[CliffFletcher]

I'm in the same boat. I'm only in my late 40s, but I can no longer recall simple details that used to be able recall at will. Names of movies. Names of restaurants. Musicians. Even names of co-workers. Playing boardgames is a big hobby of mine, but unless I've played a game in the last couples months, I have to re-read the rules to it before I can play.

I've gotten so anxious at not being able to recall facts in conversation that I'm avoiding certain subjects (anything to do with names of actors, musicians, books, etc.) to save myself the embarrassment from the inevitable lapses. I just had this conversation with a co-worker:

Co-worker: What's the name of that restaurant you and your wife went to a couple weeks ago and really enjoyed?

Me: Oh, it's...uh, damn. Crap. Can't remember. It's... let me look it up on Google.

And this is a restaurant I've been to four or five times. This kind of memory failure happens to me several times a week.

I know I had one serious concussion for sure when I was a kid. Probably a couple more undiagnosed. On top of that, I was pretty cavalier with brain cells in a lot of ways in my youth.

Now I want to get an assessment too. Though like CaptainCrunch, I dread what the results might tell me.