# I do have a bad, bad, bad problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 14, 2021, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324 "2021-11-14T08:18:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/1 "2021-11-14T08:18:16Z")
Not kidding at all. I’ve had diabetes since I was a baby. Generally successful in staying on my diet and keeping my glucose balanced. Except during puberty and now. All my safeguards are in place and working. I’m chained to the dialysis vampire 3 times a week. My biggest issue, a brain fog/dementia is setting in. I’m at least confused once a week. I’m sleepy headed at least twice a week. I’ve had a very nasty hiccup lately and got into trouble about it. I think I hurt someones feelings. No, I know I did. I can’t push Pandora back in the box. I think I’ve said it before on here, if anyone senses or sees I’m off my rail please report me to a mod, and ask I be shut down for awhile. If it turns out it’s not happening I’ll forgive you I promise. I’d rather not hurt anyone on the board. Peeps, this is a scary time in my life. My friend I hurt may never forgive me. I cannot stand the idea of hurting a few 100 or 1 here on the Dope. I need your help in this. Any mod reading this, I hope it’s ok to ask for help like this. Don’t be afraid to shut me down if asked to. I won’t mind at all. Thx, my friends. Thx so much. I enjoy this place so much. It keeps me sorta sane. I laugh at/with and cry for and care about each and every one of you. Love beck ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/2 "2021-11-14T09:57:19Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > and care about each and every one of you. ? What, even me ?!?! Wow! Hey, you’re up early (or late) ! Anyway, as for the rest, don’t worry about it. Take care of yourself. Bye for now. PJD ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/3 "2021-11-14T15:15:00Z")
I love you, Beck. Don’t ever forget that! Even if you get confused as to which shoe goes on what foot, keep knowing that I love you. I’ve got a birthday coming up. And I’m thinking, “Well, shit, how did I get so old?” I have my moments of forgetfulness. Most are due to my pain control medications. I don’t really care what the cause is, I used to be so proud of my memory, and I hate it when I can’t think of that one word, or I can’t remember if I put two spoons or three spoons of something in that recipe. I gotta count blessings, though. Our kids are the best. Each one would drop everything in a heartbeat to help us with anything. And that help comes with love, not complaint. From the way you have shown us your family, Beck, I think your kids are the same way. C’mon. Let’s count blessings together. Love you. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/4 "2021-11-14T15:22:10Z")
I’m starting to think my brain is wired like Kelly Bundy’s – every new piece of info coming in pushes an old piece of info out. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/5 "2021-11-14T16:15:37Z")
@VOW, you give me so much hope. Thank you, friend. I love you as well. P.S. I’m half way thru your box of puzzles. It’s been great having them right in my bedroom. @burpo_the_wonder_mutt - you described exactly how I feel. One thing that happens is I have a chore or some normal thing to do. I get up and go to take care of the issue and dammit I lose it, in the brain fog. So maddening. I’ve started writing on post-it notes. And sticking them on my shirt. It’s a goofy way to do it. Clumsy as it is! Post-it notes are allover the house. Wait-. Excuse me: I gotta write a post-it note to remember to pick-up all those yellow squares around the house. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/6 "2021-11-14T16:28:29Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’ve started writing on post-it notes. And sticking them on my shirt. It’s a goofy way to do it. Clumsy as it is! There was a guy named Ray Rayner, who hosted a kids’ morning TV show on WGN in Chicago in the 1960s and 1970s. He wore jumpsuits (custom made for him, IIRC), and he always had notes pinned on his jumpsuits, to remind him of things to be done during the show (since these were the days before Post-It notes 😃 ). You can see a couple of the notes in this picture of him: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/uBM6OJ4.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/uBM6OJ4) ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/7 "2021-11-14T16:55:21Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > I’ve got a birthday coming up. And I’m thinking, “Well, shit, how did I get so old?” I have my moments of forgetfulness. Most are due to my pain control medications. I don’t really care what the cause is, I used to be so proud of my memory, and I hate it when I can’t think of that one word, or I can’t remember if I put two spoons or three spoons of something in that recipe. I have chemo induced brain fog, but I had always been in the habit of using a mise en place when cooking all the time, so it makes keeping things sorted while cooking easier. And isn’t one of the things moderators can do with accounts is put them on mod approval for posting? It seems like if someone lets the mods know you have gone wonky they can put you on monitoring? ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/8 "2021-11-14T17:04:46Z")
Hi Beck, I could keep right on loving my mother. I can keep right on liking you. – Also: talk to your doctors. Is it possible that at least some of this is some sort of medication reaction? And have them check whether you’ve got any unrecognized infections. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/9 "2021-11-14T18:01:12Z")
Aw Beck, I don’t see how I could bear to suspend you. We all love you. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/10 "2021-11-14T18:24:01Z")
The SDMB has the best mods on the internet. Really…not sucking-up. Lord knows I have tested their patience more than once but they refrained from sending a hit squad after me. Best wishes @Beckdawrek. Hang in there. Keep posting. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/11 "2021-11-14T19:45:19Z")
My Doctor knows. He is the one who recognized it. My family just thinks I’m crackers anyway. They’re very watchful now. The Lil’Wrekker says I’m on “Stoopid watch” She’s recently transfered her all her education stuff to a more local university. Her and BF are living here. I suspect her Dad requested they move back, she won’t say tho’. I’m counting… I have 5 adults babysitting me and 4 grandkids who have been know to go get a Mom if I’m acting really weird. Plus all my pets are alarmist. The brain fog scares me, I won’t deny it. I just hate the idea of losing intellectual ability. I don’t want to burden everyone,with this. I don’t feel I have much choice. It is what it is. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/12 "2021-11-14T19:56:45Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I don’t want to burden everyone,with this. Burden them? You raised them. Was that a burden? Well, yes, I expect some of the time it was. But you did it for love. And they’re doing this for love. Don’t worry about it. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/13 "2021-11-15T01:30:21Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > My friend I hurt may never forgive me. Eh, send her some flowers. I’d forgive you if you sent a bottle of The Macallan. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/14 "2021-11-15T01:37:21Z")
Coming back to this: > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > My friend I hurt may never forgive me. Tell the friend – or have a mutual friend tell them – what’s wrong. That might help. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/15 "2021-11-15T04:43:25Z")
My friend is kinda ok, I think. I hope. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/16 "2021-11-15T04:55:58Z")
I’ll still take that bottle of hooch, just to be on the safe side. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/17 "2021-11-15T04:57:12Z")
I just looked that hooch up. My friend won’t be getting that. I do have some Moonshine, tho’ 😳 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/18 "2021-11-15T05:03:14Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > My friend won’t be getting that. You Stingy Franking Slot-Track! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/19 "2021-11-15T05:05:27Z")
Moonshine is rare. Gets you drunk. And relatively cheap. Win Win Win Although there’s that going blind part that would make it exciting as well ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324/20 "2021-11-15T06:28:59Z")
HEY, EVERYBODY! Do NOT accept moonshine from Beck. It could very well be the same moonshine that held her veal kidney prank. I’ve read about making your own flavored booze with cheap vodka and citrus or vanilla. Kidneys, no. Please. ~VOW [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-have-a-bad-bad-bad-problem/954324.md?page=2)