FIBROpedia

• words that should have been words, as created by people who participate in the discussion of Fibromyalgia on alt.med.fibromyalgia.  They are wise and otherwise.  Copied without permission from an original post by Liz "Duchess" and then somewhat amended.

• the brain is clouded, so everything around you is hazy and it is
  difficult to think clearly, and function "normally".

• blows whatever thought you might have right out of your ear ...
  there it is .. gone.  Personal note:  when this happens be sure to not block your right ear ... otherwise your head will implode due to the sudden change in air pressure.

• which means feeling like the cat that ate the canary.  As in, I'm
  feeling very catacarary today.

• similar to brainfog; brain is operating at about 5% capacity

• chronically normal person

• Damnable Disease (aka FMS/CFIDS/CFS etc)

• exhaustion from seeing so many M.D.'s whose dx is IAIYH (It's All In Your Head).

• (female or male) mad as hell and just won't take it anymore. We're entitled.

• catch all term that describes all of the symptoms that someone with fibromyalgia experiences

• walking along with no problems, and suddenly then one begins staggering, loosing balance (also known as fibro step, fibrowaltz, firboswish, and fibrobump) [Note this is called ataxic gait, and the staggering walk is very common to people with FM/MPS.  Travell and Simons say it is due to  sternocleidomastoid trigger points]

• the beeline we all make when IBS or cystitis kicks in (also see toilet tag)

• old-timers who can give advice and sustenance to newbies

• thought to be caused by brainfog typos result from this, as do missed or wrong notes while playing an instrument, we think of the typos as brain stutters

• for us only...an affectionate term for us in our most exaggerated states...use with permission and sensitivity only

• when you have to keep on checking and rechecking several times to make sure that you have written a phone number or any number sequence down correctly

• when we are going through shifts in perception, i.e. from brainfog day to achy day to weather changes or whatever

• a funny anecdote related to FMS

• a hug between two people with FM where they wrap their arms around the other and use the fingers of both hands to massage the back of the other person

• anything that doesn't operate as it should

• PWFMS, Person With Fibromyalgia Syndrome

• filling in the missing parts of a conversation in the middle of a
  conversation you say something thinking that you said the thought preceding it only to realize that the person you are talking to has no idea what you are talking about.  Just a little bit of mind reading would be a good thing sometimes

• condition affection all doctors, friends, relatives, employers,
  and Social Security administrators who can't see beyond the fact the PWFMS look so healthy.  Additional definition for fibromyopia, any abnormality of the eye that seems unexplainable or odd to your opthalmologist or optometrist

• the little tea, coffee, juice, etc., marks on our clothing we get
  from having weak, wobbly wrists

• a person with FMS

• when all your FMS symptoms seem to get worse all at the same time.
  

• Subsections:

• a person with FMS

• subscribers to alt.med.fibromyalgia.  A collection of souls who choose to share information and experiences, who generously offer support, love, caring, prayers and whatever else is needed.  To become a member ... just start posting.   All are welcome (except Trolls).  We have become cyber brothers and sisters ... we have our arguments and such ... but the FMily is a family and like a family we are there for each other.

• IAIYH dr. who has no humor anyway

• Anything that tastes good, has lots of salt and or sugar,
  alcohol, tobacco, fat, cholesterol and sex (oops! different list)

• hope this helps

• "It's all in your head", doctors cop-out when s/he doesn't have the guts to say "I don't know"

• it means a length of time such as hour, minute, or second. 

• is the length of time between some irretrievable action and the time you realize the consequences of that action. (for example, the length of time between shutting the car door and realizing that it is not only locked but your keys are in the ignition)

•  Nome de plume (use as needed)

• borrowed from the nuclear industry.  Results from suppressing anger, frustration, plus a multitude of other emotions ... to the point it results in a verbal explosion that is totally out of character.... some times with a magnitude that even the Richter scale can't measure.

• swapping first letters of two words, swapping word order,
  especially after learning Latin where there isn't any word order, and then I do come up with a few Freudian slips or double entendres that were not intended

• related loosely to Phonesia - not being able to remember numbers.  (e.g.  having to look at a phone number 14 times while trying to dial a 7 digit number)

• that is something we would have know if we were not in a fibrofog

• the art of folding the spoken word.

• Off Topic

• Off Topic Humor

• Off Topic Religious

• people alleged to be normal

• The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.

• rolling on the floor laughing my ass off

• rolling on the floor laughing my ass off peeing in my pants

• so-called normal people

• the art of walking into objects or tripping over object (dust motes ?) even when you see them or are in a brainfog

• talking with someone and totally forgetting what you were saying; a dead stop of words and a lost look on your face--"Uh, what was I saying?"  see also Brain Fart

• pressure of 4lbs. causes pain.  To meet the strict criteria for diagnosis

• what you call something when you can't remember its name

• thanks in advance

• when IBS is acting up, and one is constantly running to the bathroom

• when one is having difficulties pronouncing simple everyday words, and/or when one says a completely different word that usually begins with the same letter, but isn't at all what you intended to say...or something comes out of your mouth and immediately you wonder why on earth you said that?

• sub-human nonsensical scum that roams newsgroups vomiting forth drivel in an attempt to create controversy and dissent .... DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS.

• what am I here after - use as required, only slightly better term than "daaaa"

• what am I here for - see above

• we have insane notions everyday
• to become a member ... post a whine with your preferred title assignment. 
• Dues are payable to Thumper - but if you tell her they are in the mail everything will be cool ... see also FibroFog for explanation on why its cool (LOL)
   

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