" WHAT'S MY PHONE NUMBER ? "

THIS PAST SATURDAY MIKE WENT TO THE BANK TO DEPOSIT HIS SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK.  HE WANTED TO GO IN BY HIMSELF, AS HE FELT HE WAS CAPABLE OF DOING THAT-SO I LET HIM, AND I WAITED IN THE CAR.  WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE BANK, HE WAS VISIBLY UPSET.  THE FIRST THING HE SAID WAS "WHAT IS OUR PHONE NUMBER"?.  I OF COURSE GAVE IT TO HIM, AND HE REPEATED IT A FEW TIMES AS IF  HE WAS REALLY TRYING TO REMEMBER IT.  I KNEW SOMETHING MUST HAVE HAPPENED IN THE BANK DEALING WITH OUR PHONE NUMBER, BUT I DID NOT PRESS HIM ON IT RIGHT THEN.  ONCE WE WERE BACK HOME, AND WERE HAVING LUNCH, HE ASKED ME FOR OUR PHONE NUMBER AGAIN, AND I ASKED HIM "WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS"?  HE TRIED TO REMEMBER IT, BUT GOT IT WRONG.  I THEN ASKED HIM "WHAT DAY IS IT"? MIKE SAID "THE END OF THE MONTH".  I SAID "OK, WHAT DAY WOULD THAT BE"?, AND HE SAID " I DON'T KNOW, THE 26TH , OR THE 27TH".  THEN I ASKED HIM "WHAT MONTH ARE WE IN" ?  MIKE SAID "MAY".  THEN I ASKED HIM "WHAT YEAR ARE WE IN"? MIKE SAID "2012".  IN OTHER WORDS, HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT SO EVER WHAT DAY, MONTH OR YEAR IT IS!!!  IT IS REALLY HARD FOR ME TO SEE THESE CHANGES ON A DAILY BASIS.   I SEEM TO WORRY ALL THE TIME WHEN EVER HE IS OUT OF MY SIGHT.  HE HAS NOW TAKEN TO WALKING THE DOGS AT NIGHT AS OF LATE-OFTEN AFTER I HAVE GONE TO BED AND AM ASLEEP!!!  I KNOW THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO BE WITH HIM OR WATCH HIM ANY MORE THAN I ALREADY AM DOING, BUT I STILL FEEL THAT SOMETHING MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE HIS SAFETY.  ON YET ANOTHER SUBJECT-I HAVE NOT EATEN AT THE TABLE WITH MIKE FOR SOME THREE DAYS NOW, AS I AM TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT, AND AM DRINKING A HEALTHY SHAKE INSTEAD.  MIKE HAS NOT EVEN NOTICED THAT I AM NOT EATING WITH HIM AT THE TABLE AS HAS BEEN OUR ROUTINE FOR 41 YEARS!! INSTEAD, THE ONLY COMMENT MIKE MAKES IS TO ASK ME "HAVE YOU FED THE DOGS"?  NOW I KNOW WHERE I RATE!!! SOMEWHERE  RIGHT AFTER THE DOGS I'M GUESSING!!  HOPE THIS POST WILL GIVE SOMEONE A CHUCKLE, THAT IT MAY ALSO BE HELPFUL TO SOMEONE TODAY-EVEN IF IT ONLY SERVES TO REMIND YOU THAT OTHERS ARE FELLOW SUFFERERS AND YOU ARE NOT DEALING WITH THIS DISEASE ALL ON YOUR OWN!!!  TILL LATER-JUST ME