It's the little things...
- I don't have a big story, but I have a lot of little ones! My main issues seem to be trying to remember what the name of the thing is that has all the cold food, or the other thing that I use to warm up the food... sheesh. And my memory problems mean that I can't go to the grocery store without a list, or I'll end up buying stuff I don't need. I've come home with armloads of groceries, only to discover that I've already bought the hominy and the mustard that I ran out of last week. I've been taking Aricept, which seems to have gotten me over the hump - now if I have a problem, it's a small one that I can usually laugh off.
- —Guest Jensequitur
Diet Coke, Anyone?
- Well, it was hot, over 102 outside. So, we went grocery shopping instead, to stay cool. In the checkout line, all of a sudden, my world went black, and I fainted. Woke up in about 10 seconds, and everyone helped me up. No sooner was I on my feet, holding my very large diet coke, then down I went again, this time with diet coke all over me. I woke up to a paramedic taking my BP and lying in a puddle of diet coke, absolutely plastered with the sticky, icy cold mess. When I got up that second time, they made me sit down in a chair, while I paid for my groceries. My husband brtrought the car closer to the store. I was totally ok, but the funny part to me, is that I could have sued, but wouldn't have done so. AND they still made me pay for the soda, now spreading in a huge puddle on the sparkling clean floor. I don't think I have been in that store again, too scared someone will remember the diet coke character. And I switched to pepsi!
- —kattface
Mums lost it again!
- When my so was heading of to school I called him back telling him I would get his jacket as it was raining out,sometime later I came down stairs wondering why he hadn't gone to school when he asked me where his jacket was.After rushing up stairs and pulling everything out of the wordrbe only to discover that it wasn't there I sent him to school late with a flea in his ear for leaving his jacket at school.you can imagaine my guilt when I wen to the bathroom later that day and found his jacket I suddenly remember taking it out of his wordrobe that morning and geussing I had been side tracked and left it there while tidying up .I lost 200 pounds yesterday that I was convinced I didn't have. I was sure I had given it to my husband but I remembered today that I had stuffed it into my bag , but didn't remember seeing it in my bag on the several times I had been in it , because I had lost it not because as I had convinced myself that I had given it to my husband. typing on phone a nightmare x
- —Guest Lesley g
IQ to Brain Dead
- Yep - brain dead. I was diagnosed officially in January 2004, although I had been medically retired in March 2003 for Fibromyalgia and CFIDS. I worked f or the state dept of corrections for 23 years, and in the last 5 years, I was practically considered to be an IT person. I became a trainer and go-to person for a new system of recordkeeping which required extensive knowledge about PCs and laptops. In the last month I have been trying to upload a new website for my home business as my son gave me a free spot on his hosting program. I did everything I could possibly think of but could not do it. I could not understand what the instructions were telling me, and I spent most of my time looking things up that I should have known right off the bat. After having several flare ups and migraines over this problem, I finally sent my son an email and cried uncle. I am so embarrassed, even though it is my son. I just cannot do it, I get so frustrated. Rather be in the wheelchair. Jan
- —janster51
My husband
- My husband has MS and isn't able to use the computer any more so I'm writing on his behalf. One day while driving home down a street he drives many, many times, he stopped at the light. It was blinking yellow so he waited for it to change for several minutes. It never changed, it is a continuous blinking light and always has been. He was embarrassed but also had to laugh at himself. Good thing no one pulled up behind him!
- —Guest Kris
Where Do I Start?!
- I went to the sink to wash dishes. Turned the water on, but could not remember what to do next. I stood there with the water running for what seemed like forever. I couldn't remember when to use the soap, or where to put the dishes once washed. I kept opening the cabinets instead of washing the dishes. How frustrating!
