Excuse me….I didn’t hear you, what was I saying?

 

question cloudBrain fog.  The words themselves sound almost creepy…like they belong in some poorly made horror film.  Say them to any normal healthy person and you are likely to get looked at like you just recited the entire works of Shakespeare in Pig Latin.  Say it to a fellow Spoonie and you will get a familiar eye roll and nodding of the head in immediately recognition.  It is one of the most frustrating symptoms of autoimmune diseases and to be fair, probably one of the most frustrating symptoms for those around a Spoonie to tolerate.  Brain fog can cause missed appointments, failure to buy what you went to the store to get and the occasional wardrobe malfunction.  Yes, I said wardrobe malfunction.  Oh c’mon, I can’t be the only one out there who has left for work with two different types of shoes on because the plan to ask someone which one looked better with the outfit was forgotten three minutes after it was thought of.  I certainly know I’m not the only one who has had this never ending conversation with your significant other:

“I told you this morning that I would be home late.”

“No you didn’t.”

“Yes I did.”

“No you didn’t.”

“Yes I did…see, I even wrote you a note about it before I left.”

“Oh.  Ok, maybe you did.” 

Brain fog is a very frustrating condition which is accompanied by confusion and lower levels of clarity. It affects people of all ages and leads to the afflicted person dependent on Post-It notes to remember to do something or even to remind them what they have said. The effects of brain fog leave the sufferer feeling depressed and discouraged. Today, so many of us wear so many hats and juggle so many things at one time, that I have come to the conclusion that Spoonies would make fantastic circus performers.  We are moms, dads, spouses, working professionals, stay at home parents, and yes, even E-magazine owners and their staff writers.  I laughed at the title that was recently given to me by The Spoon Lady herself.  “Executive Vice President in Charge of Social Media, Press Relations Department Manager, Therapist to the CEO, Staff Writer and General Manager of the store at butyoudontlooksick.com”. I laughed at Christine and told her that at the end of that title, we probably needed to add a disclaimer of some sorts that I will not be held accountable for missed deadlines, rambling articles and lost passwords.  I didn’t even have to say why….she knew…we all know.  Brain fog.

Fatigue is one of the main causes that result in brain fog and let’s be honest….when was the last time that you felt really rested?  I’m guessing if I asked for a show of hands, I’d see one or two of you reaching high.  The rest of us would sit quietly.  The sad truth of the matter is that Spoonies never get enough sleep.  We never get enough sleep because we never stop hurting.  Oh sure, sometimes the pain can be dulled to a low roar, but it never goes away.  Imagine waking up in the middle of the night because you have to use the bathroom.  Most of you would jump up, go in the bathroom and then happily jump back underneath the covers and drift off back to sleep.  Not Spoonies.  Nope, we fight to open our eyes that feel like they had been rubbed on with sandpaper for the last hour, slowly roll off the mattress as if our limbs were frozen and useless.  Eventually, we make it to the bathroom only to return to bed and turn on the tv…knowing full and well that there would be no more sleep to be had for the rest of the night. 

Lack of rest and brain fog can really hurt the ability to concentrate and usually leaves the person struggling with memorizing and finishing the task at hand. A quick nap can be helpful in fighting fatigue but seriously folks…who has time for that these days?  We are a society in perpetual motion…breaks are a luxury that unfortunately some of us just can’t find the time to take.  And in all honesty…if we do take a break, we most likely will forget why we were taking them in the first place.  I’ve often joked that life with an autoimmune disease is like that movie “50 First Dates”….every day I have to be reminded of who you are and why you are living in my house.  Oh alright, so that may be a slight exaggeration but regretfully it isn’t that far off from the truth.  We forget things.  We look spacey.  We may even have a hard time formulating words to express what we want to say.  Well, except for when someone cuts me off in traffic….then I have no problem expressing myself, verbally and non-verbally.  So, in the spirit of sharing, here are “Steph’s Tips To See Through The Fog”.

 

Keep It Simple, Stupid….

That is a widely used phrase in my advertising and marketing world.  Any good ad is straight and to the point with a flare for the dramatic….perfect for a Spoonie.  As a result of the unwelcomed brain fog, I have been forced to dumb down my speech. As a person who uses words for a profession, it’s humiliating to say the least. I can’t tell you how many times I am in the middle of a sentence and somehow “lose my words”.  I feel like crawling under a rock and hibernating for the next decade or so when that happens.  I have found myself simply eliminating those big SAT words from my vocabulary and tearing up my application to be on “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader”…because quite frankly…when brain fog hits, I’m lucky to be smarter than Kindergartener.

