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p>I too, like Mr. Henry, have started experiencing these disconcerting lapses of memory. (I'm about to turn 58.) When it happens I'm reminded of a story that my mother told me when it started happening to her. At a check-up she said to the doctor, "Doctor, I'm finding lately that I'll go into a room and forget why I went in there." The doctor replied, "Mary Jane, when you go into that room and you don't remember what room it is, call me." br> -- Bill Carroll br> Newhall, California /p>

I can completely identify with Mr. Henry's experience of "losing words." In fact, I, too, have always had a good memory, but no longer. Rather, it is selective. I remember mostly trivia in my life. I confuse the first three numbers of my Social Security number with the first three numbers of my phone number. Once I had to look up my phone number in my cell phone directory, which is why it's there in the first place.

I am a very good speller, or was. Now I find that sometimes the spelling of the most ordinary words don't readily come to mind. Once, introducing a very old friend to another friend, I forgot her name. Completely!

The only consolation is that almost all my friends have the same problem. Most of us now carry a notepad or PDA with all the most important information on it, so a quick check will give us the information. Embarrassing? Yes. Inevitable? Unfortunately, yes. For most of us.

p>Thanks for sharing, it makes me feel a little better, somehow. br> -- Margaret Schlosser br> Bethany Beach, Delaware /p> p> How old is Lawrence Henry? This memory thing happens to me all the time and I'm 86! Now I don't feel so bad! br> --

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