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Really, I think it is changing shape.  I had a very pointy skull when I was born because I came out so very quickly.  My mom got to the hospital and the nurse gave her the enema (it was the times…).  My mother calls to the nurse from the restroom, saying that the baby was coming.  The nurse says snarkly, no dear, that’s the enema.  My mother says, no dear, I’ve had a baby and this is the baby.  Yes, I’ve written it before (I think), I was almost born in a toilet.

Coming out as quickly as I did, my head was very pointy.  Obviously, it settled down over time.  Part of it always seemed too flat.  In the back, about opposite of the forehead.  I suppose it was the “soft spot”.  It is a round, flat portion of my skull.  Lately though, it seems to be gaining a curve to it.  It seems to be sinking in.  I will ask my neurologist about it the next time I go in for my MRI.  In the meantime, I wonder if this explains my memory issues.

If I can’t remember someone’s name, I call him Frank.  Usually this is in conversation about the person, but one time I actually called a dear man “Frank” two times in a conversation with him and thankfully he knows I am a flibbertigibbet and all was well.  Many other words escape me these days.  I make it work for me but it’s beginning to become annoying and mildly embarrassing since I run a writing lab.  Not a great place to be at a loss for words.

Now I realize that the skull issue is not truly contributing to this issue.  Wernicke’s area and Broca’s area are not close to this part of the skull, so I think I’m relatively safe.  I think the true culprit is perimenopause.  There are those who would say I’m too young, I’m not.  Plus I lost the left ovary in ’07 to a tumor so the right one has been in overdrive for a while.  Also I have all the friggin’ symptoms so being a fan of Ockham’s razor (or Occam’s, I’ve heard it both ways), there you have it.

This could even explain the change in my skull.  Could be a very interesting loss of bone.