tell me how annoying I am re my memory one week and then ask me for help the next. I am getting cranky in my declining years.

Sue_va... I laughed at your message so hard!!! I had to go to the corner store, just a 3 minute drive. Pulled into the parking lot and sat there trying to remember why I was there and what I needed. Had to call hubby to ask him. Ran into a long time friend at the post office whom I've known for a good 15 years, and hadn't seen her in maybe 6-8 months. We were catching up about our kids and etc., the whole time I couldn't remember her name or her daughters name. I had to come home and ask hubby what my friends name is that lives 2 streets over, etc. I think I'm worrying him a little...

I am still laughing at Dotti's post... not laughing at her but with her that is so priceless... thanks for sharing!!!!!

Dottie...maybe we need to start a new trend and just put a mask on the back of our heads...I remembered my license was due for renewal at 4:15 on my birthday 5 years ago...I was in the middle of a move and barely had gotten a shower that morning...forget makeup...I rushed over there...got in line and because they made me wait over 30 minutes got a FREE 10 year license...I begged them to let me pay for the 5 so I could get a new picture...nope...not having it...I look absolutely awful and people do a double take when they see my license..(which thank god isn't very often)...so I'm all for turning around the wrong way!

Yeppers Liz, this bunch at the KT are with you in all regards, even this!! LMAo Gotta say the one that gets me the most is when I'm doing sumpin and get up to pee, then before I get to the bathroom forget why I got up! Now u tell me how do u forget THAT?? Geeeez

I love this post. It does make me feel much, much
better. LOL Not being alone out there in Senior
time is comforting.

Sorry, but I am the Matriarch of the Can't Remember Shi# Club - have been for over 40 years - when I'm gone, you can take over! LOL

I've probably got ya all beat,not only do i have CRS,add to that Chemo brain,and sometimes i don't remember who i am!! I kid you not,i think of something i need to do,and before i can move to do it,i forget what it was.

I've gotten very good at writing in the dark,for those nights when i can't sleep,which lately seems like most of them,anyway when something crosses my mind i just grab the pad and pencil and write it down.Fortunately in the morning i can read my notes.
Kathi

I think my husband is a good standing member of the CRS club. Some weeks back he went to work and I called and asked why he didn't stay home to watch the dogs. He had forgotten it was Sunday. He argued with me that it was not Sunday. Many times he forgets I have his supper in the microwave waiting on him. I find it the next day still in there or it can even be on the kitchen table and he doesn't even see it. I can call and tell him before he comes home that I have fixed him something and guess what he does? He stops by McDonald's on his way home and gets something and eats it as he drives.

Sue

The worst is when I'm not sure if I took a bath or brushed my teeth. I always stand in a room and have no idea why I am there. I usually just wait it out until it comes to me. I constantly see people who start talking to me and I don't know who they are.
donna

Well Dottie, when I went for my picture they asked me to turn around so they could get my best side....

Thanks, kiddos for laughing with me about my drivers license picture oops. There was a older gentleman in the place and when the lady told me to turn around, he made the remark as he was going out the door, bot sides are good lookin. Made me feel good even though I figured HE wouldn't pass the eye test. LOL The other stories from my fellow CRS members made feel that I'm not a Lone Ranger. Dottie

so tonight I went to DS's ball game...decided to stop by his gf=s house on the way home and visit with her mom and pick up some of DS's stuff he's left there...so I go in...we have a visit...I've got a sack full of dvd's...coats...socks...and wouldn't you know it...I left my glasses there...now I can't see to watch tv...grrrr...if I had a brain I might be classified as dangerous...

Cute cartoon. I passed it along!

renee_b, At least you got what you needed. . . now I have to start waiting again.

Waiting, waiting, waiting.

We are all in the same boat it seems.

Paddles. Paddles?

Did anybody remember to bring the paddles?

Sue

Well, yesterday I was cleaning under the sink, pulling out all those cleaning supplies that are just like new (!). I was waiting for the floor under there to dry before I pust stuff back, so had to check something on line, then decided I needed a little nap. An hour, or more, later I walked into the kitchen, and was surprised to see it just as I had left it.....and forgotten about.

Dottie - you gave me a good lol moment today and they are probably still talking about you at the motor vehicle agency....lol

Sheryl - NJ

Sue_va, did you finally finish the order online, still laughing about that. Years ago there was a poem floating around the internet via email about a woman who gets started on a chore, but before she does that chore there was another one she had to do first, and then that one didn't get done because of something else that came up... It's very funny but TRUE! It ends by her husband asking her what she did all day because she looks exhausted. I wish I could find it again. Does this poem ring any bells with anyone?

Yes, renee_b, I actually did!

Guess I forgot to add that to my message above.

What can I say?

Small DUH!

Sue

I remember that story/poem renee...I'll have to go looking for it!! It was pretty funny...she goes on and on and on!!

I hope you can find it and post it here Liz! I think all of us on this thread can really relate to it.

HJi Liz GA,

Well ... didja find it?

If so ... how about sharing?

ole joyful

Here it is! Liz emailed me with the link and I'll be happy to share the poem with everyone. I just love it!

AAADD
KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.
PLEASE READ!
Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.
Somehow I feel better even though I have it!!

Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

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 start 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 that the can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills
back on the table and 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,
and 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 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 flowers,
but 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 today,
I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day,
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....

Do me a favor.
Forward this message to everyone you know,
because I don't remember who the heck I've sent it to.

Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!

Thanks to Mamatoad for finding this great joke!!