I am sure a lot of you can identify with this. ? Don’t seem to be able to get anything right. Keep saying the wrong words. Thought I would do some knitting. Firstly I sewed up the wrong bit. Very difficult to undo when sewn in the same colour wool. Guess what? Cut the wrong strand and now gave a big hole in the actual knitting. One whole piece down the pan. So. Started à new piece. 7ndone it twice already. Fed up Will stop and just eat h telly til it all feels better. .hey ho. Anne X
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Hi Anne,
I’ve had days like that all my adult life. Those days when everything I do, say or touch just falls to pieces. The trick is to recognise the signs early (before morning coffee is ideal). I had one on 1st June. It started out with a visit to a MS pub meeting. We got lost looking for the venue. Gill got irritating and I got tetchy. On the way home I stopped at a model shop. It was closed. By midday I realised it was “One of those Days”.
Accept that nothing is going to go right, just sit back and just let the day roll over you. You’ve got the right idea with the telly. With a bit of luck you’ll find something worth watching. But if it’s One of those Days you probably won’t.
Get an early night and have a nice tomorrow instead.
Regards,
Anthony
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Hi Anne
I am with you on that one, at the moment I am knitting a baby’s all in one, done the one leg, started the second, and only just realised that I have knitted the side of a baby’s jacket!
whilst I feel for you, reading your post has made me realise I am not the only one!
Ms really has a lot to answer to, never mind tomorrow is another day, and hopefully both of us will get things right.
Pam x
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I went through a phase at the beginning of the year. My mind was getting up to all sorts of mischief. I’m not sure what I did on the computer but I’ve only just got around to fixing all the passwords which I’d changed. New medication’s side effects mostly to blame.
A.
(which is short for “AAAaaaaarrrrggh”) ((Now the spell check wants to change that word to Alabama!))
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Haha yes know those days! I do needlepoint tapestry and on days like that I just give up and put it away. Have made some horrible mistakes and had to unpick hours of work!
Pat xx
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One of those days is rapidly becoming one of those weeks! The knitting g is getting worse! I have made about twenty of the same pattern. Can I remember how to do it. . . Just maki g an omelette. Instead of breaking g eggs into bowl to whisk I broke them back into the cardboard box they came out of!!! Ho hum Anne
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Putting those days aside, my Mum bought me some wool, a crochet hook & a ‘how to’ book for my birthday last year because I mentioned I could do it as a child so should be able to pick it up again… it’s my birthday again in a couple of weeks and the most I’ve been able to do is a string of about 8 stitches and it looked wonky so I decided to start again!
Frustration is just a daily thing now
hugs
Sonia x
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It is said, “You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs.”
I think you’ve proved that you can’t make an omelette even if you do break eggs. Awesome.
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Anne, I think we all have those days.
Now I’m going on buses and trains I have to really think about the destinations. Brain fog, obviously. I get your knitting frustration because occasionally I try to play the piano. Once, when I was camping whilst driving down to Southern Spain, I used my little pan and stove to construct the most magnificent Spanish omelette. But I knocked it over and it fell slowly onto the dusty floor. Don’t cook while drinking wine!
Best wishes, Steve.
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Anthony, Never been called awesome before. Thanks mate made my night! ! Anne X
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I get day when I know to stop and give up. Do I stop do I give up NO. then when the whole world has gone boobies up I think why didn’t I just stop.I never learn.
Don
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I get day when I know to stop and give up. Do I stop do I give up NO. then when the whole world has gone boobies up I think why didn’t I just stop.I never learn.
Don
I’m having one of those weeks, it started as a day and now the days have run into each other…Why doesn’t my brain work anymore ? ? I feel like King Midas every thing he touched turned into gold… only mine don’t turn into gold every thing i touch turns into a disaster. And now the panic has set in i feel completely useless like i’m losing my mind i tried so hard to write an important letter yesterday and shredded it 3 times, and then fell out with Lee.
I’ve got my older daughters pips form to fill in and i’m panicking like crazy I’ve filled in stuff like this for years, she was given indefinite higher rate shes Autistic age 25 living in 24 hour care supported living…Why do they make us do this again ?? Cognitively i’m not up to it any more and there doesn’t appear to be any help to fill it in, only Citizens Advice which is hard to get a slot . I’ve just asked for a copy of her last DLA form from 2 years ago and i will just copy that. I had help with that form…as i said to the women on the phone… " no shes not changed in her needs from 2 years ago… i have changed, now neurological damage to my brain means i struggle to fill in the stupid forms, anyway she took pity on me and agreed to send the old DLA form back. The last person i asked was very reluctant and i felt like they might think i was making it up.
Michelle x
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We are all Awesome.
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Oh Michelle,
I’m so sorry for your situation. But, please don’t give up. I’ve suffered from this on and off over the past couple of years. I shared this with my GP and he was able to prescribe medication to “awaken” my brain. This would have been devastating for my husband who is my main carer. I’m in the middle of a trial run with modafinil on gradually increasing doses till we reach the optimum level for me. So far its been successful especially with the brain fog and horrible fatigue.
Please speak to your GP, MS nurse or neurologist. There is medication out there to help with the “brain fog”. I feel its certainly worth discussing. There can be nothing more devastating than thinking you’re “loosing your mind”.
Maybe you have already looked into this. Then I don’t know what else to advise other than hold on to the “clear” times. This is nothing to do with the intellect.
Thinking of you and big hugs.
Anne
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Thank you so much Anne for your kind words, although i didn’t mean to muscle in on someone else’s link. I will ask next time about the modafinil, I have got scared recently and constantly asking Lee if he thinks i’ve got dementia. It doesn’t help because after being in a wheelchair and not driving for 3 years i thought i’d ask if they would assess me…but there isn’t an adaptation for cognitive delay and unfortunately they have revoked my licence. I kind of knew that i wasn’t fit to drive and Lee said he knew all along, but it made me really sad. Oh well there are more important things at least i can still get out with Frazer my assistance dog and my twin granddaughters still love me so i can’t be too bad.
Michelle x
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