[cait24]

I washed the dog 2 days ago and I am still paying the price with complete exhaustion. I am walking slower than ever which I did not think was possible. I walk so slow that people give me strange looks because I have no visible deformaity. Even the nurses in the doctor's office when they try to show me to the exam room, are annoyed or perplexed. I think I need a walker. But I am self-conscious about it. Especially since I would need it some day and not others. How do you get over this?

I seem to be getting weaker. I need to use 2 hands to pick up a gallon of milk. It is quite a strain. My left hand although it moves is useless. If I use it it knocks over or drops everything, it has no strength at all. It is even difficult to use it to type. And it hurts.

What alarms me most is my cognitive functions seems to be affected. I can't remember things, I am in a fog. I cannot recall the proper word to use, what I was about to do, etc. I do not understand this symptom. I had brain fog early on in my course of this disease, but I attributed to having to re-learn a new way of doing every thing. Why now?

Any suggestions?
Thanks
kathie