I just can’t figure out what my wife will remember....especially short term memory....
Sometimes she easily recalls a previous discussion we just had..and sometimes not.....sometimes short term memory issues are more prominent.
I never know what to expect...
Some mornings start easy......some are very challenging....
if she is in an agitated mood...then I am the target and at fault....I am doing much better at dealing with it and just ride the wave of me being at fault..but sometimes I just don’t want to own it...especially if I have no clue as to what she is talking about....today after she calmed down...she apologized....which is nice...
the information by putting it all together. If one part is broken, it can't go together and make complete sense. I find that my mom stays in a conversation easily if it is quiet with just the two of us and it is something she knows - facts, personal experiences from long ago or other kinds of knowledge, like how to do things such as make her bed, clean up her room, read, or even how to be kind and polite to people. But anything that happens outside of her general knowledge or people she didn't know in the past, she can't follow, understand, and can't remember. She can't learn new things, unless she makes them up. She always remembers what she imagines and repeats it exactly in exactly the same words over and over for months. I also find that her memory is better sometimes than others. When she's been upset or confused her memory is worse. But, in general, just as you say, there is no way to know what to expect.