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SherryG, you've got alot going on right now, and like your sisters have said, chemo. plays a big part in short-term memory loss, as does stress/lack of sleep. Also, from something I read years ago, your short-term memory can hold approximately 7-11 "items" at once, and if you try to store a new "item" in your short-term memory, something will be pushed out, in other words,"forgotten", and here's the kicker- it's not the thing that's been in your short-term memory the longest, but any one of those 7-11 items at random, no rhyme or reason, to make room for the new short-term memory. As I read your post last night, I had myself cracking up, because I went into the kitchen to give my cat insulin (needs it twice a day) and thought, "oh, man, I can't remember if I already did this tonight", as we get older, it's hard, for me at least, to remember if that was something I did yesterday, or an hour ago, so, I know what (like Chrisy says) all of youse guys are dealing with as far as the memory thing goes. Yes, I often walk into the next room to do something, and stop, befuddled and have to go back to the original room and retrace my steps. I think we just all think too much, and don't sleep enough. Hey, let's just all think less and sleep more! Love all of youse guys, Bill
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