Did You Know?

@patgalca (18481)
Orangeville, Ontario
August 7, 2016 11:04pm CST
Ah, I love that statement. I've been watching a vlog called "The Secret Life of Vivian". She does different types of vlogs - taste tests, as seen on tv product tests, and did you know vlogs where she tells you the top five interesting facts about certain products. My did you know for today is about fibromyalgia. Did you know that being clumsy is a symptom of fibromyalgia? Can you imagine how frustrating it is to be clumsy all the time? Last evening I had a bit of an upset tummy so I opened a can of ginger ale. I didn't drink a lot of it and still had some in the can today. I got up from my spot in the family room to go to the bathroom and knocked over my water bottle and the can of ginger ale. Thankfully the water bottle top was screwed tight enough to not spill. The same cannot be said for a can of pop. It spilled and ruined a bunch of stuff on the coffee table (I wish we wouldn't keep it full of so much clutter all the time). And guess what? In the process of cleaning up the mess I knocked the freaking can over again! I was so angry and just plain fed up. I am always knocking over water bottles that usually are not completely sealed. Add a ginger ale to the mix and you send out with some stickiness so I have to follow-up with a cleaning product to get the sticky out. That's when I knocked it over again. The first time there were no electronics in the way... the second time a remote control got a little wet but no damage. Why the heck do we need so many television devices on the table anyway - two remote controls, two wii controls, and one nintendo control. Why can't people put them away after they use them instead of just tossing them on the coffee table? Oh, there was a set of ear buds on the table that got a little wet too. Anyway, I digress. Did you know that clumsiness is a symptom of fibromyalgia? Tripping, bumping into things, dropping things (I ALWAYS drop at least one pill a day when taking them), and knocking things over are a hazard of the illness. Did you know? P.S. Picture is my "Did you know" face... LOL!
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crazyhorseladycx
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
8 Aug 16
noperz, i didn't know such. i'm jest clumsy by nature :) yepperz, that soda does go all o'er the place. i've nary a clue's to why yer bunch don't put schtuff where't belongs...perhaps coz they know they can get by with 't? love yer pic:)
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patgalca
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
8 Aug 16
My de-cluttering lasted 2 days and I haven't gotten back to it since. I really want to get the stuff OUT of the house.
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patgalca
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
8 Aug 16
@crazyhorseladycx It's my husband who will go on a cleaning binge and throw stuff out without asking anyone and gets us all riled. I'd had to clean some things off the coffee table after the spill, but my crawl space storage is much much worse. I have to be hunched over to clean that place out and I'm in enough pain in this fibro body. I had to go in there one day to get a card table and chairs and literally got stuck in there. Crazy crap we've accumulated.
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crazyhorseladycx
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
8 Aug 16
@patgalca perhaps a designated day when ya all do a cleanin' binge together?? does turmeric/ginger/black pepper help with yer fibro pain?
Anna
@LadyDuck (502569)
• Italy
8 Aug 16
Clumsiness is not only a sign of fibromyalgia. It may be the onset of neurological diseases or other medical problems with neurological components, or even epilepsy.
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patgalca
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
8 Aug 16
I am not saying that clumsiness is a sign of fibromyalgia but that it is one of the many symptoms of fibromyalgia. Clumsiness in and of itself can be a sign of many different things including a stroke.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502569)
• Italy
9 Aug 16
@patgalca So true and many times people do not pay attention to clumsiness thinking that it's nothing to be concerned of.
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Winona Morris
@nonersays (3344)
• United States
8 Aug 16
I am clumsy, but I didn't know its a symptom of fibromyalgia. You taught me something today. Sorry so much was getting knocked and dropped and destroyed. My clumsyness tends to come out in being accident prone. I can hurt myself in unique and interesting ways.
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patgalca
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
8 Aug 16
The joke around here is we know mom (me) cooked dinner if she burnt herself or cut herself. It's frustrating when I used to be a very capable human being.
rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
8 Aug 16
Oh my, i am clumsy . In fact , i would always get a bruise without even knowing how i got it . I didn't know that's it's a symptom of that disease .
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patgalca
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
8 Aug 16
I'm pretty sure the clumsiness is connected to the lack of restorative sleep we get. We just don't function properly without a good night's deep sleep.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
8 Aug 16
@patgalca Yes, i think so too , because on weekdays i really lack sleep . I cannot sleep earlier than 10:30 in the evening , then i have to wake up 5:00 a.m.
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