" HAVE I EVER BEEN THERE "?

A COUPLE WEEKS AGO MIKE AND I WENT TO A NEW DENTIST (DR. MATTINGLY).  THEY DID ALL THOSE X-RAYS OF OUR TEETH AND DID THE CLEANING FOR BOTH OF US.  THEN THEY SENT US VIA E-MAIL THEIR PROPOSAL OF WHAT ALL NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND THE COST.  MIKE HAS AN APPOINTMENT TO GO BACK ON MONDAY, AND LAST NIGHT HE ASKED ME "HAVE I EVER BEEN THERE"?  I TRIED TO REMIND HIM THAT THEY WERE THE ONES WHO DID HIS TEETH CLEANING AND TOOK ALL THE X-RAYS, BUT HE SAID "I DON'T REMEMBER".  I AGAIN TRYING TO REASSURE HIM SAID "I'M SURE YOU WILL REMEMBER HIM ONCE WE GO BACK TO HIS OFFICE".  HE SEEMED VERY CONCERNED AND ASKED ME "DO YOU REALLY THINK SO"?  IT IS SO HARD TO KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO QUESTIONS LIKE THAT. THE TRUTH IS, HE WILL MOST LIKELY NOT REMEMBER EVER HAVING BEEN  THERE BEFORE, BUT TELLING HIM THAT WOULD NOT BE VERY ENCOURAGING FOR HIM, AND I TRY TO KEEP HIM IN A POSITIVE FRAME OF MIND.  WE KID AROUND A LOT, AND MIKE MAKES LIGHT OF HIS CONDITION MOST DAYS.  LIKE YESTERDAY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BRAIN ANEURYSM'S AFTER THERE WAS A NEWS MENTION ABOUT A FAMOUS SPORTS FIGURE WHO JUST DIED FROM ONE.  I WAS TELLING MIKE THAT THEY CAN HAPPEN AT ANY AGE, AND SOME YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE ALSO DIED FROM THOSE.  THEN MIKE SAYS "GOOD THING I DON'T HAVE A BRAIN"!! HE IS STILL WITTY AND FUNNY AT TIMES, AND THOSE ARE THE MOMENTS I CHERISH!!  HE STILL PUTS DIRTY DISHES AWAY AT TIMES,  PUTS HIS CLOTHES OR MINE IN THE TOWEL CLOSET, AND TALKS MORE AND MORE TO THE DOGS. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK HE IS DOING PRETTY WELL.  HE STILL WORKS OUT IN THE YARD SEVERAL HOURS A DAY, AND THAT IS A GOOD THING.  HE'S DOING MUCH BETTER WITH CHOOSING HIS CLOTHES NOW TOO (THANKFULLY)!!  FOR A WHILE THERE HE WOULD PUT ON A FLOWER SHIRT AND PLAID PANTS!! I WOULD TELL HIM THAT HE LOOKS LIKE A CLOWN TRYING TO GET HIM TO CHANGE ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT HE WOULD SAY "GOOD-I LIKE CLOWNS"!!! I'M REALLY GLAD THAT PHASE SEEMS TO BE OVER-AT LEAST FOR NOW.  WELL IT IS RAINY HERE TODAY, SO I HOPE WHERE EVER YOU ARE THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE-OR AT LEAST A RAINBOW!!  JUST ME