you know you have lupus when....

[helloos]

I just came across this and thought it was cute... you can add what you want to the list too.

You Know You Have Lupus When...


. . . any conversation can suddenly turn into a round of "Charades".


. . . a "good hair day" is when you realize you have some left.


. . . you tell your kid to "button up the floor" and they just get the broom out and start sweeping.


. . . you make a grocery list so you wont forget anything, and then forget where you put the list. (On a REALLY bad day you also forget where the grocery store is!)


. . . you bathe the lawn, fertilize the dog, and brush the kids.


. . . you use the smoke detector to tell you when dinner is done.

[weedhopper]

Thanks those are too funny! My father in law has used the last one for years about my sister in laws cooking. Not for Lupus,...just a bad cook. Smoke detector goes off, and he yells to her "Your kitchen timer's going off! "

[specialk16]

Too funny,,, thanks for sharing .....

[lilacgirl]

Thanks for posting this - it is so funny! Now, I know why I come here all the time. Only people who have lupus can understand how funny and true this is! I think I'll print your list out and post it somewhere!

lilacgirl

[SleeplessRissa]

I LOVE IT

[sheila t]

So vert true. I have to share this around, its so good...Its just like reading about ME...LOL
Sheila xxx

[flowergarden]

Good ones!

How about-- You know you have lupus when

7. You try to type and discover that you've invented a whole new language.

8. You keep sunscreen by every door.

9. Getting some fresh air means sitting near an open shady window.

10. You have a temperature- and moisture-controlled room for keeping your large quantity of meds.

11. You're the only one who believes you're THAT sick

[jude mack]

Paula and Sue you both gave me something to laugh about today. And so true too.

Happy New Year
Jude

[specialk16]

Sue,

those were great additions for the list!!!!

[helloos]

12. You cry cause your stick shift won't move and realize your foot isn't on the break.


Sorry had to add that one !!!

[flowergarden]

Got it, Paula.

(I once sat in the car for three hours wondering what I needed to do, not even sure where I was.)

13. Someone asks you what lupus is and you've forgotten.

14. It takes so long to get one project done, because in the meantime you've been distracted by at least a million other things.

15. You put the ice cream in the cupboard (and then wonder why somebody else did something THAT stupid).

[jopdon]

HI FLOWER GARDEN

JUST READ YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE LUPUS WHEN....

YOU HAVE MADE ME SMILE

TODAY IS ONE OF THOSE DAYS I REALY REALY NEEDED TO.



THANKS

[caper]

Thank you for this and all the addittions (there goes another one -"you know you have lupus when you know youve spelled something wrong, but dont know how to put it right")
The subject made me laugh & cheered me up.
Caper

[flowergarden]

How true!

You know you have lupus when you buy the same magazine twice and are just as entertained reading the second one.

[flowergarden]

You know you have lupus when:

you know every doctor, nurse, and MA within 50 miles of your home--AND you've financed most of their vacations.

the pharmacist sees you coming down the aisle and doesn't even have to ask your name.

you decide to buy stock in pharmaceutical companies (because you buy their products so much they ought to make lots of money) but you can't afford to invest (for the same reason).

[flowergarden]

--You never used to need a timer. Then you went to needing one. Now you can't remember why you set it. (I guess that's where the smoke detector comes in...) Sometimes you just wonder what all the beeps are. Then you wander the house until you stumble across the timer. (Does this sound like personal experience? Hmmm.)

[kaitykat]

You know you have lupus when...you have to throw away the vacuum cleaner you just bought 2 and a half months ago because the motor burned up sucking up all the hair you have lost. *sigh*

[wessexcollege]

You know you have lupus when;

* you forget your banking log-in 'memorable information' three times!!!!!!!!

* when you have only just been told that you have once again bought the same gift for someone for the third time - cuz you knew they would like it!!!

* when you become a double act - your best friend finishes your sentences for you

[Jen79]

I have a good one
14. You know you have lupus when you are talking on your cell phone and looking for it at the same time
15. You know you have lupus when you leave keys in the car running and you are searching for them inside

Great Post made me laugh

[macfamily53]

Oh my gosh how funny. Jen and all of you i have never laughed so hard.
I have one and i am sure morre than one but cannot remeber them right now lol.
You know you have lupus when you are looking for your sunglasses and your daughter says mom they are on your face. Lets keep this going how funny and we all need a good laugh with this not much fun disease.

Tammy

[gmaluvsknk]

I like the jokes! So nice to know others feel the same way about Lupus and can still laugh about it.

You know you have Lupus when your husband starts the car and cranks up the AC to Antartica before you get in.

When you can take your drugs, in the dark, without looking at the bottles and still know what mg your taking.

When your medicine cabinet is filled with a rainbow of colors and none of it is makeup!!

When your wardrobe has two sizes: before & after flare.

When you can tell someone else I had a flare and they know you aren't talking about a highway flare!!

Thanks for listening!!

God bless.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(kaitykat @ Feb 27 2006, 01:59 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
You know you have lupus when...you have to throw away the vacuum cleaner you just bought 2 and a half months ago because the motor burned up sucking up all the hair you have lost. *sigh*
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I resemble this remark!!!

You know you have Lupus, when your hair falls out more than your dogs shed!!

[carla1962]

How about...
You mix your cornbread, Put it in the frig and can't figure out why it's not BAKING !!

