I’ve been keto since June 14th, so a little over 8 weeks and I’ve noticed something odd.
As long as I can remember, I’ve reversed left and right, for example, if I’m navigating while Hubby is driving, I will say “turn left” while pointing (and meaning) right. This happened 99% of the time. He’s gotten used to it during the past 50 years.
Starting a week or so ago, I say right when I mean right and vice versa. Poor guy is sooo confused now.
Has this happened to anyone else?
Well, Dee, Keto is meant to give us more clear thinking, and make us more alert and focussed. So, maybe this is how it has all manifested itself in you! That is actually pretty neat and cool =). Lots more benefits, advantages to Keto than we think.
This is certainly a brand-new problem for the keto complaint department! 
Your poor husband!
Seriously, though, the brain functions extremely well on the ketone body β-hydroxybutyrate, so it is not surprising that you are seeing better brain function.
I have a cross-wiring problem similar to yours, and you’ve made me realize that it doesn’t seem to be troubling me nearly as often, these days. Unfortunately, however, keto hasn’t made a dent in my trouble remembering names. . . . (heavy sigh).
Keto also does not seem to have helped my notoriously bad sense of direction. Or pronunciation. As to the former, driving in CT (before GPS), I would get to an intersection and say to myself, “I should turn right here.” Of course, that was wrong. So, then what I started to do was say to myself, “My brain thinks I should turn right here, therefore I should turn left.” And turning left was, of course, wrong. 
And for anyone who has ever tried to navigate Connecticut’s roads (or really a lot of New England’s), before GPS came along, you know what I’m talking about.
Too true!
I occasionally have my complaints about Google Maps, but it’s a lot better than trying to use a printed map. There’s a lot of “can’t get there from here” in Connecticut—or rather, you can, but it’s extremely tricky.
My favorite situations are when you come to an intersection where continuing straight puts you on some different, unrelated road, and the opposite case, roads that change their name for no discernible reason whatsoever. (And I’m not talking about calling the road from Huntington to Nichols “Nichols Avenue” at the Huntington end, and “Huntington Turnpike” at the Nichols end—that at least makes a modicum of sense.) There’s also an intersection near me, where the main road changes its name, and a minor turn-off keeps the name that the main road has before the intersection.
And, the main thing that kills me: unless you are on a road that has a number, the road you are on is NEVER marked. In other words, the street signs say the name of the road that Tees into the road you are on, but not the name of the road you are on.
Your favorite situations are basically mine too: you come up to a split in the road, and need to make a decision which one to go down. If you choose the wrong one, you won’t freaking know, as the freaking name of the road is not on any sign!! Gah!
And, like you say, the same physical road can have multiple names, depending on where you are on it.
Thank goodness engineers made GPS.
I can totally relate to this; Paul. It is really bad at important occasions like funerals and weddings. I am meant to introduce relatives or friends of my parents to my hubby/kids that I haven’t seen in years and I totally forget their names… last time this was an issue was a wedding in October. I try to get them to introduce each other… so they don’t notice. Luckily, my hubby feels badly for me and knows this, so he tries to help by introducing himself and sticking his hand out to shake their hands =)!
This is me too! I have lived in this city most of my 54 years (except almost 5 months I lived outside of Chicago and 6 years up north when he was stationed at a Canadian Forces Base there) so I should know how to get places… but I have never driven, always had people drive me or have been a major bus rider for years as well, so I could say oh take this bus, then transfer to this bus), but I cannot be relied on how to get anywhere… this drives my hubby nuts! He is like “Susan… you have lived here almost all your life, how do you not know!!” hehe.
We really need to get a GPS – I have suggested to our kids to pool their money and buy us one for our van for Christmas. They usually don’t know what to buy us, so this would be perfect!
Yankee frugality at work!
A woman I used to work with, many years ago, was married to a high-powered New York attorney. She used to tell a story of being at a party, where she met a man she thought would be helpful for her husband’s law practice. When she tried to introduce them, however, it came out : “Mr. So-and-so, I’d like you to meet my husband . . . Darling.” She never lived that one down, and if she didn’t tell the story herself, her husband would.
They are reasonably priced now and most (all?) include free updates. Most people use their phones, and I do too, but a GPS does not need a cell signal, so it doesn’t crap out in the middle of nowhere.
The stories we remember are funny. My wife and I were dating and went to a famous Italian restaurant (before keto, obviously) in NYC, and there was a large group there celebrating an engagement. The Italian gentleman leading the party gave a toast to the party. He spoke about the three rings of marriage. First, comes the engagement ring. Then comes the wedding ring. Then comes the suffer-ring.
My hubby is on a waiting list for brain surgery atm (shunt surgery) and will be off work for at least a month with no pay. His work will keep his job for him; but, they don’t have sick pay, so it is not a good time for us to buy anything extra for now.We have just been paying the bills and groceries for now =). That is why I figured asking the kids to buy it for us for Christmas is a great idea =).
I’m sorry to hear that and wish him the best of luck, and that everyone gets through this.
I’ve had good luck with Garmin, and they form the basis of GPS in cars such as Honda.
You might want to ask them for a pad to hold it down, too. Something like this:
Okay, great!! I will write that one down.
Thanks for the good wishes too, I am sure it will go well, (he had third ventriloscopy surgery in December) now having this. He has a few different diseases (bipolar, diverticulitis, hydrocephalus and Parkinson’s) and is only 55. The surgery is for the Hydrocephalus, he sees the Park specialist next in May again. He wears a medical alert bracelet too.
Me, too! I remember when my father was teaching me to drive (that in itself was nerve wracking) - he said right and I went left. He didn’t understand how confused I get and was none too happy.
I’m not trying to be contrary, but anything that isn’t fastened down, and it looks like that isn’t, becomes a missile in a collision.
My brother-in-law died in a car collision because he had a hibachi in his back seat.
I have trouble remembering faces, especially if I see them out of conext, but I think that’s pretty common…