 

Dude Where’s My Car….

Ok, so this happens to most of the adult population, but for Spoonies it is 100% expected.  How many of you have gone to the mall in one entrance and come back out after shopping, swearing that you most certainly did come in through the rows of Wonder Bras in Macy’s.  Two hours later, you are still wandering the mall with a look on your face like aliens had recently stripped you of all forms of thought or communication with no car to be found.  Here’s how you fix this….most cell phones have a notepad application.  Use it.  Make note of what store you parked in front of, how many rows back, which side and what you see as you walk through the entrance.  See….now you have an “X marks the spot” treasure map to follow back to your car.  The only thing that makes this plan less effective is finding yourself saying, “Now where did I put my cell phone?”

 

I need cake mix….why the hell am I in Sears….

 It’s your child’s birthday.  You saved yourself enough spoons for the day to spend it making him the highly intricate Buzz Lightyear cake he saw on tv.  No problem…piece of cake (ack….lame joke), right?  Wrong.  As I repeated the words to myself…cake mix…cake mix…cake mix, I was confident I would remember them.  After all, it was just one simple item.  I repeated it until people stared at me with sympathetic eyes….I thought they felt bad for me because my memory was shot.  Nope.  They felt bad for me because I was in the middle of the lawnmower section of Sears singing the praises of Betty Crocker.  Folks…I have no tip here other than, run to your car, drive to the grocery store clear across town and never show your face at Sears again.

 

I’ll be right there….eventually…

This is by far my favorite.  It’s happened to me twice recently and while I can laugh about it now, when they both happened I wanted to crawl under a rock and hide….but I couldn’t…know why?  Cause I couldn’t find the stupid rock.  I left my office just yesterday after a call from the Vice President asking me to bring a file to her office.  I’ve been working here 6 months; I know my way around the office like the back of my hand, so I jumped up and started down the hallway.  As I reached the bottom of the stairs, I stared blankly at the four hallways in front of me.  Yep, that’s right….I had no clue where to go.  Same thing happens to me when I’m driving, especially when I’m taking back roads that I know so well I could drive them blindfolded. (which by the way isn’t recommended while operating a motor vehicle, I found out.)  But, I have actually sat at an intersection, bewildered at the rest of the directions.  This is where a GPS comes in handy.  As stupid as you might feel, plug your destination’s address in and let it guide you in case of a swift and sudden case of brain fog.  However, in the office scenario, draw a pocket map…people tend to stare when you are wearing a GPS clipped to your belt.  Trust me.

Article written by guest writer Stephanie Kennedy

About Stephanie:
I live in Fayetteville, NC with my husband and 3 always hyperactive and occassionally adorable children. I was diagnosed with SLE in 2001 at the age of 27 and in the time since, have added Scleroderma, Hashimoto’s and Celiac’s disease to the original Lupus discovery. In my day-to-day life I am a Community Relations Specialist (aka, marketing and creative hodgepodge facilitator) with a local electric cooperative and part-time fitness instructor. For the past two years I have served on the Executive Steering Committee for the LFA’s Fayetteville Walk For Lupus Now event.
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  • Alison

    I had to comment when I read Krek’s comment about jumping the gun on a friend’s birthday. I can totally relate! I try so hard throughout the year to remember my best friends’ birthdays — I write them down on calendars, I write myself reminders, I repeat the dates over and over to myself, etc. I call mutual friends or family members to confirm that I have the right date and am not misremembering from last year. Starting weeks before the birthday, I realize it’s coming up and get excited and start reminding myself EVERY DAY so that I won’t forget it. And then inevitably, a few weeks later, I’m sitting in my car and I realize, “Crap. Her birthday was the 21st and today’s the 25th.” I don’t know how it happens, but it always does. I should just start wishing my friends happy birthday as soon as it occurs to me — even if it is a month early — so that they know I care and won’t feel forgotten when my brain fog makes me lose track of time!

  • Wow! You managed to put some humour in such an annoying situation! I just hate brain fog. It is as frustrating as it is scary. Fear of dementia and Alzeihmer’s stays with me even if my doctors and my reading have explains why I get this way. Thank you Stephanie for a great article! For now, I’ll try to remember I need to get dressed BEFORE I leave for work ;-)))

  • CarlyRM

    The best thing I ever got was my iTouch (I’m not on AT&T, or it would be an iPhone). I can update the calendar on the go, anywhere, and it can sync up with my home computer calendar AND my work calendar.