[Kathylynn]

:
Kathylynnlol: Those were great!!!! its scary because they are TRUE!!! I needeed a laugh today

[flowergarden]

--You tell yourself that rubber gasket sure didn't last long, then several days later realize it hasn't been replaced in 23 years.

--You send an email to a bunch of people and have it sent back to yourself, too. A few minutes later you see a new email pop up and wonder who it's from.

[AnnieMarie]

hH Paula,

I have not been posting lately, "personal reasons" but this made me laugh so hard and it was much needed on my part. Last week was not the best week for me. I had a 102 fever that kept me in bed tthree days I felt better on Sun. and took a drive with my husband and some family memebers, a non pressure day. Mon. I woke up and could hardly move my right leg,I had pain in my groin that ran down the front side of my leg and the cheek of my butt. Deffinatley not sciatica, I think it was related to the pain I was having in my upper stomach.

O.K. to add to your list.......

Mon. (I take care of the elderly and infirmed) after my day was over. I took out my clients garbage and put it in my car to take to the trash. On Tues. morning upon getting ready to drive my kids to school, they opened the car door to get in, I announced"WHAT IS THAT SMELL?" "IT SMELLS LIKE GARBAGE!"......no kidding, sure enough it was. I had forgotten all about my clients garbage. My 16 yr old step-daughter did not see the humor in being driven to school in a car that smelled like trash!!!!!

You know you have lupus when......

You keep a supply on towels on hand for the times you let the sink and tub run over.


Thanks a lot everyone for the laughs.

[butterflyrash]

Ha, ha! you guys made me realize I wasn't alone, at all!

[flowergarden]

You know you have lupus when:

You take your time showering and shaving before your doc appt. It isn't until after you're there and gowned up that you realize you forgot one leg.

[Luscinda]

This is really good stuff!!!

So funny!


girls!!!

Luscinda

[helloos]

You know you have Lupus when you have so many red dots on your skin, people think you work at Target.

[DaisyP]

You know you have Lupus when:

Every re-run on the TV is the first time you've seen it

You can't tell whether you have the latest bug going or if it's just another symptom

Everyone tells you: <span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:100%"> you look so well!</span>

Daisy

[barbie74]

thanks for the laugh

[RoseanneMcLean]

You know you have Lupus when you find yourself laughing at the funniest joke you ever heard...but can't remember the punchline.

You know you have Lupus when you type one sentance, forget you have typed it, and type exactly the same one again.

You know you have Lupus when you type one sentence, forget you have typed it, and type exactly the same one again.

You know you have Lupus when you find yourself laughing at the funniest joke you ever heard...what?



RM.

[meg4340]

<span style="color:#3333FF">

***you know you have lupus when you are TOTALLY confused when a package arrives at your door - and then your daughter reminds you that you ordered it online!

***you know you have lupus when everyone thinks you are a premier authority on medication and disease, because you've had it all and taken it all!

***you know you have lupus when you speak in abbreviated terms frequently - M.D., ESR, CRP, SSRI, Anti-Rho, etc....
</span>

[flowergarden]

You know you have lupus when---

You go to the store for peanut butter. It takes 15 minutes to find the jelly, but the doggone PB isn't anywhere to be seen. Why would they discontinue carrying PB? It doesn't make sense. You wander up and down the aisle, looking frantically. FIVE MINUTES later you find it right beside the jellies, where is usually is.

I'm really getting tired of stores discontinuing the items I'm looking for, only to start carrying them lthe next time I go in.

[sweetpea_uk]

hi

you know you've got lupus when you have had 10hours sleep and don't feel revtalised when you awake!!!!!

[lesleyc]

This has had me laughing out loud. i LOVE it.
i have to print it out to show my husband, he's so very patient with some of the weird things i do.

you know you have lupus when you have to ask your husband which toothbrush is yours because you been standing there for ten minutes trying to remember which color yours is and just can't remember.

and you've acutally tried to convince your husband that the cheese grater really does need to be kept in the fridge, so you won't look like a complete idiot.

thanks for this post!
lesley

[JenG]

Just saw this today - very funny!!

You know you have lupus when you never have to buy blush - thanks to our famous rashes, us lupies always have a "cheery red glow"!

[blondemama50]

You have made my day!!!!!! just when you think you're alone, you start answering, then realize the t.v. is on a talk show! did it!

[lupy lulu]

What a laugh this gave me , it certainly brought back the time when i boild iceberg lettuce instead of cabbage and my great aunt brought me some spring onions.... couldnt belive it when i opened the fridge one day and thy had turned into a beutifull bunch of daffodills
Thought she gave me a strange look !!
love Lucy x

[helloos]

Thank you all for keeping this post up.

Every time someone adds, it is funny !!!

This morning I was looking all over the place for the little sticker tracking number you get off the ups label for your receipt. I looked everywhere. I know i had it in my hand. Well, I am at work and this lady says, excuse me you have a sticker on your butt. I thought she meant a sticker from the pad at work, look and there are the numbers on my butt.
How many people saw there and said nothing..... in line in the morning for coffee, at bank on break, in the pharmacy for meds down from my work, saw three clients and then found out.

[jude mack]

You know you have lupus when your house is starting to look like one big sticky, and you forget to even read them. Getting lost on the way home from the mall is always fun to.... Daisy I watch all the reruns too, and think it's the first time I've seen the show. Lupus really is a mind trip.

