Is my memory starting to go?

Here I go again writing about symptoms I’m perceiving I may have that may have something to do with Huntington’s Disease, but also may have absolutely nothing to do with Huntington’s Disease, so brace yourself.

Today, it’s my memory. I’ve noticed some deficits. Well, I think I’ve notified some deficits. I feel like I’m having some issues with my short term memory. And even my midterm memory, if that’s a thing. I’ll give some examples.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve forgotten my wallet or left it in my vehicle when I went into a store. It happened as recently as yesterday. I went to the grocery store with my two kids, loaded them into the shopping cart and proceeded to parade around the store. It wasn’t until I had unloaded everything at the checkout and the cashier was busy scanning everything that I realized I didn’t have my wallet. So off I went, with the kids in the now empty shopping cart, out to the parking lot to retrieve my wallet.

Embarrassing. And this has happened a number of times now.

Another example. My wife and I currently both have green toothbrushes, but one is sort of translucent and the other has rubber grips on the handle. Both green colours, but still different enough that I should be able to remember which one is mine. Almost every time I brush my teeth, I find myself putting more thought into deciding which one is mine than I should be. I’ve had to come up with something to trigger my memory, which just seems odd to me.

Maybe I should wrap a bandaid around the handle of my brush. That would be a good idea.

My postal code is my nemesis. If I’m filling out a document, or someone asks me for my postal code (which in Canada is a six character combination of numbers and letters), it’s often hard to recall or I need to look it up in my phone.

It’s just weird. I shouldn’t have to do that. I can remember my childhood phone number, but at times my current postal code is like trying to recite War and Peace from memory.

Again, these situations very likely have nothing to do with HD (right?!), but this is all a good example about how I’m constantly assessing myself for early Huntington’s Disease symptoms. Just waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Does anyone have experience with memory issues in early HD?