This morning I gave my feet a thorough spray with lens cleaner. I normally use a foot refresher spray.
I did wonder why the spray didn't feel as cooling as it usually does. I only noticed why when I put the spray away.
At least my feet are smear-free! :-)
Love it Susanne!!!!!!
It's the foot refresher spray for your specs now then!
Nah - that's be silly!
Though I must say I do like the smell of the lens cleaner. Do you remember Calotherm cloths???????
Hahaha .. a chuckle a day is good for the soul
Should have gone to Specsavers! (Which is where the lens cleaner came from)
I cracked an egg to put in the frying pan but instead put it in the garbage.
Ha! Got you beat.....I once sprayed my hair with Lysol Spray.
I'm sure my hair was bacteria free.....
I have sprayed hair spray under my arms a few times. . I don't do mornings xxx
Calotherm cloths? No, much too young!!!!! [wink]
Seriously though, no I don't remember them, probably because I never wore specs until recent years, but I think I know what you mean....just didn't know what they were called.
Happens to me all of the time, I put food in my Fridge which is meant for the micro wave etc, I find I am in the middle of a sentence and wham I have forgotten what I was talking about. You do not have this on your own, some days are a lot worse them others.
I also find I am dropping things a lot more, one has to be careful.
all the best,
Eileen,
How do you put the Emoji's onto your replies? love them.
I can only use my Emoji's attached to my emails.
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OH OH! I see a trend here with this post. I also have the same pronlems as described above. My PC DR said I have early onset Alzheimers but not I think it could be something else. Do your attribute your 'absentmindedness' o the disease...or the medication...or both? I have been DX'd with PMR and treated with Prednisone since 2013. Thanks.
I hope not Alzheimers as my Mother suffered from it for 5 years before her death.
After reading a lot of thread's on this Forum, there are lots of us with the same problem, I blame the Prednisone which I have been on for 13 months now, and prior to taking the Predn. my mind was quite okay. Could be the disease as well. I know I have had pains in my R ear and hearing loss in it for awhile, but it always comes back, also I was suffering from very bad headaches for about 4 months last year, which have settled down now, so maybe this PMR is the culprit.
I believe there is a blood test (at least in Australia) which can give you an indication if you are heading down the path of Alzeimers, not sure if they have it in the U.K. I am not in right frame of mind as yet, to be game to have it, just in case I take after Mum.
take care,
Jon, have you had tests for Early Onset Alzheimer's or is this just your doctor's opinion?
Pred is known for causing what we call steroid fog and will hopefully disappear if we manage to come off the steroids at some point in the future.
Yes! Most autoimmune disorders tend to be accompanied by poor memory and "fogginess", PMR has an underlying autoimmune cause. Pred also induces a similar "brain fog".
Statins are also well known for doing something similar - and most PMR patients are in an age group where they are used a lot.
Just above the box to write your post in, to the right, you will see 4 boxes: B, i, :0 and what I suppose is a sun over a mountain. In order they are to use bold type, italic type, insert emojis and insert images. Click on the emoji one and it offers you a choice...
Well this morning I was really clever. Had half a 5 mg tablet left over from a tapering dose last week. That's 2.5mg, right? And I planned to take 3.5. So now I'm not sure whether I took one or two 1 mg tablets as well. Have I tapered or gone up?
Susanne, No, I didn't know there was a definitive test for Alzheimers. My Father died from it in his early 80s. My PCP commented that I had 'early onset Alzheimers' but no follow up was done. That was about 1 year ago. The DR retired shortly afterword and I do not have aPCP at this time. I am in the US so I will need to check to sewhat tests are available. The only DR I see now is the Rheumy so prescribes the Prednisone. My memory is awful....forgetting where I put things I just had one moment agom, names, places, recall.....maybe it is brain fog.
There are genetic tests for Early Onset Alzheimers - but that is for really early onset which is defined as before 65. If your father didn't develop it until his 80s then that isn't what he had. If your PCP suspected it then he should have been referring you - the sooner management is started the better and the longer you have to work out a coping strategy.
The Mayo Clinic article is very good ("Early-onset Alzheimer's: When symptoms begin before age 65 Mayo Clinic" should find it).
But the basic questions are: Did you already have the PMR and/or were you already on pred when he saw you? And were you OK up until the development of the PMR?
But you will have seen from this thread - there must be a lot of us!!!!