You MIGHT be a MGer if:
1. You have a lot of trouble or need assistance in getting up from a
kneel, squat, or seat on the floor.
2. You (or your arms) get unbelievably tired from just washing
and/or drying your hair.
3. You have trouble lifting your foot up to step onto a curb or a
step or ANY bump/rise in the floor.
4. You find that you no longer have good balance and find yourself
wobbling all over the place like a child’s toy.
5. Even though you are no longer a child, you wake up with drool all
over your pillow.
6. You want to put a note on your front door saying “My house is a
mess because I don’t have the energy to clean or pick stuff up off
of the floor”.
7. You get tired just standing — at the kitchen sink, in line at
the store, talking to friends, etc.
8. Holding your arms up to read a book or the newspaper feels like
you are trying to lift 100 lb. weights.
9. You get worn out from the repeated sitting and standing you do in
a church service.
10. You have trouble rising to a standing position from a regular
height chair.
11. Your cheeks/jaws get quickly worn out from talking OR chewing.
12. You have trouble raising your head from the reclining chair
after the beautician washes your hair OR you have trouble raising
your head when you are lying down in bed.
13. Even though you have NOT been drinking, you stagger and weave
like a DRUNK.
14. You choke on your own saliva.
15. Food gets caught in your windpipe and you have to cough
vigorously to get it out.
16. Washing windows, writing on a chalkboard, holding a steering
wheel to drive, and other tasks that involve raising your arms in
front of you are things that you find impossible, extremely
difficult, or totally exhausting.
17. Laughing hard gets you so totally out of breath that you must
rest to recover.
18. You trip over the tiniest things, even the CARPET, because your
feet don’t go where you “tell” them to.
19. You can no longer whistle or blow up a balloon.
20. You slur your words after a couple of minutes.
21. You get out of breath when having a “good” cry.
22. You run out of breath before you finish saying a sentence.
23. You don’t have enough breath to clear your nostrils when you
blow your nose and this seems to lead to sinus infections.
24. You have trouble getting a firm grip and end up dropping or
spilling things.
25. You find that writing notes to people is easier (takes less
energy) than TALKING.
26. Sunlight and bright lights bother you and sometimes increase
your other symptoms.
27. Singing has become difficult or impossible.
28. You find yourself constantly clearing your throat.
29. You notice your heart beating rapidly after the slightest effort.
30. You find yourself sweating profusely without any apparent cause.
31. Water or other liquids come out of your NOSE when you drink.
32. Chewing gum is next to impossible or WEARS you OUT.
33. Turtlenecks and other clothing with collars make you feel like
you are choking.
34. Any kind of heat makes you worse — hot food, hot drinks, hot
rooms, hot weather, hot showers/baths, etc.
35. You see double after a few drinks..and then realize that your
drinks were NOT alcoholic!!
36. You are trying to adjust your eyes, one at a time (double
vision), and someone nearby thinks that you are WINKING at them!!!!
37. Walking up stairs without stopping is next to impossible.
38. After reading a page or two in a book or magazine, everything
becomes blurry.
39. Your mouth or throat will not even let you YAWN when you are
tired.
40. A change in weather leaves you weak and short of breath.
41. You sit down to eat and cannot manage to bite through your food
to chew it.
42. Your neck wobbles around so much that your either use your hand
or arm to support your chin OR wish that you had a neck brace.
43. You use your hand on your chin to help you chew OR to keep your
mouth closed.
44. You have to call someone to help you get OFF of the toilet.
45. You have totally unexplained dizziness.
46. You feel like your teeth have shifted — changing the way that
you chew and making you sometimes bite the inside of your mouth.
47. You have had an “accident” that caused you to abandon a pair of
underwear.
48. You feel like it SHOULD be acceptable to eat from a trough
because the food is going to fall out of your mouth anyway.
49. You are on a FIRST NAME basis with the local EMTs and ER staff.
50. Putting on panty hose or long johns is a “Kodak” moment and
leaves you sweating, frustrated, and totally wiped-out.
51. Dressing in “layers” makes you feel like you have put on a
straight jacket.
52. You’ve left blood and skin samples on sidewalks all over town.
53. When you get “that look” on your face, family and friends get
out of the path to the bathroom.
54. Fatigue so overwhelms you that even putting up the dishes
requires SEVERAL rest breaks.
55. Mouthwash is no longer useful because you cannot GARGLE!!
Oh, geeze! You mean these things aren’t ”normal”?
