Feel your pain Red. One thing to lose your health, quite another to lose yer marbles. 'Member my great aunt Emily's noggin heading south awhile back.
I'm fortunate enough to still have my Mom amongst the living. Sharp as a tack, remembers everything, sigh ... Purty much convinced that woman will outlive me btw. She's quite the jock, always has been. Competes in the Senior Olympics all over the country