Hi all,
I'm new here. Firstly my Dad who is 73 has Dementia. he is in the early stages and fortunately has medication which is helping. he is still driving although My mum and I dont think he should, but then they would be totally housebound as mum dosnt drive. he is just at the very forgetfull stage at the mo.
But I also like Mand , have Fibromyalgia and suffer from the 'fibrofog'. For those of you who dont know any thing about Fibromyalgia (FM) , briefly, it is very asimilar to M.E but with FM one gets terrible pain and aching in all the muscles, tendons and ligaments throughout the whole body, as well as the exhaustion.I 'live' my life as it is now with 24 hour exhaustion and pain. To go out I now need a wheelchair or electric scooter and cant drive any more. My life has basically been turned upside down.http://www.fibromyalgia-associationuk.org/
Also accompainying this is the memory problems. It is well documented that FM sufferers get this brain fog. I forget what I'm saying mid sentence, I forget names especially, I use wrong word like asking my hubby to 'rewind' my moblie phone! Whilst I know it is the FM that causes the brainfog I also worry whethter I really am getting Altzheimers early on because of my dad. My short term memory is shocking. look forward to chatting to you all.
I also have a blog which documents my daily struggles with life . here is the link,http://soxandcinders.blogspot.com/
I'm new here. Firstly my Dad who is 73 has Dementia. he is in the early stages and fortunately has medication which is helping. he is still driving although My mum and I dont think he should, but then they would be totally housebound as mum dosnt drive. he is just at the very forgetfull stage at the mo.
But I also like Mand , have Fibromyalgia and suffer from the 'fibrofog'. For those of you who dont know any thing about Fibromyalgia (FM) , briefly, it is very asimilar to M.E but with FM one gets terrible pain and aching in all the muscles, tendons and ligaments throughout the whole body, as well as the exhaustion.I 'live' my life as it is now with 24 hour exhaustion and pain. To go out I now need a wheelchair or electric scooter and cant drive any more. My life has basically been turned upside down.http://www.fibromyalgia-associationuk.org/
Also accompainying this is the memory problems. It is well documented that FM sufferers get this brain fog. I forget what I'm saying mid sentence, I forget names especially, I use wrong word like asking my hubby to 'rewind' my moblie phone! Whilst I know it is the FM that causes the brainfog I also worry whethter I really am getting Altzheimers early on because of my dad. My short term memory is shocking. look forward to chatting to you all.
I also have a blog which documents my daily struggles with life . here is the link,http://soxandcinders.blogspot.com/