- —Guest AA
Daily Pill Containers
- Thank goodness for the pill containers that have the day on them. I can take my pills and 5 minutes later wonder if I have taken them! I have 3 containers all are differnt colors for morning, mid-day and night-time! I could easily OD or completely forget if I didn't have these containers on the counter top! I have 5 sisters, all of us have the same problems with our cognitive abilities. We just always blamed it on our Mother...LOL
- —Guest Cathy
My forgetfulness
- Just this morning I had something embarrassing happen, I had asked my supervisor to leave eary from work yesterday because of a doctor's appt. When I came in to work this morning she asked me how did my appt go and I just gave her that deer in the headlights look. I could not for the life of me remember where or what doctor I went to the day before. Finally, I remembered and answered her question, but I have the feeling she thinks I didn't have an appt after all because of all the stammering and hesitation I displayed while trying to recall what doctor I had gone to.
- —Guest Joni
Oh yeah
- I forgot how old I was and when my husband kept saying, Your 29. I was like are you sure. I really couldn't figure out how old I was and it was bugging me because I didn't believe him and even when I tried to subtract the present year with my birth year it still didn't make sense to me. That was weird
- —thereseg79
This is one of my worse symptoms
- Cognitive dysfunction plagues me daily. I have a hard time articulating, so I don't like to talk a lot. I forget words for simple things or can't think fast enough. I process information slowley and my reaction time is slow. My perception of time is messed up. I don't like a lot of details. Sometimes when I'm tired my comprehension is messed up. I have forgotten important things too. It causes a lot of misunderstanding with my husband, who still hasn't read anything about MS and I was diagnosed two years ago. When I'm very tired my speech gets slurred, I don't know if that's cognitive or not. But it is a daily symptom for me. I hate it. I feel so dumb.
- —thereseg79
I, too, feel like an idiot.
- I had to chuckle when I read your comment, Tina T.... although the word I forgot was "ROAD"... I was finally diagnosed with M.S. in June of 1984 and have just tried to keep a positive attitude and laugh at the problems I am having with speech, dizziness, pain, numbness and most recent bowel incontinence... this one will be really hard to laugh about but I will find do all I can to find a 'funny'!
- —Guest Guest
Ladies this is for you
- I have almost all of these stories happen to me, but as a newly diagnosed I am discovering more changes. The other day while on my menstrual cycle, while on the heaviest day, I forgot to use anything. I had went shopping and when I came home to use the bathroom, I noticed nothing was there to remove. Present was a blood stain. I swore I had put something on and could feel it as I walked around. The same thing happens if I ware a bracelet on my arm, or put sunglasses on my head. When I remove them, I still feel them there hours later.
- —anonnnge
Thank God I,m not crazy!
- I forget things all the time too, but the worse time was when I was coming home from work , before I was diagnosed with MS, The road two blocks from my house was blocked and even though there were other ways to go around I could not think of any, I panicked I had to call my husband. I didnt know how to get home. I blew it off as just tired and stressed and directionally challenged. Now I get it . All the times I didnt recognize my surroundings in places I had gone many times.This is really a cruel and sneaky disease.
- —DEBCOH
felt like an idiot
- I was talking to a couple friends one day, when I just could not comprehend what they were saying to me...I felt like an idiot..drove home crying cuz I didn't know what was happening to me...still not diagnosed yet, but with my own research and a couple of very knowledgeable peoples comments, we have come to the conclusion that I may end up being diagnosed with MS. This cognition thing really scares me! I feel like a ditz. I can't handle when people give me too many details, I feel like I'm ADD, makes me want to explode when I can't come up with a simple everyday word, like paper!!
- —Guest TinaT
Why had this been easy to read?
- In the middle of a relapse two years ago, I was in the library preparing to go home when I could not decipher the bus schedule: I had no idea what the letters and numbers meant. It's customary for riders new to public transportation to have these difficulties, but for the past 20 years the city bus has been my main means of transportation(while using my power wheelchair for the past seven). I was terrified that something I'd effortlessly consulted hundreds of times suddenly could have been written in an illegible ancient language.
- —sparklycrippledbabe
