My description of Brain Fog

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Jen,You just described my life for four years. I had surgery in '09 and the first thing I notice was the absence of this symptom- the very next day matter of fact. I hope you are a candidate for this...it really made a difference in my quality of life.

flowerspy, aka Carole-- Carole Aine Langrall " A Garden of Earthly Delights " www.agardenofearthlydelights.net

http://neglectedbeauty.blogspot.com/“My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery, order and disorder of the flowering earth.”  ~Lady Bird

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I hope I am too Carole. By the way, when I was first told that PA was a

possibility for me, your blog was the first really good info I found, and it led

me to this group. So thank you!

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> Jen,

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> You just described my life for four years. I had surgery in '09 and the

> first thing I notice was the absence of this symptom- the very next day

> matter of fact. I hope you are a candidate for this...it really made a

> difference in my quality of life.

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> flowerspy, aka Carole

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> Carole Aine Langrall

> " A Garden of Earthly Delights "

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> www.agardenofearthlydelights.net

> http://neglectedbeauty.blogspot.com/

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> " My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery, order and disorder

> of the flowering earth. " ~Lady Bird

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Excellent description. Lets put it in Jen's Brain Fog description. I forget if you have had an ADX or are on spiron or what.CE Grim MDI often feel groggy or out of it, my head feels fuzzy so to say. It's much like how when you walk through waist high water and the water slows your movements and makes it more difficult to get where you're going, thats how my brain feels. It's difficult to concentrate, I often forget little things, or have short term memory loss. I find that I can go to a store with a small amount of items that I need to buy, but if I don't have a list, I can't remember because I seem to lose focus so easily. If you've ever put on someone else's glasses and everythings fuzzy and out of focus, this is how my brain feels often. When the brain fog is at its worst, I struggle to understand even the simplest concept or something I should already know is difficult to grasp at that moment. I get confused easily when its bad, and I've never had that issue prior to the brain fog. I read often and always have, but lately I can find myself rereading the same page and sometimes just the same sentence several times because my brain could not keep up and understand what I was seeing. I feel anxious often when the brain fog is worse as well, this is fairly new though (last 3 months and was not there initially with the brain fog). It's like having things not come fully into focus, like there's a fog around you and you have to try all that much harder to see through it. Concentration is hard, and it never use to be, I will even find that I have to ask people who are speaking to me to repeat themselves, sometimes repeat several times, before I can grasp what they are saying to me, and its not for a lack of listening. I lose track of what I was doing so easily sometimes that it gets frustrating, and even for the simplest of things. Personally for me, the brain fog and the exhaustion are the two most frustrating symptoms. I've always been proud of being a quick learner and being able to grasp a concept quickly, as well as being an excellent multi-tasker. So this makes the brain fog even more frustrating.

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Finding that golden tumor as it comes out is like finding the golden chalice for me.CE Grim MDI hope I am too Carole. By the way, when I was first told that PA was a possibility for me, your blog was the first really good info I found, and it led me to this group. So thank you!>> Jen,> > You just described my life for four years. I had surgery in '09 and the> first thing I notice was the absence of this symptom- the very next day> matter of fact. I hope you are a candidate for this...it really made a> difference in my quality of life.> > flowerspy, aka Carole> > -- > Carole Aine Langrall> "A Garden of Earthly Delights"> > www.agardenofearthlydelights.net> http://neglectedbeauty.blogspot.com/> > "My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery, order and disorder> of the flowering earth." ~Lady Bird >