    At the Dr? No need for a tiny appointment card that will go in my purse and get lost – just put the details in the calendar immediately. At work and get a call about rescheduling? Update the calendar instantly.

    It is awesome and I looooove it. Saves me so much mental energy.

  • Elizabeth

    Ohhh I love this site! And am so thankful to read everyone else’s experiences! I have Lupus and Intracranial Hypertention. Had brain surgery in December for a shunt…the brain fog is a little better, but for the last few tears it was terrible!! And I am a nurse….Do you know what it is like working in CICU and not even being able to tell the aide to go get a bedpan…ggrrrr! Let alone during a code blue and trying to remember all the meds, so I changed jobs, but I kept getting sicker, I got so bad I could not even understand phone messages Now I am on disability. I HATE it…But I can’t drive, can’t function can’t think!

    It drives me crazt when you try to explain the “fog” to someone and they say “I forget stuff all the time”. Or They ask how you are doing and you try to be honest and they say “you don’t feel ANY better?” or “well I have a headache”… I’d rather they just didn’t ask I DO have diseases that are not going away, so if they can’t handle it, then well I’d prefer to deal with it alone!!

  • Elspeth

    Like all of you, I am often afflicted with what I call “fuzzy brain.” When I drift off during a conversation, I tell the other person that my train of thought just ran off the track. Notice, I didn’t say “If I drift off,” because I do that all too often. I can relate to the fears about Alzheimer’s because my mother had serious dementia when she died. I do NOT want to end up like that.

    Love the hints about how to find your car. I have recently started losing my car in the mall parking lot. Taking a pic with my cell phone could be just the trick to help me.

    I have always had a very good memory, and never needed a list to go grocery shopping. Nowadays I sometimes forget what I have in my cupboards and fridge. As a result, I have lots of soup and noodles in my cupboard and several jars of jam and peanut butter in the fridge. Maybe I should take a pic of the contents when I go to the store LOL

  • AKAseemedfine

    OH Steph-Terrific! & Karen,Melanie & everyone-THANK-YOU for the laughs!
    YESTERDAY I just happened to be wearing all Green Jammies (which i live in) and my Brother came by and said:”SO YOU’RE ALL READY FOR ST.PATRICKS DAY?!” AND-I ACTUALLY RAN TO THE CALENDER THINKING IT MUST BE MARCH!!!!!? ACK!….Again, this was Yesterday.September. Sigh!Angie, I put my house keys in my front pocket; and still pat it checking if I have them 10 times an hour! Phylor, I have aprox 30 differing Post-its; but the next day when it’s time to DO something, I can’t read my own handwriting! I wish you had a cousin or sister like Mine- they Know what i mean if I say “Look at that eagle”, when what I MEANT was “Turtle”! And they finish sentences for me 🙂 They live 2,000. mi. away, BUT God Bless them, for they Get It. I have a new line for the Public ‘Normies’; check-out girls, etc..I have long natural blond hair, so I just tell them, “Sorry! I’m Having A ‘Blond’ Day”! 🙂

  • LC

    Great post-however, if only my family and friends would read these articles, it would sure help. I’m so tired as being looked upon as an idiot, when forgetting what someone told me a few minutes, hours ago. To be made to look stupid, especially in front of others, is humiliating and degrading to say the least. It’s no wonder I keep to myself. I’m NOT stupid, I’m a Lupie!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Michelle jadaa

    I think its contagious actually.Last time i had a major fibro fog screw up ,hubby was upset,i reminded him that fibro mental problems were common and he said……you got….”i dont remember you telling me that”.
    I also get the embarresment part,i hate screwig up,i hate losing things!

  • Great article, and yes it is vital that we be able to laugh at ourselves sometimes! I think it’s important to educate the public, especially employers, about this condition and request accommodations. I lost my last job because of forgetting little details. I had asked for accommodations and even EAP intervention, but no luck.
    My personal belief is Educate and Advocate, we all have a right to lead reasonably normal lives (whatever that is) regardless of our quirks, disabilities and momentary lapses of reason.

