{"id":4749,"date":"2023-01-17T22:08:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T05:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/?p=4749"},"modified":"2023-01-17T22:09:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T05:09:22","slug":"retelling-and-a-possible-new-datapoint-annoying-memory-loss-01-17-2023-now-it-can-be-told-a-tree-and-me-nine-stitches-two-black-eyes-07-20-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/17\/retelling-and-a-possible-new-datapoint-annoying-memory-loss-01-17-2023-now-it-can-be-told-a-tree-and-me-nine-stitches-two-black-eyes-07-20-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"RETELLING: AND A POSSIBLE NEW DATAPOINT (annoying memory loss) [01\/17\/2023] Now It Can Be Told: A Tree.  And Me.  Nine Stitches.  Two Black Eyes (07\/20\/2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Black-eye-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4757\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Black-eye-2-1024x506.jpg?resize=660%2C326\" alt=\"Black eye\" class=\"wp-image-4757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Black-eye-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C506&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Black-eye-2.jpg?resize=300%2C148&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Black-eye-2.jpg?resize=768%2C380&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Black-eye-2.jpg?w=1030&amp;ssl=1 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tree-1-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4758\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tree-1-2-961x1024.jpg?resize=660%2C703\" alt=\"Tree 1\" class=\"wp-image-4758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tree-1-2.jpg?resize=961%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 961w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tree-1-2.jpg?resize=282%2C300&amp;ssl=1 282w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tree-1-2.jpg?resize=768%2C818&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tree-1-2.jpg?w=1491&amp;ssl=1 1491w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tree-1-2.jpg?w=1320&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1240.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4754\"> <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So this is what fell on my head in the summer of 2017.  The black eye etc emerged from that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Now, 6 years later, in the earliest days of 2023, I wonder if maybe my awful memory and verbal lapses have emerged from that injury unscathed after hiding for all these years.  I guess it&#8217;s possible.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s either that or the rapid advance of what had so far been a mild decline in memory and clarity in my annoying brain (or plain old aging.) Either way it&#8217;s ever onward.  If anyone has opinions or suggestions I&#8217;m open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otherwise we&#8217;re good.  Out here in SFO in a lovely place that offers support for my memory issues while providing us with a pretty normal life together in one apartment.  Great meals, really nice people, most aging more than compromised.  I&#8217;m that way too but with a dollop of memory awfulness to keep me on my toes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So this is what fell on my head in the summer of 2017. The black eye etc emerged from that. Now, 6 years later, in the earliest days of 2023, I wonder if maybe my awful memory and verbal lapses have emerged from that injury unscathed after hiding for all these years. I guess it&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/17\/retelling-and-a-possible-new-datapoint-annoying-memory-loss-01-17-2023-now-it-can-be-told-a-tree-and-me-nine-stitches-two-black-eyes-07-20-2017\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">RETELLING: AND A POSSIBLE NEW DATAPOINT (annoying memory loss) [01\/17\/2023] Now It Can Be Told: A Tree.  And Me.  Nine Stitches.  Two Black Eyes (07\/20\/2017)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[42,7,78],"tags":[3925,3927,3924,3928,3926],"class_list":["post-4749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-life","category-travel","tag-accident","tag-black-eye","tag-budapest","tag-freak-accident","tag-skull"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gBq8-1eB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4749"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4856,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4749\/revisions\/4856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}