Re: Re: Memory Loss & Fibro flare up

[Guest guest]

Deb,

I sympathize greatly with your flare-up situation. I know what that can be

like. Deep diaphragm breathing & relaxation and efflurage (self massage)

can all help a little, especially when you " tense-up " . Some Fibro patients

respond to heat. Others prefer cold packs. Personally I enjoy a hot

whirlpool bath to relax tense, spasmodic muscles. Getting your

spouse/significant other to massage you or going to a professional massager

helps a few, most of the rest of us don't seem to want to be touched by

anybody...makes my wife cry. Do you have pain medication? My symptoms can

be " fogged out " with the pain medications I am now receiving (11 days and

counting). But if I miss a scheduled dose, boy, am I in big trouble

pain-wise!

As to " Brain Fog " I have to add a couple of others things I have done:

Looking for my glasses while they were on my face. Laying papers, car keys,

etc., down and immediately forgetting where I put them; then spending the

next three hours just looking for them. Once I found the car keys I'd lost

on top of the refrigerator! I fairly short...so why would I have put them

on top of the refrigerator?

Good wishes,

Ray

[Guest guest]

Deb,

I sympathize greatly with your flare-up situation. I know what that can be

like. Deep diaphragm breathing & relaxation and efflurage (self massage)

can all help a little, especially when you " tense-up " . Some Fibro patients

respond to heat. Others prefer cold packs. Personally I enjoy a hot

whirlpool bath to relax tense, spasmodic muscles. Getting your

spouse/significant other to massage you or going to a professional massager

helps a few, most of the rest of us don't seem to want to be touched by

anybody...makes my wife cry. Do you have pain medication? My symptoms can

be " fogged out " with the pain medications I am now receiving (11 days and

counting). But if I miss a scheduled dose, boy, am I in big trouble

pain-wise!

As to " Brain Fog " I have to add a couple of others things I have done:

Looking for my glasses while they were on my face. Laying papers, car keys,

etc., down and immediately forgetting where I put them; then spending the

next three hours just looking for them. Once I found the car keys I'd lost

on top of the refrigerator! I fairly short...so why would I have put them

on top of the refrigerator?

Good wishes,

Ray

[Guest guest]

Ray:

Now other than the short part you described my day as if you were watching

me!!!!!

I have a fog most of the time especially when I'm excessively tired, or in a

lot of pain. Pain can cause the body and mind to do strange things.

J.

& The Hounds of Hoopeston

jkeith@...

[Guest guest]

Ray:

Now other than the short part you described my day as if you were watching

me!!!!!

I have a fog most of the time especially when I'm excessively tired, or in a

lot of pain. Pain can cause the body and mind to do strange things.

J.

& The Hounds of Hoopeston

jkeith@...

[Guest guest]

Jeff,

At 11:11 AM 8/13/99 -0500, you wrote:

>Pain can cause the body and mind to do strange things.

I am amazed when anything I do or try to do works out. But ia

might have been a little strange before I had chronic pain.

Ken

[Guest guest]

Jeff,

At 11:11 AM 8/13/99 -0500, you wrote:

>Pain can cause the body and mind to do strange things.

I am amazed when anything I do or try to do works out. But ia

might have been a little strange before I had chronic pain.

Ken

[Guest guest]

J. wrote: Pain can cause the body and mind to do strange things.

You are absolutely right! Today has been a real bummer as far as " Brain

Fog " is concerned. When people ask questions like " What is so-an-so's

name? " I have to answer, " If you hadn't asked me, I would have been able to

tell you. " LOL! My mind drifts in the middle of conversations, especially

if anything else is going on nearby. After living most of my life with what

others called " an amazing memory, " I now have no memory.

Ray

[Guest guest]

J. wrote: Pain can cause the body and mind to do strange things.

You are absolutely right! Today has been a real bummer as far as " Brain

Fog " is concerned. When people ask questions like " What is so-an-so's

name? " I have to answer, " If you hadn't asked me, I would have been able to

tell you. " LOL! My mind drifts in the middle of conversations, especially

if anything else is going on nearby. After living most of my life with what

others called " an amazing memory, " I now have no memory.

Ray

[Guest guest]

Hi

My fog for today ,,, not being able to remember my *carpet laying *

step-sons phone number when someone called here to try to set up a job.

Try to explain that to a complete stranger.

I got a doozy of a migraine today and my doc had given me some samples

of Maxalt 10's...boy do they work. I've had been having good success

with Zomig for about a year, and suddenly it stopped working, I was

maxing out on my daily intake. This new one really took it away quick,

only draw back was that I got very very sleepy and then in a really

foggy state.

Or maybe it's just that this was the last Friday the 13th of the

Millennium.

deb Q in KS