[Scoopus]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(helloos @ Dec 28 2005, 11:05 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
I just came across this and thought it was cute... you can add what you want to the list too.

You Know You Have Lupus When...


. . . any conversation can suddenly turn into a round of "Charades".


. . . a "good hair day" is when you realize you have some left.


. . . you tell your kid to "button up the floor" and they just get the broom out and start sweeping.


. . . you make a grocery list so you wont forget anything, and then forget where you put the list. (On a REALLY bad day you also forget where the grocery store is!)


. . . you bathe the lawn, fertilize the dog, and brush the kids.

. . .your conversation ends with a friend because you forgot the subject


. . . you use the smoke detector to tell you when dinner is done.
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[karen41]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Scoopus @ Mar 27 2006, 03:43 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(helloos @ Dec 28 2005, 11:05 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
I just came across this and thought it was cute... you can add what you want to the list too.

You Know You Have Lupus When...


. . . any conversation can suddenly turn into a round of "Charades".


. . . a "good hair day" is when you realize you have some left.


. . . you tell your kid to "button up the floor" and they just get the broom out and start sweeping.


. . . you make a grocery list so you wont forget anything, and then forget where you put the list. (On a REALLY bad day you also forget where the grocery store is!)


. . . you bathe the lawn, fertilize the dog, and brush the kids.

. . .your conversation ends with a friend because you forgot the subject


. . . you use the smoke detector to tell you when dinner is done.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(karen41 @ Mar 27 2006, 04:32 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Scoopus @ Mar 27 2006, 03:43 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(helloos @ Dec 28 2005, 11:05 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
I just came across this and thought it was cute... you can add what you want to the list too.

You Know You Have Lupus When...


. . . any conversation can suddenly turn into a round of "Charades".


. . . a "good hair day" is when you realize you have some left.


. . . you tell your kid to "button up the floor" and they just get the broom out and start sweeping.


. . . you make a grocery list so you wont forget anything, and then forget where you put the list. (On a REALLY bad day you also forget where the grocery store is!)


. . . you bathe the lawn, fertilize the dog, and brush the kids.

. . .your conversation ends with a friend because you forgot the subject


. . . you use the smoke detector to tell you when dinner is done.
[/b][/quote]
[/b][/quote]
[/b][/quote]

[Lily]

Hi karen,

This new format invision boards has can be a bit confusing!! as far as replying goes.

To reply to a post hit "add reply" low bottom right hand corner (next to "new topic") you will have to scroll down a bit more to see it. A lot of people are hitting the "reply" buttton and that just puts things in quotes. Has taken us a while to master that and some still havent got it, but maybe its a lupieism

love
Lily

[karen41]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(helloos @ Dec 28 2005, 10:05 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
I just came across this and thought it was cute... you can add what you want to the list too.

You Know You Have Lupus When...


. . . any conversation can suddenly turn into a round of "Charades".


. . . a "good hair day" is when you realize you have some left.


. . . you tell your kid to "button up the floor" and they just get the broom out and start sweeping.


. . . you make a grocery list so you wont forget anything, and then forget where you put the list. (On a REALLY bad day you also forget where the grocery store is!)


. . . you bathe the lawn, fertilize the dog, and brush the kids.


. . . you use the smoke detector to tell you when dinner is done.
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Funny,

anyone ever have this problem?

drive arond for an hour and a half looking for your hotel that is 3 blocks away and still can't find it

and you have Onstar and never remeber to use it

[flowergarden]

I look at this almost everyday to get a belly laugh and to convince myself that I'm not totally weird.

[flowergarden]

You know you have lupus when you go to make 1 qt. of oatmeal, enough to last a couple days (I love it). But, due to your amazing new math skills, you end up with 4 quarts, enough to feed a large family--and you live alone!

Oatmeal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for a while, I guess!

(I may not like it as much by next week)

[flowergarden]

You know you have lupus when the nurse directs you to a door at the end of a straight hall, and you get lost before you get there. It happened today--twice.

[lupy lulu]

You burn the tea 3 nights running because too busy reading the posts

[keebler]

<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#009900">You know you have lupus when..... You decide to call hubby with your cell to his cell. Everytime when his phone starts ringing your home phone starts to ring. So I hung up to answer the home phone. This same thing happened 3 times! GRRRRRR I was thinking what ding-a-ling is calling me and hanging up?!!!! The fourth time I went to call him, I realized that the ding-a-ling was me!!!!! I was hitting the speed dial button for our home. I had a good laugh and finally got his cell</span>.</span>

[babieblues59]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(keebler @ Apr 4 2006, 05:22 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#009900">You know you have lupus when..... You decide to call hubby with your cell to his cell. Everytime when his phone starts ringing your home phone starts to ring. So I hung up to answer the home phone. This same thing happened 3 times! GRRRRRR I was thinking what ding-a-ling is calling me and hanging up?!!!! The fouth time I went to call him, I realized that the ding-a-ling was me!!!!! I was hitting the speed dial button for our home. I had a good laugh and finally got his cell</span>.</span>

[/b][/quote]
I must say after reading all of these I feel better about my LUPUS moments.... since we all have them... and I can relate to alot of them... especially the one where you are on the cell phone while looking for it. But honestly the one that had me laughin the hardest was this last one.... that had to be the funniest thing when you finally realized that it was you all along Thank you everyone for the giggles

[caper]

and another........ (happened this morning)

you know you have lupus when....
you have a shower, get out, dry yourself found you have left the conditioner on your hair but are too exhausted to get back in & wash it off.
So what if I look a bit strange now- its the new greasy shiny look

love Caper & thanks to you all for the great laughs

[blondemama50]

Helloos, thanks so very much for starting this!!!!!!!! Each day I come to this "topic" for a little morning boost!!!!!!Can't begin to tell you how much this means to me! I forget my "bad" symptoms for a while and focus on the "weird" symptom!