    Keep up the great work!
    Jenny

  • Thank you for this posting. I had such a chuckle especially the “hey dude where’s my car”. Too funny. Here’s one . In the first couple of years going to the Rheumatologist, i asked a friend who also has Lupus to come with me for support. However, I was tired, nervous, and driving to the docs; she wasn’t familiar with the area and two “Lupies” in one scenario made for an interesting journey. We did make it the docs after “brain fog” subsided. Thank you for allowing us to laugh about this because it can be frustrating and embarrassing.

  • Sandy

    Thank God for my children, my son is my strength and its killing my daughter to see her mom like this. Weight loss, no appetite, NO energy, cannot focus blahh blahh. I have 2 children 17 and I am a single parent. The best part of my day is when I lay down to sleep. Could be for 8-10 hours, could be for 3. The exhaustion is overwhelming. Try to nap during the day and the wheels are spinning over concern of my kids. The what if’s.
    I was diagnosed with LupSLE and Lup Anticoagulant. I refuse to take any meds these Dr.s who are tight with the Pharmaceutical Co. to push meds here in MASS.
    There is no support and NO one understands… ohhh you look great but my insides are shutting down, let alone the brain. I feel like its flat lining, I cannot explain the feelings nor put them into words. I have tried everything to divert my attention away from the “feelings”. Forget trying to follow a tv show of any sort or even reading. It also affects your short term recall, told I show no emotions and have a flat affect. Having a Medical background sometimes is not the greatest. I am unable to work… let alone think. Wait til it really takes over, especially the functioning of the brain. I nor anyone asked for this. Mine was found on a Double Strand DNA after many years of seeing Dr. after doc.
    Keep those little windows of “energy” close, because they do not last and the brain fog takes over with a “fullness” feeling in your head. I am only 51 and still have my inner child. Just tired of people saying you look tired are you ok? Stupid question to ask a Lupie…(smile)
    Just needed to vent to those who are on the same journey.
    Blessings

  • Helen

    I loved your article. People look at you funny, when u say you have brain fogg.Sorry I forgot was I saying. O h yeah I will get this blank stare, like no one is home, it’s spooky. No one gets it at work. It causes lots of aggrivation sometimes

  • pegi emiliani

    I love the idea of a pocket map.

  • Delores

    My friends have a nickname for me even during my moments– I’m Duh-lores.

  • Pam

    Great article. Brought tears to my eyes. Brain fog….still a pretty new concept to me and one which had caused me much fear a very long time. My mother just passed away last month from early onset Alzheimer’s and I can’t tell you how many times I was afraid that I was getting it as well. Now that I know about “brain fog” and know that’s what I am experiencing I have a much better understanding of it. Thanks for some really great suggestions on helping with remembering!!

  • Diane Jones

    Funny that we all suffer from this…..OK maybe funny isn’t the right word, but you know what I mean. I tell people that on top of the RSD that I suffer from, I also have a severe case of CRS (Can’t Remember Shit!) If anything, it helps them to not care so much about what I forgot & gets them to laugh a little! 🙂

  • krek

    i greeted my friend a happy birthday. hahahah!!!! i was a month early. i was so embarassed.

  • Kspad

    “I need cake mix…Why the hell am I in Sears?”

    This made me laugh so hard I almost peed my pants. I guess drowsiness + BYDLS articles= bad things.

  • Angie

    I have a condition called Intracranial Hypertension (literally too much pressure caused by CSF in the skull) and brain fog is constant for me and other IHers. Then half of us are on Topamax (when we remember it) and that steals your words. I went 6 months where I would start to tell someone where something was in the store I worked at and would only get 4 or 5 words out before it all ran screaming from me and a super sweet girl I worked with would have to finish the explanation. And so far I haven’t worn two different shoes but I have worn sandals all the way to the car and even to work once. After that I started getting paranoid and I would check my feet about 20 times in the ten minutes it took me to get to work.

  • Pamela Poor

    PS, My GPS is my BEST FRIEND.

  • Pamela Poor

    This article not only rings true to my life, it also reminds me that my current series of testing to see if my fog is evidence of having inherited a gene for dimentia/alzheimers from my mother’s family might be premature or a waste of time and money. Afterall, it’s ONLY forgetfulness, and brainfog, right?
    ARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Perhaps, what I SHOULD be getting tested for is just what KIND of autoimmune illness is making me feel like I’m living in some kind of alternative universe.
    ARE there tests for them?

  • Excellent article, says the woman who attempted to put a food scale in the freezer today, TWICE. I have left the house multiple times in my house slippers; once I ended up wearing them at a birthday party for three hours. I would use your cell phone suggestion, but I cannot remember how to use any other phone but a land line.

