Time Out!

Whoa! That last ECT session knocked me for a loop. I mentioned how it did me in to the pDoc, and he had me skip this week. Thank God! If you have had the treatment, you know exactly what I mean; if not, then you wouldn't believe me if I told you.

This time I was pretty much out of it for most of the day. Things that I did on a regular basis throughout each day escaped me. For example, I knew that my wife and I ended up in the living room after we got home from work, but I didn't have any idea how. In other words, the steps that we took (and I am usually a very routinized person) totally escaped me.

Years ago, on my way into work one morning, I came across an accident. A man was climbing out of his car, and up the hill. I stopped and asked if he needed a ride. He did want a ride to the service station to arrange for someone to tow his car out of the ditch. As we drove down the road, I tried to make small talk by asking his name. He looked at me with a blank look across his face, and said, "That is something I ought to know, right?" The longer we drove, the more confused he became.

This was how my day went after the treatment. I was constantly encountering something I thought I should know, but I couldn't bring it to mind. It got better as the day went on, but it took a while. Anyway, I'll be "off treatment" for a week.

Later.