[andi04]

Probably already read this but it always happens to me, You know you have Lupus when you go to type something and forget what you were going to say.

You know you Have Lupus when you can't remember which meds you've already taken.

You know have Lupus when you can't remember your own home phone number. But you know your doctors number.

[JenG]

You know you have lupus when you put on your eyeglasses and can't figure out why you can't see anything...until your husband reminds you that you are still wearing your contacts!

[flowergarden]

Good one, Andi! That is truly a hallmark of a chronically ill lupie brain.

You know you have lupus when the most appropriate answer to almost any question is, "I don't remember." One doctor asked me why I had come, and that was my only answer. I told him to please look it up in my notebook.

[zara]

....when you take a shower, get out, and then realize you forgot to use the soap!

....when you can't figure out what that ringing sound means.....oh, it's the phone!

AND....you MIGHT have lupus if you keep your drs running in circles and have been accused of being crazy at least once.

[lupy lulu]

Hi everyone,

You Know you have lupus when you go to the shop on your bike come home have a coffee then realise you walked home

couldnt belive even i could do that !!!



love lucy x

[helloos]

Too funny !!!!

It is good to have a smile in the morning.

thanks for keeping this going !!!

[specialk16]

Wow... I just read all of these... and for giving me my laugh for the day!!! I totally needed it!!!

[lupy lulu]

..... when you run yourself a nice bath go to get in it and realise youve not put the plug in

[weedhopper]

ok guys....these are just too funny!! I about blew coffee out my nose!!! I love kaitykats comment about the vacuum. I can't tell you how many times I'll be using our carpet shampooer, minding my own business, (AFTER using the vacuum first.) and will catch what looks like a HUGE NASTY brown field spider out of the corner of my eye where I just shampooed!! Then I'll realize ~ ok after quivering, and jumping around abit ~ I'll calm down enough to realize its just my hair! Our shampooer has a row of circular brushes that spin independently and it seems instead of sucking the hair up, it gathers it and tangles it up into the carpet fibers in nice big gross fuzzy balls!!

[hurley]

You know you have lupus ...

when your bread box has become your pill box.



You know you have lupus ...

when your list of doctors is longer than the roster of a football team.


You know you have lupus ...

when you don't have to wake up in the morning because you haven't been to bed yet.


You know you have lupus ...

when you're writing 3 word stories instead of reading the daily paper.

[sue90x]

brilliant stuff!
my worst has to be going 'home' to the house we'd moved from 15 years before , I didn't get to put key to dor as young lady saw me in garden and came to greet her unknown visitor!
loopy instead of lupie so many times!
Suex

[bluebecka]

Thanks, those were great!!

Ok...

You know you have lupus when your nightstand has a glass of water,thermometer,extra sleeping pill, ibuprofen,pain pill, just in case.
You call your pharmacy and after just saying hello, you hear a sigh 'cause they know it's you again
Your sister calls and says I was going to call and ask the pharmacist but figured you would know....(how long is a rx good for)
Your grama calls and says hunny-you're the only one who understands what it's like (having bad days)
You wish your walls were padded as you seem to have bruises from bumping into them

[zara]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bluebecka @ Apr 29 2006, 11:43 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
You call your pharmacy and after just saying hello, you hear a sigh 'cause they know it's you again
[/b][/quote]

Good one, becka!

[flowergarden]

You know you have lupus when you haven't been here in a while, so decide to reread this from the beginning--and don't recognize your own posts!

OR, you decide to replace a few slats in the blinds. All goes really well and you're feeling proud of yourself. You decide to let the blinds down with gusto, and the cords just keep pulling out. You don't think fast enough, so you pull the cords all the way out. That's when you remember you tied the wrong type of knot on the bottom.

So, you take the affected blind down to restring the cords from the top. You get it all done, put the blind back up, and the cords won't work. They drag. Down comes the blind. You figure out the problem and fix it. Put the blind back up. You apparently only fixed two of the three cords. Blind down again. Break rod for turning slats. Restring the one last cord. Put blind back up. Realize some of the slats are crooked. Restring from the bottom, making sure to use the right knots. Find a spare rod to use. Too scared to try blind to see if it works.

But you RUN to the other two sets of blinds you worked on to retie the knots correctly before you have reruns.

Blinds really are simple creatures. Too bad the person repairing them was even more simple!

[whyseesangel]

you know when you have lupus when u think ur meds are just lyk candies....

[babieblues59]

Im seriously thinking about making a calendar out of all these.... if we can get more it would really make a great calendar dont ya think???? I know i can sure use the laughs....

