Re: Is this a flari, fibro fog or what? Sue

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Hi Sue - Ah, Fibro Fog - so called because it is like

a fog settled down into your brain and is hiding

whatever it was you were wanting to say. Talking and

getting your conversations right somedays is like

cutting through thick fog. I find the right words in

my brain, but somehow cannot make them come out of my

mouth - instead the strangest things do. One day I

wanted to say tornado and it came out hurricado.

Or you search and search your brain for the right

word, but must end up doing our fibro version of

charades to get you point across because the brain and

the mouth have become disconnected. Luckily my family

is very adept at these games. They are also used to

finding the butter in the cupboard, and the portable

phone in the fridge - no joke.

It is confusing, a pain in the butt, embarassing, and

frustrating. To have had a once useful brain, and now

have one where I have to put my meds in the

M-T-W-Th-F-S-Sn pill containers so I can make sure I

take my morning meds because sometimes I think I did

but I did not which does not lead into a good day

RA/Fibro wise lol.

My poor husband is at his wit's end sometimes when he

tells me to do something, I say I will do it, and when

he comes home he asks if it is done, and I say is what

done? Cannot remember what he said, or remember

vaguely but cannot recall if I did it or not.

There are times I just feel overwhelmed by all that

needs to be done - I will start cleaning in one room,

notice something that needs to go into another room

and restart there, then notice something that needs to

go another place, restart there, and by the end of the

day everything is in the right place, but no other

work has been done and I am exhausted without dinner

on the table. My long suffering husband - what would

I do without him.

It's part of the Fun With Fibro worksheet the doctor

should have given you as part of your diagnosis lol.

There are just days that you can barely say your own

name, and may completely garble sentences. Facts that

you were sure of yesterday, are not so today.

It goes with the whole fibro thing. They have

actually done studies on the brains of people with

fibro and the parts of the brain that rule cognition

and memory are not like normal brains.

Actually, sometimes dinner parties are really livened

up by a bit of the old fibro fog - so can't say it's

all bad - I am their eccentric wacky friend nowadays.

I love to read but find myself re-reading pages I have

read before until I get that deja vu moment, wow this

sounds sooo familiar! I am an avid and voracious

reader who used to go through a book a day, no

problem, now it takes weeks, and even then I renew a

lot lol. I cannot recall movies I have seen - my kids

are driven to distraction by this!

Well, I have surely rambled on here - but hope you got

the general idea of what the Fog is all about.

Concentration, comprehension, memory, all are

affected, but not everybody is as bad as I am, so have

hope, but we all do have our days lol. They are worse

on days when I am over tired, so get your proper rest,

or when I have a lot to do, so try not to overwhelm

yourself with chores. And a good sense of humor about

the entire thing can go far!

Good luck and hope this has helped - take care -

Kathe in CA

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> I have read here about flares but don't think I have

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Look on the bright side, at least you can still read.

I can never make it through the first paragraph. I

used to love to read, now my brain can't even focus on

the 1st paragraph. My writing is with great

difficulty. My spelling is awful. I used to be highly

intelligent. lol Tami

Tami -Dossey