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The cannabis farm (OT)
On Thu, 3 Oct 2013 21:49:55 +0000 (UTC), Bastette
wrote: dgk wrote: My memory is actually pretty good considering that I'm over 60 but it should be better. I'm at work now and just couldn't remember the last name of a coworker that I email once every few weeks for something. I know his face, have no trouble with his first name, and sat here for a minute until his last name (and thus email address) popped into my head. The information is still all there, but the pointers to it are flakey. I smoked it when I was in my late teens/early 20s, and my memory at the time was stellar. My friends would come to me if they needed to pinpoint what happened on such-and-such date. About 10 years ago, I started having this experience where I would try to remember how I'd spent the day just a few days prior, and I would draw a complete blank. It was like looking into a black abyss - nothing there. This started happening often. I even started to forget long conversations about important subjects. It was pretty alarming (not to mention embarrassing). Then I started to notice that if someone refreshed my memory enough, it would all come back intact. All I needed was a bit of extra prompting. As you said, the information is still all there, but the pointers are getting flaky. I think of it as: my memory-storage capability hasn't changed, but the retrieval system doesn't work as well. I was so relieved when I realized this! I had thought those memories were gone, but I just needed more help locating them. I was having foot pain and figured that it was probably Planter Facitis. So I looked online, found a podiatrist that was covered by my insurance and a few blocks from my job, and made an appointment on line. It wasn't until the doctor looked at my chart and said that I had been there five years ago for bursitis in exactly the same place that it came back to me. Yup, I had bursitis again, not PF, and just laughed that I didn't even remember seeing the same doctor in the same place. Now if I can just stop walking on the heel, everything will have a chance to heal. |
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The cannabis farm (OT)
On 10/03/2013 07:11 AM, dgk wrote:
I smoked a lot of it in my youth. I attribute much of my memory loss to that, but I don't really know. You smoke, you get stoned, you eat. It's ok but not in the quantities that we were doing. I would legalize it just because it doesn't do enough harm to warrant being illegal and so much damage is done by the laws. I read somewhere that 1/3 of the US prison population is there because of pot. That's nuts. My memory is actually pretty good considering that I'm over 60 but it should be better. I'm at work now and just couldn't remember the last name of a coworker that I email once every few weeks for something. I know his face, have no trouble with his first name, and sat here for a minute until his last name (and thus email address) popped into my head. The information is still all there, but the pointers to it are flakey. Ten years ago I wounded my right leg which led to having my leg amputated. Before The amputation I was in extreme pain. My granddaughters male friend had some pot, so she brought me some in a pot pipe. I had never tried it before nor after but I smoked and for two hours I had relief for the pain. No pain for two hours was like heaven. And I understand the memory thing. All the files are in place but the indexing has problems. Li'l Al |
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