[macfamily53]

Oh my goodness i just have to post this one even if it is imbeerrassing rofl.YOu know you loopie when Friday night my son locked his keys in his car at 3:00 in the morning had to let him in no biggie really. Told him here are the extra set of keys to use in themorning to open your car doors and he said okay and i set them back down he rembeers me doing it. So the next day i had to go a funeral and i left him sleeeping shut my phone off because of the funeral. I somehow some way do not even rember doing it but took the extra set of keys set them in my purse air head rofl. He was late for work low and behold because for some strange reason i had the extra set of keys and still do not remeber how they got in my purse at all or why oops. He was not to mad at me rofl because it is laugh or cry right. Hehad to call his dad to come home and take him to wrok dad was not to happy though oops lol oh well. I guees that will teach him to not lock his keys in his car anymore lol. well just had to share that. hope it make someone laugh anyway

[JAgirl]

You know you have lupus when you want to "pimp your pillbox"

You know you have lupus when you take a shower and when you get out you are too tired to get dressed

You know you have lupus when you are tired so you go to sleep or get a nice nap and when you wake up you are even more tired than to begin with

You know you have lupus when you forget what you were going to say half way through the sentence

You know you have lupus when you spend most vacations in a "4-star" hospital suite rather than a hotel by the beach

You know you have lupus when you put something on the backseat of your car and you get in your car and start to back out of the space and you hear a terrible sound and look back to see your back door barely hanging on because you forget to close it and it dragged on the car next to your's and just about fell off

I could go on...sad!

[keebler]

<span style="font-family:Georgia"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#6600CC">You know you have lupus when............
Your husband can out shop you! Im always calling him on the cell and saying "where are you, can we go now?" I get so tired when I shop! (can only last about a half hour)
Oh well the life of a lupie. </span></span></span>

[lisade]

I just found this thread....It's great.


You know you have lupus when you go to your doctors appointment and it isn't until next week same day same time.... LMAO I did that.

[acard]

Just founds this and BOY can I relate to most of it!!!!
You know you have Lupus when you forget you have a dog that needed to be walk.
You know you have Lupus when you have to look in "SENT" folder to see who you e-mailed.
You know you have Lupus when you have said yes to your daughter, but cannot remember and now the answer clearly should be no.
You know you have Lupus if your daughter now has you sign promisary notes .
You know you have Lupus when your husband has just given up on your remebering anything.
Thanks for all of your shared moments-I feel like I am in great company

[barefut]

You know you have lupus (or something akin to it) when you're too tired to breathe.







Barefut
(Owning diffuse scleroderma)

[pauline1946]

when you ask people to pray for a new friend
named sherrie who is having a very bad
time with lupus.

When her name is TERRI.

brain fog i guess.

[specialk16]

When you can agree to most of the things on this list.....

[flowergarden]

You know you're a lupie when you get up after 8 hours of "sleep" only to walk out to the living room, fall down on the sofa, and "sleep" for 5 hours longer. You still don't feel refreshed.

[barefut]

You tell the guy on the other end of the phone.....

"I don't thank you." Instead of......

"I don't think so. Thank you."

[caper]

you know you have lupus when.......... you take your blood pressure on your home machine, then look at the digital radio for the result, then feel confused by such a strange reading
Thanks to you all for keeping this tread going, it cheers me up

[Sally-Jane]

You know you're a lupie when............you drive round a roundabout 3 times and come off it where you came from...............

[JAgirl]

You know you have lupus when you get up and have a conversation with a family member, but then you wake up later and not remember anything, even when they tell you about it

[Helz Belz]

Haha these are fabulous!!
You know you're a lupie..

When you text your boyfriend's mobile to let him know that he left his mobile at your house.

When you hear your boyfriends mobile 'beep' 10 seconds later, and get excited at the prospect of being nosey and checking who the new message is from. (duh)

When you know all of your doctors/ specialists/ hospitals and extension numbers off by heart, but have to look up your friends number so you can call her.

When you flick through the phone book and recognise 70% of the doctors names in the medical section.

When you are just too tired to sleep

When you have seen EVERY film in the video store, know EVERY staff member by name, AND when they know you, your surname, and your phone number without having to give it to them!

When the most socialising you do is seeing a GP, a rheumy AND a cardio ALL IN ONE WEEK!! (and it's probably the only time you bothered putting makeup on!)

When you know your blood test form off by heart, and know you have 7 tubes plus MSU.

When you are a compassionate, loving person, who is wonderful, brave, and strong!

Thanks for making me laugh! x Helen

[caper]

you know you have lupus when the phone rings and you cant locate it, only to find it ringing in your dressing-gown pocket, which you are actually wearing (I think we seem to have quite a lot of fun with phones).
Its a shame that this thread seems to have gone quiet lately, it has cheered me quite a lot in the past.
Caper (hiding from hot sun today)

[mizpriz]

You know you have Lupus when.......

You have to bring a separate suitcase just for all your pills when you go on vacation!!!!!!

Georgine

[pauline1946]

what? you mean a loopie can go on vacation
.LOL


I ONLY GO TO LUPIE LAND.

[Mariposa]

<span style="color:#339999">This is the place to be when you're having a bad day... for making me laugh.</span>

[pauline1946]

when you ask your kids if they have enough car in the gas tank
to go to the bread, and get a store, and gallon of milk

[lupy lulu]

When your driving instructor tells you to go Right round the roundabout...

And you do just that ..Literally

[Joandublin]

Lulu!

He must have nearly had a heart attack!

Joan

[Pickles]

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These are just great and I resemble practically all of them. to all of you for such funny lines especially sue, you're a riot!!!

I only wish I could think of some!!

