My Chronic Life

As I posted earlier I hope to add a little humor to this blog along with the medical information I usually write about. I hope that I at least get you to chuckle a bit or even smile. I’m not looking for big laughs here.

Here’s some of my survival tips for brain fog:

• Act like everyone else is forgetful and you’re the only one that knows anything.
• Add some dell memory to your diet
• Talk like you’re on heavy medication. Tell people that you’re on pain medication because you have this odd disorder no one’s heard of. But say it all jumbled up.
• Say, “What? I can’t hear you.” when someone asks you a question and you can’t remember the answer. You can blame it on water in the ears.
• Tell people that you just woke up and haven’t had any coffee yet.
• Bump into things and walk like you’re dizzy. Then say, “I’m dizzy.”
• Compliment people. That always makes them forget (hah, forget!) if you’ve said something wrong or can’t remember something important, like their names.
• Get away as fast as you can if you’re asked a question, you should remember the answer but you don’t. Say later on that you had a restroom emergency. No one in their right mind would ask you for details on that excuse.

Try to find humor in everything. Laughing is good for you. And it sure makes being sad or angry a lot less desirable.