Think you might have EDS?  Take this little test... By Darlene Uggen If you can make the sound of one hand clapping, by slapping your right hand against your right arm, you might have EDS. If you can do an imitation of a pretzel, scratch your ear with your foot, while typing at the computer, you might have EDS. If you have fragile, see-through skin that's 3 sizes too big, and tears if you look at it sharply, you might have EDS. If you have days when you need a nap to rest up from the effort of getting out of bed in the morning, you might have EDS. If you have hitchhiker, or bug squasher thumbs, and fingers than won't hold things, you might have EDS. If your body snaps, crackles and pop with every little movement, you might have EDS. If your joints were jewelry, they would be Pop-Beads, you might have EDS. If you have had 34 Dr.s give you 34 different diagnoses, you might have EDS. If you ran a fever and couldn't get the thermometer above 98.2 , and a nurse couldn't find your pulse, you might have EDS. If a dentist ever gave you so much Novicane that his thumb was numb, and you could still feel everything, you might have EDS. If you have ever amused your friends, or grossed out doctors, by showing off your double-jointedness, you might have EDS. If a pillow fight can result in cuts, bruises, scars, dislocations, and pain, you might have EDS. If you have every been called a Klutz for tripping over the patterns in the carpet, you might have EDS. If your back, hips, shoulders, knees, elbows, and other joints, go out more often than you do, you might have EDS. If you ever had a school report card that said you were fidgity, unco-ordinated, lazy, under-developed, and a complainer, you might have EDS. If your medical history looks like the Index of a Medical Text Book, you might have EDS. If someone else's intolerable pains would feel like a relief to you, you might have EDS. If your OB/GYN complications were a movie and it would be a horror movie, you might have EDS. What do: Acid Reflux, Mitral Valve Prolapse, Joint pain, Arthritis, Scoliosis, Joint Dislocation, Cramps, Weakness, Hyperelasticity, Hypermobility, TMJ, Fibromyalgia, Endometriosis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,Dysmenorrhea, Migraines, Low Temperature and Blood Pressure, and Misdiagnoses have in common? If you know, you PROBABLY have EDS. Hugs, Rosie S. Demented EDS Dame

It was suggested my daughter had it - I think you were the one I talked to then now that I think of it.. Kathi < I did what I knew how to do, and when I knew better, I did better.

How's she doin'? Hugs, Rosie S. Demented Dame

Whew, Rosie, thanks for posting this - I read it and was delighted (after a fashion) to see fibromyalgia in its right place - for me, anyway - sandwiched in amongst all the rest. And reading it again, yes, I just might have EDS. Har-de-har har. It's so ironic - so ironic - all those miseries and all that *courage* - you know - dealing with all that stuff - and without a diagnosis, all is turned against the patient. Such a waste of perfectly good people. Lovya and keep it comin', 'kay? maybe one day we'll be looking at all this stuff differently. Deirdre Newsgroups: alt.med.fibromyalgia Date: 2003-02-22 10:23:51 PST Think you might have EDS?  Take this little test... By Darlene Uggen If you can make the sound of one hand clapping, by slapping your right hand against your right arm, you might have EDS. If you can do an imitation of a pretzel, scratch your ear with your foot, while typing at the computer, you might have EDS. If you have fragile, see-through skin that's 3 sizes too big, and tears if you look at it sharply, you might have EDS. If you have days when you need a nap to rest up from the effort of getting out of bed in the morning, you might have EDS. If you have hitchhiker, or bug squasher thumbs, and fingers than won't hold things, you might have EDS. If your body snaps, crackles and pop with every little movement, you might have EDS. If your joints were jewelry, they would be Pop-Beads, you might have EDS. If you have had 34 Dr.s give you 34 different diagnoses, you might have EDS. If you ran a fever and couldn't get the thermometer above 98.2 , and a nurse couldn't find your pulse, you might have EDS. If a dentist ever gave you so much Novicane that his thumb was numb, and you could still feel everything, you might have EDS. If you have ever amused your friends, or grossed out doctors, by showing off your double-jointedness, you might have EDS. If a pillow fight can result in cuts, bruises, scars, dislocations, and pain, you might have EDS. If you have every been called a Klutz for tripping over the patterns in the carpet, you might have EDS. If your back, hips, shoulders, knees, elbows, and other joints, go out more often than you do, you might have EDS. If you ever had a school report card that said you were fidgity, unco-ordinated, lazy, under-developed, and a complainer, you might have EDS. If your medical history looks like the Index of a Medical Text Book, you might have EDS. If someone else's intolerable pains would feel like a relief to you, you might have EDS. If your OB/GYN complications were a movie and it would be a horror movie, you might have EDS. What do: Acid Reflux, Mitral Valve Prolapse, Joint pain, Arthritis, Scoliosis, Joint Dislocation, Cramps, Weakness, Hyperelasticity, Hypermobility, TMJ, Fibromyalgia, Endometriosis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Dysmenorrhea, Migraines, Low Temperature and Blood Pressure, and Misdiagnoses have in common? If you know, you PROBABLY have EDS. Hugs, Rosie S. Demented EDS Dame