[pauline1946]

with Pickles

[Pickles]

<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:100%">

You know you have lupus when you just told someone how to "Close the tags" on here and then you post 3 more replies to different ones and forget to close them. </span>

[flowergarden]

Amen, Georgine!! At least I haven't been charged by the pound for my medication bag yet! I think if my bag was searched, they'd probably see so many different meds, they'd give up on checking all of them.

[Sleaps2much]

First time Ive seen this thread, excellent!

When you've had an out-loud-belly-laugh over many posts on this thread and you can't remember one of them... I'll be back!

Sleaps

[LilliesPad]

FUNNY STUFF!!!!!!

you know you have lupus when:

you cant remember your password to the lupus forum and cant remember how to get it from the director!
(done this twice)

you send the same email to everyone in your address book three times and then the next time you see them you say - "oh man, i just have to send you this email i got the other day it was soooooooooo funny!".

your doctors send you birthday, Easter, and Christmas cards. Or "missing you" cards if you've had a good week.

you go to the bank and set up a direct deposit to the doctors office.

you answer the phone at work and say :"goodmorning, this is Lillie, how can you help me?"

[Understand]

Thanks a lot. This make me feel so much better. Now I don't feel bad when I'm on my way to work and I forget where I'm going and a coworker call me on my cell and tell me...Gwen, you're on your way to work. And when I show up she hands me a cup of coffee and we both get a laugh!

Thanks!

[flowergarden]

You know you have lupus when your fluorescent plant light goes out--both bulbs at the same time. so you decide to go to the store and ask why your bulbs didn't last very long. Could it be the ballast or the timer?? They don't know, so I spend my precious money and buy two more bulbs.

Get home, put the bulbs in and they don't work. Put the old ones back in and it still doesn't work. Take apart the fixture to make sure all the connections are good. They are. Put the fixture back together. NOt an easy task.

Test the timer. It works. Test the power strip, and find the light's out. Sit there puzzled for a while What could be going on?

Three hours after this began I realize that the wall switch that controls that outlet was turned off. Nothing like looking for the simplest solution first--NOT!

[Pickles]

<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">

You poor thing.. I bet you were mad as heck!! Our whole apartment has NO ceiling lights...If you rent an apt here, you better be prepared to have lamps in every room and a few of them have plug ins that are controlled by a switch. The only problem is you have to go around the room holding the lamp and plug in and turn the switch on and off cause you don't know which is on and off cause there are two different switches...YOU following me here??????? I bet we lived here a year before we knew which outlet controlled the switch.. I still haven't found the right one in my computer room. So I just turn the lamp on and off manually!!! Such a chore!!!! </span>

[Angel_Baby]

You know you have lupus when...
You keep telling yourself every 5 minutes not to forget an appt at 2:30, don't forget it, 15 minutes till, don't get distracted...
3:00 comes around.... whoops!

[alupie2]

Hi All,
I haven't been on here in a couple of years. (We lost our internet) I have just got back on here looking around and found this thread.

You know you have lupus when you pick up the remote control to the t.v. and just sit looking at it, trying to figure out how to change the channel.
OR
when you try to change the t.v. channel wth your cordless phone and it takes a moment to realize the problem.

It's nice being back,
Becca S.

[serene_doll]

nice... lol

[flowergarden]

You know you have lupus when you look in the mirror and never see the zit on the end of your nose

[rwb200]

I love this one.
So much of it sounds so familar. But the temp and moisture controled room ? Our whole house is that way.
We have one cabinet in the kitchen designated just for medications.
We have daily despencers setting around that we can load up with a months worth and diferent drug times each day.
You can't find a daily despencer big enough for all that you have to take so you have to do several.
The monthly despencer you just bought is only big enough for one week because you use each week for the diferent dose times each day.

As far as the drug store we are both on a first name basis with the people there and the Drugest gets upset and acts like the new person is stupid because they have to ask who we are and how to spell the name.
The drugest not only knows all of that but remembers my wifes birthday because she has put it in the computer so often.

You forget your phone number and the drugest reminds you what it is.

Your Doctor sends you thank you cards with pictures of there new car.

Your wife is in the hospital and the drug store asks if she is alright because they havent seen her for awhile.

The police show up at your front door and call you at the doctors office because you forgot to reset the lifeline.

When you have to explain to someone that when they are told you are doing good it does not mean good as they know it it means good for you.

[Marshmellow]

Love all of these!!!!

you know you have lupus when..........your posting on these messages boards and you can't remember why you're on a lupus site!!

[helloos]

(sad but true)

You know you have lupus when you are at the atm machine to deposit your check and you enter everything and the machine is beeping and you are standing there wondering what is wrong and getting mad that the machine probably just ate your card, when someone behind you says "MAAM, YOU NEED TO PUT YOUR ENVELOPE IN", which you are holding in your hand. Dur !

[pauline1946]

been there, done that one to Helloo's

[kaesara]

You know you have Lupus when Various Medical Specialties ( Docs) , Pharmacy and the Hospital sends you
a we have missed you card when they havent seen you in a month.

LOL
I needed this thread....

Hugs to all,
Kaesara

[Angel_Baby]

You know you have lupus when...

You can make designs (flowers, rainbows, etc) with you meds

When you leave the house without your shoes

When you walk into the bathroom.... and completly forget why!!!

[Mariposa]

You know you have Lupus when...

