This was on the forum i visit for sufferers of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and M.E [same thing kinda, or at least very slight differences, to those who don't know.] Thought it was quite funny as so much of it rings true, and thought i'd share it for a giggle :D Might get someone to print it so i can send it to family and friends. You know you have CFS... You know you have CFS when you are cautioned to slow down by your doctor instead of by the police. CFS is having a choice of two temptations and choosing the one that will get you home earlier. You know you have CFS when you realize that caution is the only thing you care to exercise. Don't worry about avoiding temptation. With CFS, it will avoid you. You know you have CFS when you don't care where your husband goes, just so you don't have to go along. You know you have CFS when you wake up with that morning-after feeling, and you didn't do anything the night before. Doctor to patient: "I have good news and bad news -- the good news is that you are not a hypochondriac." You know you have CFS when you realize the marriage vows you took about sickness and health meant HIS sickness not YOURS. You know you have CFS when you have to take a nap because chewing your dinner wore you out. You know you have CFS when you have trouble adding single digit numbers. You know you have CFS when you get up to change the TV channel and decide as long as you're up, you might as well go to bed. You know you have CFS when one of the throw pillows on your bed is a hot-water bottle. You know you have CFS when everything that works hurts, and what doesn't hurt doesn't work. You know you have CFS when you can't finish a conversation, because you don't remember what you were talking about. You know you have CFS when your top three favorite pastimes involve sleep. You know you have CFS when people are constantly putting a mirror under your nose while you nap to see if you're breathing. You know you have CFS when you know "where it's at", but forgot why it's there. You know you have CFS when at 35, your colleagues that are 15+ years your senior and have kids, manage to do more on the weekends than you. You know you have CFS when you get the vacuum out because, by golly, today's the day your going to DO SOMETHING, and then you have to lay down and get hubby to put the stupid thing away. Unused. You know you have CFS when you don't have to buy books anymore. You simply re-read the books you have because you can't remember what you've already read. You know you have CFS because it's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything. You know you have CFS when you wear out your pajamas before you do your pantyhose. You know you have CFS when you can't remember any of the funny stupid things you do when you sit down to write them. You know you have cfs when there's total rubbish on the tv and its too much effort to press the button on the remote to turn it off. You know you have CFS when you feel physically really ill and all your tests come back normal. You know you have CFS when you wonder why you can't eat your breakfast and it's only cleared up when someone points out that you've already eaten one an hour ago. You know you have CFS when your grandmother tells you to sit down and moves the heavy plant pot for you. You know you have CFS when your family keep telling you look like you've lost weight, only to discover you've just removed 2 of the 3 jumpers you live in You know you have CFS when the highlight of your day is that you actually had a visitor & they brought you a gift (the postman delivering the vitamin supplements you bought online) You know you have CFS when the dog has a more exciting life than you. You know you have CFS when you hear ht phone ringing and answer the tv remote. You know you have CFS when you get in the shower with your pants on. You know you have CFS when its normal for the family to find the phone in the airing cupboard. You know you have CFS when you wake up in the morning, yawn and stretch and then realise you have overdone it. You know you have CFS when you come down the stairs sideways. You know you have CFS when you have to write down what you're going to say before you make a phonecall. You know you have CFS when you're in the supermarket and reply to someone who wasn't speaking to you. You know you have CFS when you try to unlock your front door with your remote car key. You know you have CFS when its taken you more than 6 goes to read this whole list.
Glad you can still see the humourous side of it all Whiley. Actually, that pretty well describes me, I hope I'm a hypochondriac :(
