Interesting bit on FIBRO FOG

[Guest guest]

With all the talk of Fibro Fog, I searched the web a bit and found this

funny site. Hope you guys enjoy this... goes to show that we are not alone

(and I don't mean aliens. lol). Read, laugh and enjoy!

Love and Hugs,

Dawn in FL

Taken from: http://www.geocities.com/cfsdays/follies.htm

~_~_~_~_~_Also... if you go to the sight they have the Fibro Fog Follies

Digests. Check it out!!!!!!_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_

FIBRO FOG FOLLIES

Illustration by Ratcliffe

Always on the lookout for chuckles for the Rx " laughter is the best

medicine, " I collected a number of funny anecdotes posted on

alt.med.fibromyalgia of real tales of what those of us with CFS/FMS find

ourselves doing while in the midst of " Fibro Fog. "

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> Have I done this! I recently bought the same book in two separate sections

> of the same bookshop, half an hour apart. Just thought I was getting old

> VERY fast, until I found this list.

>

Can anyone top clearing off a refrigerator shelf to put a cake in to bake?

, who has not only lost it, but doesn't know where to look for

it................

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Ever notice how much a can of room freshener resembles a can of Secret?

PookieKat, smelling fresh

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....Or a can of hair-spray looks like air-spray (my name for room freshener).

Good thing I keep the oven cleaner in a safe place. Can't tell the shampoo

from the conditioner, or the Carmex from the eye cream, or the Zostrix from

the tooth paste. The list goes on, glad I'm not the only one....

Franz

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....Just think, if you get any room odors going all you have to do is walk

around and flap your arms. I'd say that was pretty ingenious of you!!

Gale Bouchillon

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....PookieKat, can you use a " stick " or roll-on deodorant instead? I've never

confused my stick deodorant with anything else, ever, not even on my worst

fibrofog days! It helps that I keep the deodorant in the same spot

Ellen Pickett

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....Oh, yeah? Well I guess I have to jump in here and 'fess up that my

Mitchum's came in a cylindrical container that sort of (not really, but who

could tell my f-brain?) Looked like a huge Chapstick. It even dispensed with

a twist. Yuk! Pffft! :-Q

I now use a deodorant crystal. Works great as a deodorant! And I don't mix

it up with anything!

Trisha Benedict

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Madalynn had the dog's antibiotic in her hand one day and the phone

rang.........

That's right her brain fog made HER take the pill rather than giving it to

the dog. I'm happy to report that wife and dog have fully recovered!

Madalynn Mallo

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How about taking the cereal and putting it in the refrigerator and the milk

in the cupboard? Or putting the carton from a TV dinner in the oven?

An old roommate once called me up at work and asked me if there was any

particular reason I put my shoe in the refrigerator. She was used to me

putting the milk in the cupboard, but the shoe thing really had her stumped.

(Me too.)

Kaye Black

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....and the dinner in the garbage? I'm not forgetful ! Honest, I forgot how

to get to my doctor's office yesterday, had to stop and ask where the darn

street was twice and I've been going there for the last four years. Oh well

back to the salt mines.

in Las Cruces

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My husband and my son asked me to put their clothes that no longer fit in

bags for recycling at the Sally Ann. It seems I very carefully went into

their closets, put all the clothes they planned to keep into bags, and left

the rest on their beds, where they had left them.... People not too happy

with me right now....hubby thinks it was a freudian hint I want to live in

all girl's house! Did not realize I had done it till it was pointed out to

me -- and it took several times of telling before the fog lifted enough to

hear what they were saying.

I am now in the habit of checking in the freezer for things I have lost...

empathy

capitalnet.com

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The Ultimate Brain Fog Story

One of our lurkers shared this with me tonight and asked me pass it on to

the list. She had her 2 -- 10 mg. doxepin night time meds in one hand and

was talking to her dogs and getting them doggie treats. YUP -- you guessed

it, she gave the dogs the doxepin, but NO she didn't eat the doggy treats.

Now she has to call the emergency vet (who very nicely didn't laugh and ask

why she was giving her dogs tricyclics) and ask if she needs to do anything

for them. The vet had to call Poison Control, as doxepin is not on any list

of doggy meds. Good news -- the dogs will be OK and sleep very well tonight.

But my friend is convinced that she is losing it, and wonders how she can be

trusted to do anything. She figures that tomorrow morning she is going to

give the dogs oatmeal, and she will have kibble.

Sease

[Guest guest]

Dawn-thx. for sharing that funny :-)

I do stuff like that all the time. Since my thyroid is way out of

whack, I have an extra excuse to be brain dead. Saturday I put the

milk in the pantry and the cereal in the fridge. I have put Ben Gay

on my toothbrush and keep forgetting to pay my bills and have mailed

them without any stamps. Now I am paying almost 100% of my bills

online or by phone. And I try to write everything in my daytimer, but

I keep misplacing it.

Kim W.

[Guest guest]

Hi Dawn,

What a great site! It does my heart good to read that others are doing the same things I do. I recently put the liquid soap in the fridge and the milk in the tub. Anyone for a milk bath??

Kathleen in NC

[Guest guest]

I found this post very interesting, here one of my own fogs...

the other day I was sitting at the puter with my smokes, lighter and

a small btle of coke..anywho got ready to light up a smoke, and

tried to lite it with the bottle cap!!!