1. You're walking into the lab for your routine blood work
and the theme song from the 80s TV show "Cheers" starts playing.

You know you have Lupus when...

2. The lab dept. at the hospital has a "VIP" chair reserved just for you.

You know you have Lupus when...

3. You drive to your doctor's office and you find a parking space with your name on it
and titled "Patient of the Month"

You know you have Lupus when...

4. Everything you have touched is white due to the sunblock
on your hands and is evidence of where you've been.

[helloos]

You know you have Lupus when you are searching for your keys for 1/2 hour and they are found in the garbabe and the garbage you were going to throw away is found in the spot for your keys.

[Debbie28]

enjoyed reading all these, made me laugh !!!

thanks everyone !

Debbie

[lesleyc]

you know you have lupus when..
cleaning the bathroom puts you out of commission for a week!!

[georgie2006]

Your new (few months old) electric toothbrush stops working. You check the power switch is on (yep). It must be still under warranty but you can't remember what you did with the receipt and you don't have the energy to look. So you decide it would be easier just to buy a new one - go out to do that and forget while you're out, so return with a pile of groceries instead. Walk into the bathroom and remember about the toothbrush.

Look at it again, yes, the power switch is on................ but the plug is not in the socket and hasn't been since you cleaned the bathroom a few days ago!!!!! Maybe that's the problem?

[peonyprincess]

You know you have Lupus when................................


you do not have to apply blush to your face before going out.



Nancy

[MAMAJOE]

you know you have lupus when you take the tv remote out with you instead of your mobile.
or when you wake up in the morning and say i can't get up i've been so busy in my dream i'm knackered. or when for no apperent reason you develop a secret language that no one else understands cos its back to front.
god you have got to laugh eh!

best wishes to you all

mamajoe

[LoopyLoo]

You know you have Lupus when......

You decide to clear out the jars in your fridge & cupboards and are totally disgusted with yourself for allowing things from March 2007 back to August 2006 to still be in there.

I honestly believed this was 2007 until my Hubby came home & said.....where's all the food?? :ermm:

[helloos]

TOO FUNNY !!!!

[caper]

You click on reply, but forget what you were going to say before you can type it...........oh! just remembered.........No forgot again - honestly.
Sorry,
Caper

[caper]

Now I've remembered what i wanted to say, need to do it quickly.
You know you have lupus when...
You forget, and miss the appointment, which you had confirmed, with the neuropsychologist (sp) to talk about your memory.
Sorry I seem to be having a rather bad day memory-wise today.
Caper

[Mariposa]

:rotfl: They are so funny ! :rotfl:


:lol:

[Caljen]

That is so true, but funny. I'm starting to dread the phone ringing as I find it impossible to string a sentence together. I've tried breathing deeply and gathering my thoughts (it dosen't work) so I now punctuate with rapsberry blows to get my words out. God only knows what people think when there on the phone to me. And as for giving instructions to the family, well I give up, luckily they don't and seem to know what I'm talking about even if I don't LOL:rotfl:

[lupy lulu]

You know you have Lupus when you go shopping and bump into a old friend who kindly points out that you have your shirt on inside out:eek: .. so you nip to the nearest toilet to put it on correctly only to discover when you get home that you have put it BACK on inside out:rotfl:

I give up !!!:shrug:

Love Lucy x

[Lily]

:rotfl: I'm laughing and crying at the same time about that last one. 2 weeks ago I did just that, I went shopping and tried on a shirt in a store only to put mine back on inside out. I spent a couple more hours in town like that running errands :eek: The only difference was I didnt realise until my daughter came home later that night and pointed it out. We had a bit of a chuckle but yes its a good example of lupiness. I guess the only saving grace is I dont realise I'm being lupie a lot of the time :) :hehe:

love
Lily

[neongirl]

:rotfl: Too funny! It all sounds so familiar, but I can't remember why:lol: :lol:

[mandy_au]

Before I read this link just now these were called "Mandy moments" ...I think a friend started it, anyways it was really funny for a few months for me and my friends UNTIL ...my 9yr old son stated he just had a "Mandy moment" with a cheeky laugh ... that shattered me :rotfl:

U know u have lupus or MCTD when:

1/ U watch a movie then decide to get back on the puter cause u know u wont sleep ... open the explorer page and get frustrated waiting for the dial up page to show ... only to realise the home page is already loading and that the net was still connected from hours earlier ...did this tonight :lol:

2/ U go to shave your armpits with your toothbrush ... or get out the shower to realise you had only shaved one of them:rolleyes:

3/ When you tell your friends that you were listening but didn't register a single thing they said

4/ U visit a psychiatrist to be reasurred that your sane, because you're just not sure anymore (that was early this week 4 me)

5/ U wake up to what u think is your alarm getting u up far too early, to realise it's the phone ringing

and here's a beauty ...
I woke to my alarm one morning and talked myself into believing I didn't need to be at work until recess ( at the time I was a Teachers' Aid working in the resource centre) reset my alarm and went back to sleep ... when I woke up properly I had remembered having a really good reason for not needing to be there earlier ...but I had forgotton what that reason was!!!!!!! Honestly I thought it was so funny it overrode my embarrasment and I shared the story with my collegues who also had a good laugh


I could relate to many of these posts!! and I was in the perfect mood to get the ultimate joy from them ... thanks all, for the much needed laugh and the sence of togetherness I really needed just now;)

Love and best wishes to all,
Mandy

[Dee Fellows]

Oh my gosh...my tummy hurts from laughin so hard! the harder ya laugh...the truer it is!
here are the only ones i can remember at the moment...
-when u realize you have worn your slippers to the store because u walked right out of the house with the sensation of shoes on your feet.
-when u wake up in the morning and the first thought is figuring out when you can go back to bed!

flowergarden...yours are especially hysterical. had tears runnin down my face.
thanks a bunch...really need to laugh.

