I do a lot of those brain exercises you can find all over the net. Designed to prevent alizhimers and dimensia taking hold of a person's brain. I don't know if they help but they are fun. My worst thing is numbers. I can't even remember my own phone number. When I am working on a spread sheet I can't keep a number in my head long enough to post more than one number at a time.

I also experience what I call 'temporary amnesia'. Wonder if this happens to anyone else. I might be driving somewhere and when I look over at my son I don't know who he is. I don't know my own name or anything about anything. It will usually pass in 30 minutes or so and leave me exhausted. It happens maybe once a month or so. I have yet to identify a trigger for it. I don't always have to be particularly stressed. I just go blank and in the moment I rather like the peace. I don't feel panicked by it at all. I remember it afterwards but am just really really tired.

Sorry for going off topic but it came to mind so I thought I would ask.

I am glad ruffy that you feeling more at ease about this and yes.... spelling is out the window for me. I can sit and puzzle over the spelling of the simplest of everyday words for the longest time before it will finally come to me. Crazy making!!