Should I seek professional help for memory issues since brain surgery (and how) or should I just find a way to live with it?

Posted by Gumfoot

After a temporal lobectomy four years ago, I have battled with memory issues that I tried to deny and assumed were medication related but I have tested my medication and found that I definitely cannot blame my medication for this memory issue. My rent is due at the end of January and I have no idea how I have been getting my rent cheques to my landlord. I need a haircut but it is clear to me that I have no idea where I have been going to get my hair cut. These are not life threatening issues as I can go to any barber or stylist and get my hair cut and I can track down my landlord and hand this person an envelop full of cheques but that doesn't hide the fact that I have no idea how I have been doing these things since my surgery. I also have no idea when my grandmother passed away and whether or not I went to her funeral. The same thing with my aunt. I know she passed away but I do not know when or whether I went to her funeral or not. If I did not go to the funeral of my grandmother or my aunt then I have a lot more questions. My concern is that I may have more serious issues that have not yet surfaced that could be affecting others negatively and I don't know if I should be seeking professional help for this and if so, how? It has detrimentally affected my career as well. I used to be a software developer and systems analyst but I returned to work after my surgery obviously confused about the systems I developed and worked on and this did not sit well with my bosses as they looked to me for information I seemed unable to remember. Should I seek help for this or just find a way to live with it?