[sheila t]

Some sound so familiar. Thanks for making me smile

Sheila xxx

[sjay66]

To funny thanks for the laugh

You know you have lupus:
*When you put coffee in the kettle instead of water
*You wash your hair a second and then a third time because you forgot whether you washed it each time

[Tokyotracey]

You know you have Lupus when;
- You add extra boxes to the "conditions & symptoms" list at the Doctors
- Your idea of spring cleaning is alphabetizing your prescriptions
- you are happy that you get to take Methotrexate instead of Pred because it's coated - whoohooo....

:wink2:

Hugs to everyone who made me laugh so hard I couldn't breathe (well, couldn't breathe LESS than normal)
Trace

[lesleyc]

you know you have lupus when....
the alarm clock is going off (very loud & annoying)
and you can't for life of you, figure out what it is you're to do about it.
Meanwhile your husband's yelling turn off the alarm and your only response is "i don't know what to do"

after my husband told me what to do he laughed all day about it!

lesley

[flowergarden]

You know you have lupus when you look at the calendar several times on the morning of a doc. appointment. You also write the time on a piece of note paper and tack it to the front door. When you leave, you take it to the car with you.

Part way there you forget what time you need to be at the doc's. You look at the note and wonder if you actually wrote the time down wrong.

One time I was 4 hours early for an appointment!:rolleyes:

[helloos]

You know you have Lupus when you can re-read this post and laugh :lol: :rotfl: :lol: because you can't remember reading them before.

[tinkerbell222]

You all are too funny and true.:rotfl: I needed the laugh. okay here goes, You know you have lupus when the rheummy perscribes prednisone and tells you to loose weight.

[acard]

:bump: :bump: Thought this might be fun to see more lupie moments:rotfl:

You know you have lupus when you don't remember eating a midnight snack and watching a movie w/ hubby.
Becca

[Gerri]

Thanks everyone for the lovely laughs you have made my day.

Here are my lupie moments:

Although I haven't been diagnosed yet with Lupus (I sure it's going to happen soon), I've had many lupie moments. The last was last week and I posted here "I did it again". I am sure the fire department doesn't appreciate being called out because I can't smell smoke. Couldn't understand why my puppy is barking. When I finally realized it was the fire alarm, all I had to do was to type a 4 number code to shut off the fire alarm, that code completely disappeared from my head.

Or when I forget to unplug a cooler inside the car, 3 times. The third time it cost us a new battery.

Poor son, reminding me I left the water running again.

Hugs Gerri

[lupie98]

I so agree with everyone! You know you have lupus when you never know how you are going to feel minute by minute and you have to respond to invitations by saying we will have to see it depends on how I feel.........

[trapped]

:rotfl: :rotfl:


only just noticed this post - thanks i really needed a laugh esp since ive been struggling recently.

not diagonised yet but u know u have lupus when........

you go to the shops in your pjs :hehe: :oops: no wonder i got a few werid looks!

you are told to turn left by ur friend who is taking you driving and you turn
right. :wink2:

you are told a intrustion and you have to ask the person what they said a few times as you kept forgetting :eek:

you write a text and have to look at what you have written as youve forgotten what you wrote.

someone comes and says hello to you in the street and you havent got a clue who they are.:eek: :hehe:

i could go on forever.........theres so many on here i could relate to aswell :rolleyes:

take care
sam

[joanne8]

you know you have lupus,whilst i was still struggling to stay at work,i used to do a bit of home help,i was sent to this lovely old lady who was partially sighted,so i did bits and bobs,before i left i tidied up her shoes in the hallway,nyway the next day i go back to the same lady to find she was laughing at me when i walked in,i said whats wrong she said she went into town today to get some odd looks i said oh!why,she said that when i tidied up her shoes she had two sets of shoes just differant colours brown/blue,not realizing what i was doing i put the shoes together alright just differant colours,she went into town with one blue on and the other brown,well i went into full on hysterics luckily she thought it was very funny too,i soon gave up work after that,as another time i had to see to another lady who had ms,i used to have to move her from wheelchair to her comfy chair(she was a large lady)anyway i did as i was asked moved her to the chair went to walk out to get on with other duties to hear a voice say excuse me i know i cant feel anything but dont you think i look uncomfortable,i turned around i couldnt stop laughing she had one arm over her head the other was under her bum,well i wont go into how her legs looked,i put her straight so she looked more comfortable,funny that i wasnt asked back again,ive not worked since joanne8

[helloos]

here's another lupie story

Was taking my house key off my key chain and I have them color coded , and was going to leave outside because my son forgot his key. So I took off the key, had in my hand, set the alarm, locked the door, stepped onto my porch, open my hand, no key just the color part. Stood on the porch wondering what the heck happened, did not hear it fall to the ground, etc.

I still don't know, but i have the color part which does me no good, so now we are both locked out until hubby comes home tonight.