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So I won't go into too much detail, but someone I know has been forgetting things.  It used to be just some trouble paying attention and forgetting some details which is normal to some extent.  Now it seems like she can't remember having entire conversations.  I told her about my husband and I going to the bank and finding out it would be best not to buy a house right now.  I told her every little detail we were told at the bank from why we were told that even though my husband has a great income to what we'll do now.  We talked about other things (for example, we talked about how awful it is that Michelle Duggar miscarried).  

This morning I wake up to an email asking how I am.  I say fine, assuming this is because I'm pregnant and everyone asks me this like every two seconds.  Then I get an email saying "So, what about the bank?"  So my response is "What about the bank?"  She proceeds to ask how it went and if we're getting a house.  So I go through a few emails talking about it again when I realize, it's not just details she's forgotten, it's as if we never talked last night.  To test it out I sent an email saying "Did you hear that Michelle Duggar miscarried?"  and she responded "No, that's awful!"

I talked to someone else who has had a similar experience but with them, it was an entire conversation lost within ten minutes of it happening.  I know we need to say something and talk to this person about going to the doctor but how do I approach this?  Do I ask if they remember us talking last night?  Do I just explain to them that we had talked about it and I'm worried because they didn't seem to remember?  Do I tell them right away I feel like they need to see a doctor?  What do I/we (the other person and I) do?  I will add that the person does drink regularly but we know for a fact they hadn't had anything to drink the day that the conversation seemed to be lost within ten minutes. 

That is a huge concern and they definitely need to see a doctor - does the person have someone close to them you could talk to about the issue? A spouse or something? It's hard to say without knowing how they're related. But yes, I would have a talk (preferably face to face) where you explain things like what you told us in this post, and that you're worried and there is a lot of different things that can cause that kind of memory loss and you hope they'll see a doctor to figure out what could be going on.

ETA: Yeah, if it's your mom, it's definitely time for a face to face conversation where you tell her you're very worried, and offer to accompany her to the doctor.

@Wonderstruck: I guess with all that information I can just say that it's my mother.  So it'd be either my brother or I talking to them (my parents are divorced and do not talk).  

@Ilovecheese: I would have definitely addressed it before if I had known about it.  I didn't know until this morning and then other conversation just happened a few days ago.  I'm trying to wait until she gets out of work because I don't want to call her there where she may not be able to really talk and I don't want her to get super upset at work.  

@KatNYC2011: I can't talk to her in person since right now we're very far away.  I would have handled it over Thanksgiving if I had known.  I'm going to talk to my brother about it when he gets off work in a little bit and see what he wants to do.  We talked a little about it because I called him as soon as I realized she didn't remember talking to me and he said it happened to him a couple of days ago. 

@MrsSl82be: That's what my brother is worried about.  And we know it'll be hard because that's what she'll think too and it's hard enough to get her to go to the doctor for something less scary.  Hopefully it's a fluke but we had like a thirty minute conversation and she doesn't seem to remember anything.  Both times seem to happen toward the end of the day after work. 

I don't know if this matters but sometimes too, it's like she didn't hear me.  Like I'll say something and she will be like "That'll be awful/exciting if that happens!" and then I'll have to repeat a few times that it's something that did happen for it to seem to go through.  So I guess somethings maybe aren't being processed at all?  I've just never had a situation where she forgot the entire conversation and can't even remember the main points. 

@Ilovecheese: Oh I know you weren't attacking, I was just clarifying that part of the story too.  I do wish I had known about this before since I'm not sure how long it's been going on.  There could have been other conversations that just haven't come up again for me to know she doesn't remember.