    I had a train of thought going here, but it seems to have derailed, lol.

  • I have post-it notes in 3 different colors and 4 different patterns to help me remember. Problem is, I forget to read the post-it notes!
    Thx for writing such a great article. I’m in foggy-groggy right now so I can’t find the words to say other than “great article!”

  • Melanie

    Lovely article. I’ve got Fibromyalgia, and on the really bad days I llook at the object on the chair beside me, look at my child and say “Sweetie, when you go into the …. room with the hot thing, and the cold thing….. and put this…. thing I had wet stuff in…. beside the … place where we.. wet and soap?” and she says, “yes, Mum, when I get up I’d be glad to put your glass by the sink in the kitchen.” My in-laws think I’m completely insane.. at leat my husband & child understand….

  • I hate it so much when others answer oh I know what you mean it happens to me all the time , I know they are well meaning but having a brain nuero disorder Chairi Malformation sometimes to recall the name of an inanimate object is so frustrating I see it in my head but it never makes it to my mouth…since my brain surgery, driving, socializing, verbalizing, recalling are all very difficult for me…I once spent an hour in Walmart parking lot looking for a car after a 10 minute run in for my daughters school supplies,,,she had too have them and no one else was available it is right by my house or I would never of gone, the Doctors have not taken my license, but I refuse to put others lives and my own in danger for any reason n=you never know…back to subject: this is when I decided it was not an age related issue ,I was only 43 and my grandmother lived to the ripe age of 101 and had a benign brain tumor and never did this…
    People feel they have the right to correct my speech, grammer and other errors and this is the most degrading since I am a college graduate and worked for years doing just this and many more things for a 6 Doctor practice and prided myself on my intelligence..
    I guess they will (normies) never understand until they are in this position and maybe they are just trying to make me feel better but slence would be more appreciated reminders of my old self is just too painful…thank you for a great article this can be used for many disorders and diseases but many that affect the brain…

  • Caitlin

    This is a good article. I have brain fog sometimes often. Sometimes my emotions overcome me because of it, and sometimes it can lead to bad instances. I’ve become lost going down a familiar hall in my college, lost on a bus route and left at the last stop with no clue where I was, and so much more. Annoying as it is, I think it’s even more discomforting that I feel like it sounds like an excuse, and that others won’t believe me when I tell about this particular problem. Opinions are also affected by my age, in my 20s, because “young people” are known for laziness.

    Fibromyalgia is so difficult.

  • spongebrooke

    This happens to me quite often- When someone asks me something that requires more than an automatic one word answer, the (non)conversation goes something like this:
    Person: (insert question here)
    Me: (thinking and trying to put thoughts together)
    Person: waiting
    Me: …………..
    Person: staring
    Me: …………..
    Person: waiting, staring
    Me: …………. “What?”

  • Mindy

    I use my cell phone camera and notepad ALL THE TIME! I also forget how to get places in buildings I’ve been in many times. I have multiple causes for my brain fog (way too many to bore you all with a list), so it’s so nice to know others struggle with the same issues I do!

  • Amylea

    I, too, have people tell me, “Oh, yes, I forget things all the time,” but, because I am a Spoonie, I can’t find the words to tell them all the ways in which their experience, while totally valid, are completely different from the constant low level confusion of brain fog. The worst part for me is that I’m a professor of English–when I forget a word or get lost in a sentence, it’s particularly problematic.
    (And I just took a full minute and a half to find the word “particularly”).
    Thanks for the encouraging tips; knowing we’re not alone is more helpful than anything else.

  • Rebecca

    You REALLY do hit the nail on the head with this…GREAT JOB!

  • Birddogs

    Wow, make me cry and then LOL. I have MS and the paragraph starting “Fatigue” is exactly ME, except I rarely have insomnia issues that last more than an hour or two. 😉 Thanks for a great post!

  • Sigh. Brain fog. I live there I think. I have to be constantly reminded to post on the blog I started BECAUSE of my autoimmune disease and even then I forget half the time. I get lost in the middle of a sentence so phone interviews or important conversations that aren’t recorded or written down are out – I can’t even fight with my husband because halfway through I remember I wanted to call him a jerk…. 15 mins before!

    And guess what? I did it again… brain fog caused me to post my comment from the wrong account. GAH.

