Fibromyalgia Support Group for Surrey and Sussex

Fibro Fog Stories

What is Fibro Fog? When fibromyalgia sufferers, or even survivors forget what they are doing, saying or where they are going we refer to the temporary memory loss as 'Fibro Fog'! Here are some stories that might amuse you - though it's not really funny when you have FF!! Since Laughter is the Best Medicine why not have a laugh?

My latest Fibro-fog, or am I just using it as an excuse for early senility? – by Sandy Ferguson

I went to put the bird in the oven and found a cold burnt Pizza. Strange, I thought, where has that come from, as for nearly the past year I have lived off of 'Micro wave' meals, as my previous attempts at cooking have resulted in the cooker catching alight, because I forget that I have put it on. I was wracking my brains thinking well it doesn't look like it has been there that long. When I suddenly thought well what am I going to the cooker for anyways? I suddenly realized that I was about to put my pet cockatiel into the oven and I should have been putting him back in his cage. So in a way that burnt pizza saved his life, still can not remember when I tried to cook a pizza.

Where's The Car???

I was expecting a fellow Fibro sufferer to help me with the Web Site, when a car I did not recognise arrived. My friend got out of the car and pointed to the car declaring "I am using my partner's car today." Taking his coat off he sheepishly told me, he had lost the car!!!

"When did you use it last?" I asked.

"Last night" he said. "I had a really busy day. I was on the go all day and into the evening. I remember taking some friends to a restaurant and then I'm lost."

"Well where could you have left it?"

"Along the road, or in the garage, I did not look there."

Anyway we settled down to work when we realised I did not have access rights to the web site so he would need to pop home for his password.

Off he went in his partner's car. When he returned, low and behold he had his own car.

"Where was the car?" I asked, sniggering.

"In the neighbour's garage." he said. "We are looking after the place and they said we could use it!!!!!"

Walking the Dog.

An 'old' friend told me recently he was forgetting things.

Last week he took the dog for a walk, about half way through the walk he realised he'd taken the lead but forgotten to take the dog!

Who is a Tomato?

A thought for you all re Fibro Fog: I answered the phone and the caller asked for my wife. I replied: “she's at work but I can take a message as I'm her tomato.” I never did get a message - I wonder why!!?!!

“Never Mind Fibro moments here’s my recent FIBRO WEEK” - by Jackie Clark

Monday:

Put dogs in car to take for a walk. Realised that I was actually heading the opposite way to go to work!

Tuesday:

Put milk bottle top in fridge- You’ve guessed it. Threw the milk into the rubbish bin.

Wednesday:

Off for dog walking again. Half way to favourite walkies I realised that the poor dogs were sitting in the car with the hatchback wide open - I had driven someway - good job they didn’t see a cat!!!

Thursday:

Put my kitchen broom out on the step for the milkman! Well, I was sweeping the step when I remembered I must put out the empty milk bottles! Hubby asked if I’d come home on it. CHEEK!

Friday:

Went to the dentist for 1.45 pm appointment - got there to find my appointment was 11.45 am. Oh well, at least I know now that I am not alone. Grateful for FM support.

P.S. On the previous Sunday when we set out for a car ride, I’d remarked to my “ever-loving” that we had forgotten our sleeping bags – seat belts of course, what else!

Jo Fisher Adds

Also, I thought I would share with you my experience at filling my dishwasher. There I was getting on with my household chores i.e. filling the dishwasher. We all know how difficult that can be on a bad day bending over etc. Once the machine was full I went to the kitchen cupboard under the sink and got out the tablet to put in it (so I thought). There I was trying to place (ram ) these two round, yes two round tablets, not one tablet into an oblong hole which was meant for just one tablet and they were in fact the washing machine tablets.

It took a good few minutes for me to work out what I was doing. The room was a haze of blue due to the swearing and cursing I couldn’t understand why they wouldn’t fit and why I couldn’t shut the flap. The stress was incredible and then it suddenly dawned on me what I was doing and I felt such an idiot.

To make things worse I had managed to get everyone’s attention by then and they wanted to see what all the fuss was about. They just took one look at what I had been trying to do and just walked off in amazement and I know they were thinking: “Oh my god, how can you be that stupid!”

Well I feel I can answer that: “They have never experienced a fibro fog moment. The problem is that at the moment they seem to be far too regular.”

Here are the stupid things I did the other day. - Sue Hale

I filled the washing up bowl with dirty dishes, ran the water and sprayed Mr Muscle into the water - to wash the dishes with?????

When preparing dinner the other day I chopped up some peppers. I had chopped too many to use so thought I would store the extra in the fridge. I got a tupperware (good old tupperware) dish out of the cupboard and put the peppers in it and then promptly put the dish back in the cupboard with the rest of the dishes. It was only later when I needed another dish that I realised the peppers were rotting away in the cupboard not keeping fresh in the Fridge.

Just For Fun

We probably have all experienced ‘Fibro Speak’ when what comes out of one’s mouth bears no resemblance to what one is really trying to say. With that in mind, we thought it would be a bit of fun to compile our own ‘Fibro Dictionary’. If enough of you let us know of your own Fibro Speak we could make it a regular. Let’s see if we can get from A to Z. Here’s a few to start the ball rolling:

• Bananas = socks

• Blarda = ashtray

• Face aid = first aid

• Fletta = telephone

• Gravelling Letter = Covering letter

• Par Cark = Car Park

• Seat Belt = sleeping bags

• Smale smet = Smell sweat

• Tomato = husband

• Wable Lun = Label run

• Wish Dosher = Dish Washer

He's found it - well done Ted!

Our Ted is very happy;
He's now remembered where
He left his flowing ribbon.
What a happy fibro bear!