> With all the talk of Fibro Fog, I searched the web a bit and

found this

> funny site. Hope you guys enjoy this... goes to show that we are

not alone

> (and I don't mean aliens. lol). Read, laugh and enjoy!

> Love and Hugs,

> Dawn in FL

>

> Taken from: http://www.geocities.com/cfsdays/follies.htm

> ~_~_~_~_~_Also... if you go to the sight they have the Fibro Fog

Follies

> Digests. Check it out!!!!!!_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_

> FIBRO FOG FOLLIES

> Illustration by Ratcliffe

>

>

>

> Always on the lookout for chuckles for the Rx " laughter is the best

> medicine, " I collected a number of funny anecdotes posted on

> alt.med.fibromyalgia of real tales of what those of us with

CFS/FMS find

> ourselves doing while in the midst of " Fibro Fog. "

>

>

> -------------------------------------------------------------------

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> ----

>

> > Have I done this! I recently bought the same book in two

separate sections

> > of the same bookshop, half an hour apart. Just thought I was

getting old

> > VERY fast, until I found this list.

> >

> Can anyone top clearing off a refrigerator shelf to put a cake in

to bake?

>

> , who has not only lost it, but doesn't know where to look for

> it................

>

>

> -------------------------------------------------------------------

---------

> ----

>

> Ever notice how much a can of room freshener resembles a can of

Secret?

>

> PookieKat, smelling fresh

>

>

> -------------------------------------------------------------------

---------

> ----

>

> ...Or a can of hair-spray looks like air-spray (my name for room

freshener).

> Good thing I keep the oven cleaner in a safe place. Can't tell the

shampoo

> from the conditioner, or the Carmex from the eye cream, or the

Zostrix from

> the tooth paste. The list goes on, glad I'm not the only one....

>

> Franz

>

>

> -------------------------------------------------------------------

---------

> ----

>

> ...Just think, if you get any room odors going all you have to do

is walk

> around and flap your arms. I'd say that was pretty ingenious of

you!!

>

> Gale Bouchillon

>

>

> -------------------------------------------------------------------

---------

> ----

>

> ...PookieKat, can you use a " stick " or roll-on deodorant instead?

I've never

> confused my stick deodorant with anything else, ever, not even on

my worst

> fibrofog days! It helps that I keep the deodorant in the same spot

>

> Ellen Pickett

>

>

> -------------------------------------------------------------------

---------

> ----

>

> ...Oh, yeah? Well I guess I have to jump in here and 'fess up that

my

> Mitchum's came in a cylindrical container that sort of (not

really, but who

> could tell my f-brain?) Looked like a huge Chapstick. It even

dispensed with

> a twist. Yuk! Pffft! :-Q

>

> I now use a deodorant crystal. Works great as a deodorant! And I

don't mix

> it up with anything!

>

> Trisha Benedict

>

>

> -------------------------------------------------------------------

---------

> ----

>

> Madalynn had the dog's antibiotic in her hand one day and the phone

> rang.........

>

> That's right her brain fog made HER take the pill rather than

giving it to

> the dog. I'm happy to report that wife and dog have fully

recovered!

>

> Madalynn Mallo

>

>

> -------------------------------------------------------------------

---------

> ----

>

> How about taking the cereal and putting it in the refrigerator and

the milk

> in the cupboard? Or putting the carton from a TV dinner in the

oven?

>

> An old roommate once called me up at work and asked me if there

was any

> particular reason I put my shoe in the refrigerator. She was used

to me

> putting the milk in the cupboard, but the shoe thing really had

her stumped.

> (Me too.)

>

> Kaye Black

>

>

> -------------------------------------------------------------------

---------

> ----

>

> ...and the dinner in the garbage? I'm not forgetful ! Honest, I

forgot how

> to get to my doctor's office yesterday, had to stop and ask where

the darn

> street was twice and I've been going there for the last four

years. Oh well

> back to the salt mines.

>

> in Las Cruces

>

>

> -------------------------------------------------------------------

---------

> ----

>

> My husband and my son asked me to put their clothes that no longer

fit in

> bags for recycling at the Sally Ann. It seems I very carefully

went into

> their closets, put all the clothes they planned to keep into bags,

and left

> the rest on their beds, where they had left them.... People not

too happy

> with me right now....hubby thinks it was a freudian hint I want to

live in

> all girl's house! Did not realize I had done it till it was

pointed out to

> me -- and it took several times of telling before the fog lifted

enough to

> hear what they were saying.

>

> I am now in the habit of checking in the freezer for things I have

lost...

>

> empathy

> capitalnet.com

>

>

> -------------------------------------------------------------------

---------

> ----

>

> The Ultimate Brain Fog Story

> One of our lurkers shared this with me tonight and asked me pass

it on to

> the list. She had her 2 -- 10 mg. doxepin night time meds in one

hand and

> was talking to her dogs and getting them doggie treats. YUP -- you

guessed

> it, she gave the dogs the doxepin, but NO she didn't eat the doggy

treats.

> Now she has to call the emergency vet (who very nicely didn't

laugh and ask

> why she was giving her dogs tricyclics) and ask if she needs to do

anything

> for them. The vet had to call Poison Control, as doxepin is not on

any list

> of doggy meds. Good news -- the dogs will be OK and sleep very

well tonight.

>

>

> But my friend is convinced that she is losing it, and wonders how

she can be

> trusted to do anything. She figures that tomorrow morning she is

going to

> give the dogs oatmeal, and she will have kibble.

>

> Sease