  • Sigh. Brain fog. I live there I think. I have to be constantly reminded to post on the blog I started BECAUSE of my autoimmune disease and even then I forget half the time. I get lost in the middle of a sentence so phone interviews or important conversations that aren’t recorded or written down are out – I can’t even fight with my husband because halfway through I remember I wanted to call him a jerk…. 15 mins before!

  • Lori

    Stephanie you rocked this article! I can relate BIG times! Had to read it 4 times so I would remember it…remember what? Thanks for the giggles!

  • hayley

    Your post sounds like a page out of my life. when i met my husband I litterally lived via post it notes!
    I hate brain fog, i find it just as debilitating if not more than the pain, and we know how bad that is.
    Just today i got angry cos i was trying to lock my front door with my parents house key- and i’ve lived here 3 years!
    I also realised this eve when i went to take my night time meds, that I took them at breakfast- sleeping tablets for breakfast!! brain fog- you suck!!
    at least my husband says its fine, just a quirk to my already quirky personality!

  • Michele

    Ah, Brain fog, how well acquainted we are! I carry a “smart” phone. (Smarter than me most of the times) If my daughter asks me for something, I tell her to text me. I keep my shopping list on it because I’m always misplacing the paper list. I have google maps gps that I use very often. I also have a hot pink case because I can’t find my black phone anywhere…. 🙂 I use the calendar and set reminders all the time, but I do have to enter the appointment into the calendar at the same time I schedule it, otherwise I forget it. I even set daily alarms to remind me when to take which pill. Works well most of the time. Also I’m very lucky to have family that doesn’t argue with me when I say they never told me…….

  • HI Susan! read the spoon theory at http://www.thespoontheory.com 🙂

  • TRacee

    One of my least favorite symptoms. I feel so stupid when I get lost in the middle of a sentence, especially in front of a big crowd! One thing that really helps me htough is to be careful of what I eat and not let my blood sugar get too low. Not the easiest thing n the world to do when the nausea makes food so unappealing!

  • Carole

    OK, I just typed my name and my email then clicked “Submit Comment”…does that qualify for brain fog? Thank God someone had foreseen people like us and wrote a page that simply said (something like) “Error, type in a comment” DUH!
    GPS, I love it! My husband went out and got me one to use in the car that can also be hand carried! What a wonderful man he is!!! I try to park in generally the same area & space everywhere I go because my body automatically takes me to the right, a couple of rows over…
    Cell photo Notepad!!! I love it! It’s saved me more. The alarm on the cell phone & the calendar! All of those are a big help.
    Thank you for another wonderful article that hit me like a bullseye!

  • Lucy

    Very true xx

  • absolutely great article and in a format that most anyone can read and understand, even those who look at us funny. Would love to carry with me and say here read this when I get the look———

  • Erika

    Great article…..You put into words that I can’t explain to friends, family and co-workers

  • Dea

    I loved this article, this is me every day and it drives my family insane. I have to share it with them so they see that it’s not just me.

    Deanna From Fay

  • Alexandra Erin

    As a “Frequent Fogger”, I totally use my cellphone to help me remember where the car is at or what door goes to the apartment/suite I’m staying in when I’m traveling or whatever, but I don’t just use the Notepad function… I snap pictures! A picture of the door I came in, a picture of the sign with the row number, etc. It’s a big help and can be done with less effort than writing a note I know I’ll be able to understand three hours later, especially if I’ve worn myself out.

  • Courtland

    Awesome Job!!! Wow this pretty much mirrors our life. Great insight into what you/we/us manage on a daily basis.

  • Notkevinsmith

    Why “Spoonie” what is the origin of that nickname. Never heard it, though I definitely have it. Sounds like you have sleep apnea. That what caused my brain fog. Got treatment, now its gone. I just don’t recall where I put it.

  • Terri

    Great article, Stephanie. Brain fog is no fun, but having a laugh about it is better than the alternative. Thanks, much appreciated how you find the humor in the stuff spoonies have to deal with. 🙂 Love your articles. 🙂

  • Ivy

    Soooooo true……such a great article and a subject which definitely needed some humor added to it! Lovin the articles Steph!

  • Shirley

    What gets me is when I explain that I sometimes forget things or get lost – everyone, and I do mean EVERYONE – says something like “yeah, I do that too”… uh – NO YOU DON’T!

    Sorry – just venting a bit.

    thanks for the tips – i’ll try to remember to use them 🙂

  • Penny Susan

    Another great article…another real life moment…

    Another great job, Steph.

    thank you.

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