Could it be dementia by association? (Peri?) Menopause brain fog? or just plain old general daftness?

I have an autoimmune thingy called pernicious anaemia.  It’s not terribly exciting.  It was at the start before it was diagnosed – it affects your nervous system and symptoms (for me) included my sight changing to ‘fly view’  – a bit like this…

…for a short while every so often, and the other interesting one where it feels like there is one giant magnet in your head and another on the floor and they are pulling towards each other and there is nothing you can do about it.  That one is quite awkward as you stay conscious so have the embarrassment of watching people watching you as you slowly fall over sideways.

Anyway, once you’re diagnosed, the solution is simple:  A B12  injection every 10-12 weeks depending on how fast your symptoms come back.  It usually starts with the tiredness before the fly eyes and the head magnet.  I didn’t mention that.  It’s a tiredness like your body s full of sand and you’re wading upstream through a river of treacle.

I have injections every 10 weeks and I never, ever forget because..well, see above.

I have never ever forgotten in over ten years.  Until this time.  And I forgot so much that it wasn’t until I was sitting in Brighton Pavilion Music Room listening to a string quartet play by candle light (amazing, but those Regency period folks clearly didn’t feel the cold.  We stayed in jackets, hats and gloves for the duration), that I noticed the organ pipes started moving in quite a fly vision kind of way…

I’ve had the injection now.  And soon I’ll be full of beans rather than sand and my head will stay upright and all will be good with the world.  And I’ll put a reminder in my calendar and an alarm on my phone for next time to beat the Dementia by association /(Peri?) Menopause brain fog / General daftness.

And I’ll thank my lucky stars that I only have to have an injection every 10 weeks (if I remember).  Until the 1950s, for those that survived pernicious anaemia (because it used to be a killer) were told to eat a pound of raw liver every day.  Which it turned out did absolutely nothing to help the situation.  And I imagine would be utterly impossible to forget too. 🙂