I was sorting out some files on my computer and found this OLD post from my
mom.

ENJOY.


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 pretsel, 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, 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.