Denv12Senior Contributor
When The Helpers Need Help From Us.
I hope I posted this in the right place.
Just recently one of my friends,who is retired,and helps me at times,he rang me. Something in his voice made me think something was wrong.He explained that he couldnt remember who he was and he didnt know where he was at that moment.This isnt the first time he has experienced brief memory loss.I had to act quickly.I asked if he was in a house,he said yes.I asked him to sit down.I calmed him down and told him that he's likely to be in his own home.He said he found my phone number on his mobile phone and thought I'm someone he knows.We talked for 10 minutes. He seemed to be okay by then.We ended the call. About 30 minutes later he rang back.His memory came good and he even remembered that he had rang me before. He was so grateful.This experience helped me learn how to deal with it so if it happens again I can go through those step by steps with him or anyone else.I'm glad he was home and not out in his car somewhere.I can only imagine how frightened he was at the time. I told him to write it in a diary just so he can see when its happened before. And,he should write out a list of things to do if it happens again and keep the list near the phone.I learnt a lot that day.I am so glad I could be there for him.
