Post by Chochma Yid on Nov 18, 2008 15:41:25 GMT -5
I"m putting this here because I think it will be seen better than on the fibro board: It came from a board on which I have permission to copy and paste to other boards. CY
You know you have Fibromyalgia when...
Any conversation can suddenly turn into a round of "Charades".
You make a grocery list so you wont forget anything, and then forget where you put the list. (On a REALLY bad day, you also forget where the grocery store is!)
You bathe the lawn, fertilize the dog, and brush the kids.
You can't effectively argue with your husband anymore. ~ "I am mad as all get out at you! I just wish I could remember why!!"
Your medications take up the entire medicine cabinet.
Your wardrobe contains mostly sweat pants, stretch pants, T-shirts & a robe that never gets washed because that's all you wear most days.
You're on a first name basis with your Doctor.
You end up at the park, then the doctor's, then work, when you actually intended to be going to the store.
You can't remember if the post-it note telling you to remember to take your pills is for today or it's one that you just wrote to remind you tomorrow.
Your husband asks you to go and stir the beans in the kitchen and finds you brushing your teeth in the bathroom instead.
You bend over to tie your shoes and wonder, "What else can I accomplish while I'm down here?"
You leave your keys in the freezer for three days and only find them because your hubby decides to make dinner.
You call your husband by the dog's name on a continual basis and get angry when he doesn't answer.
You forget how to get back to your house that you have lived in for ten years.
You wake up and can't remember your husband's name.
You search an entire day for your remote control and find it by accident in the crisper drawer of your refrigerator.
A simple trip to your mailbox makes your neighbors suspect that you've been drinking because you stumble, trip & weave.
Your day starts at 1pm and you say good morning to people.
Tying your sneaker laces seems like punishment.
When you go to the fridge, and stare at it wondering.. what did I want now? Then remember 15 minutes later... when the kids are looking at you wondering why you didn't feed them yet!
Go to the store to buy something specific... Buy the whole store.. and forget the one thing you went for in the first place.
When you tell people "Good Morning" in the afternoon so often they've stopped correcting you.
The UPS driver shows up at the door and compliments you on your new pajamas! (He was getting kinda tired of seeing the same ones all the time! )
You make plans in order to go shopping, and then can't remember where you wanted to go or what you needed.
Your husband calls you by your Indian name "Dances With Fibro".
When you are too full to eat breakfast because you already took your morning meds!
You have three clocks in front of you and you stilll have to think about what time it is. .
You decide what to wear based on the size of your joints!
You go to put the fudgecicles back in the freezer, but you put them in the dryer and turn it on.
You know you have Fibromyalgia when...
Any conversation can suddenly turn into a round of "Charades".
You make a grocery list so you wont forget anything, and then forget where you put the list. (On a REALLY bad day, you also forget where the grocery store is!)
You bathe the lawn, fertilize the dog, and brush the kids.
You can't effectively argue with your husband anymore. ~ "I am mad as all get out at you! I just wish I could remember why!!"
Your medications take up the entire medicine cabinet.
Your wardrobe contains mostly sweat pants, stretch pants, T-shirts & a robe that never gets washed because that's all you wear most days.
You're on a first name basis with your Doctor.
You end up at the park, then the doctor's, then work, when you actually intended to be going to the store.
You can't remember if the post-it note telling you to remember to take your pills is for today or it's one that you just wrote to remind you tomorrow.
Your husband asks you to go and stir the beans in the kitchen and finds you brushing your teeth in the bathroom instead.
You bend over to tie your shoes and wonder, "What else can I accomplish while I'm down here?"
You leave your keys in the freezer for three days and only find them because your hubby decides to make dinner.
You call your husband by the dog's name on a continual basis and get angry when he doesn't answer.
You forget how to get back to your house that you have lived in for ten years.
You wake up and can't remember your husband's name.
You search an entire day for your remote control and find it by accident in the crisper drawer of your refrigerator.
A simple trip to your mailbox makes your neighbors suspect that you've been drinking because you stumble, trip & weave.
Your day starts at 1pm and you say good morning to people.
Tying your sneaker laces seems like punishment.
When you go to the fridge, and stare at it wondering.. what did I want now? Then remember 15 minutes later... when the kids are looking at you wondering why you didn't feed them yet!
Go to the store to buy something specific... Buy the whole store.. and forget the one thing you went for in the first place.
When you tell people "Good Morning" in the afternoon so often they've stopped correcting you.
The UPS driver shows up at the door and compliments you on your new pajamas! (He was getting kinda tired of seeing the same ones all the time! )
You make plans in order to go shopping, and then can't remember where you wanted to go or what you needed.
Your husband calls you by your Indian name "Dances With Fibro".
When you are too full to eat breakfast because you already took your morning meds!
You have three clocks in front of you and you stilll have to think about what time it is. .
You decide what to wear based on the size of your joints!
You go to put the fudgecicles back in the freezer, but you put them in the dryer and turn it on.