cog fog

MS cognitive fog is the hardest symptom for me to accept

ā€œYou only begin to grasp the import of an event ā€“ and its larger implications vis-Ć -vis your life ā€“ long after it has entered into that realm marked ā€˜memory.’ā€ ā€” Douglas Kennedy, “The Moment“ I am reading my first book since multiple sclerosis (MS) fatigueĀ reared its…

Remembering My First MS Symptom

What was your first MS symptom? Mine ā€” the one that made me realize something was really wrong ā€” was my inability to squeeze the toothpaste tube with my left hand one morning. Of course, there were earlier hints of trouble. I was unusually tired while attending a business…

Learning to Navigate Cog Fog

The cog fog (cognitive fog) is thick and heavy. I cannot seem to extract words from the alphabet soup that fills my head. This is torturous for a self-described word nerd. And as my MS progresses, so does the fog. Slowed cognition has become one of the most…

Coming out of the Cog Fog

I am watching the computer curser taunt my inability to collect my thoughts. Three days out of chemotherapy, my brain is more fried than usual, the fog thick and dense. For those unfamiliar with cog fog (cognitive fog), it is a clouding…