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The Fog

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Maggers
Maggers

Does this strike a chord with anyone?

Through the mist that was once clarity of thought

I see the forest of post it notes

Reminders of things that were once second nature

A timeline.

Gradual realization that life has changed

No more the manager of home and work

Different goals, different aspirations but still my life

To be lived my way to the full.

One day the fog inhabiting my mind will fade away

And the sun will be shining again if only for a while.

To be enjoyed as a fleeting encounter with an old friend.

Who knows what tomorrow brings. As long as it involves

Life, love and laughter I will enjoy.

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  • shirl21730
    shirl21730 Maggers

    Posted

    That is so touching it brought a lump to my throat...and so true when you have lived life to the best of your ability for 20 years being able to laugh on better days is one of the greatest medicines you could have..

    .yesterday I was in a lot in quite a lot of pain with my shoulder and arms I had free tickets to go to the cinema with my other half to see "The Spy" I didn't want to let him down so I went along...I am so glad I did the film was brilliant there was so many funny parts I couldn't stop laughing...result was I forgot about my pain for 2 hours and the pain had subsided a great deal I had more movement and less pain...I would thoroughly recommend this film for the feel good factor 😅 

    shirl x

    • Maggers
      Maggers shirl21730

      Posted

      Glad you enjoyed the cinema. does us good to get out and about.   A good laugh is the best medicine.
  • tiff74
    tiff74 Maggers

    Posted

    That's is great, its strange don't you think that once are mind could multi task a number of things, now to remember one is the hardest, and for diaries and and reminder notes, that's ok if you can remember what you want to put on them lol, fading brain , fading memories, fading bodies,

    But do you know what my husband and children make me smile and laugh every day, and that worth every ounce of pain xx

    • Maggers
      Maggers tiff74

      Posted

      Exactly, where would we be without those loved ones around us. My sense of humour remains intact thank goodness.  My poor old brain isn't what it was. I seem to spend my entire life wondering why I have just gone upstairs or into another room!
  • Bee70
    Bee70 Maggers

    Posted

    Wow, such an inspirational read ! Thanks for sharing x
    • Maggers
      Maggers Bee70

      Posted

      Sometimes, for me at least, the fog is the most frightening aspect of fibro.  I am sure people think I have lost the plot!
  • shirl21730
    shirl21730 Maggers

    Posted

    my fibro fog  was at its worst when I would concentrate on something too much I did a computer course and I took ginko  Biloba To help me with the fog and it worked for me

    shirl

    • Maggers
      Maggers shirl21730

      Posted

      Before I was diagnosed I had to do five hours of exams one after the other. It had been decades since I had been in education and struggled with the revision. I now know why it took so much effort to make the facts go in. Of the six of us, I was the only one to pass.  Proves even with fibro as our constant companion we can achieve things.
  • shirl21730
    shirl21730 Maggers

    Posted

    Well done for passing your exam it's not easy when your unwell...I went to college 18 years ago for 8 hours a week after I was diagnosed with fibro...

    I had a very understanding tutor if I wasn't feeling well enough to attend class she would send work home for me to do it helped me a lot knowing I had flexibility...I did an interior design course I loved every aspect of it and passed levels 1,2 and 3. I couldn't go any further as the next level up was full time at university which I felt was too much for me at the time besides my mum was ill with cancer and needed help with her disability.

    take care

    shirl

  • Meg53
    Meg53 Maggers

    Posted

    Thank you Maggers for sharing this beautiful poem with us. My favourite line is the last one 'life love and laughter I will enjoy', something to be engraved on our hearts and minds, if not the back of our hand. The three Ls convey such positive thoughts and feelings, so much better than, pain and sorrow. They do say, 'laughter is the best medicine', an old cliche but a good one.

    Meg

     🌺

     

  • christine26761
    christine26761 Maggers

    Posted

    Love this. Maggers, just soo true..a lovely piece. Sooo thought provoking...well done you..)-xx. Love, "live, love and laughter." Love Out Loud....that's me to a T, but lol is good medicine too...

    As  Frank Sinatra's song says...I Did It My Way...

    the only way ....

    have a lovely day...be blessed..:-) xxxxrazz

  • Maley_Bear
    Maley_Bear Maggers

    Posted

    I'm stuck for words. A tear came to my eye. Where I live I'm alone even though I live with my husband and children. But I might as well be on my own because no one understands even I don't sometimes. Anger within myself is great!!! A mind that forgets things, can't even forget things I want to forget like what I was to what I am. 😪
    • christine26761
      christine26761 Maley_Bear

      Posted

      Hiya Maley Bear, I'm really feeling for you, it's all just too much, especially knowing what we used to be and do...the Fog is one of the worst things..I thought I had a brain tumour when it first hit me...I was a total wreck..couch potato..I had convinced myself it was a cancerous tumour..had to wait 3 very long bad weeks to see a Neurosurgeon, who said it was the Fibro...recon it was the worst three weeks in my life..and I've come through some rotten things....however, I didn't have cancer..I felt soo blessed...I realised during my stressed time ai had forgotten about all my pain, tiredness and muscle spasms..then I realised that I had to try concentrating/focussing on good things...like how there are people much much worse off than me..just having 3 meals a day, a bed  with clean sheets a house..especially knowing I was  not so ill in a third world country..which is a blessing in itself....well once I figured how to feel more positive about my lot....I was a different person..really hope  thing get better for you Maley Bear..have a lovely day..:-) xxx
    • tiff74
      tiff74 christine26761

      Posted

      I was taught to be positive bypaim clinic, I always tell myself how lucky I am and others are worse than little me. But some days are so hard then pain I mask from my family because I don't want them to worry, I feel like screaming just one day god please of no pain, just to feel me again 😤
    • christine26761
      christine26761 tiff74

      Posted

      Yes tiff some days are just sooo hard...it would be great to click your fingers sometimes and be well........well, if you could see my fingers you'd know it would be impossible..lol..maybe rub a bottle and have aJeannie come out  and fix us...just one day would be great..hey..? I've got to the point  in my life that I have accepted that I will never be the old me ...but only for doing things that is, ....but I am still the same me inside...I just look at me now as im getting older and cant do what I used to...if I didn't do that It would drive me insane..for sure..have a lovely day and be blessed...gentle hugs from over the seas..:-) xxx

      if you feel like screaming find a safe place and do just that....boy I used to scream at the footy match..lol ...did it ever do me  good..no one heard no one was worried!!!..lolexclaim

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