Archive for August, 2008

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Fibromyalgia and Facing Stress

Written by Kate Blaylock Topics: Fibromylagia, resolve

And now I am feel­ing even more like Kath­leen Kelly.
“[Kath­leen stops and thinks]  Noth­ing.  Even now, days later, I still can’t fig­ure it out…”
I am still strug­gling.  I think I need to relax a bit.  My mind is act­ing stressed… my body is feel­ing stressed… I think it’s time to get proac­tive and take charge of my […]

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Fibromyalgia and Being Blank

Written by Kate Blaylock Topics: Fibromylagia, Sleep

I feel like Kath­leen Kelly.
“When I’m con­fronted by some­one I get tongue tied and my mind goes blank.  Then I spend the rest of the night toss­ing and turn­ing over what I should have said.  For exam­ple what should I have recently said to… a bot­tom dweller who recently belit­tled my exis­tence?”
Except the only thing […]

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Fibromyalgia and Leading a Full Life

Written by Kate Blaylock Topics: Fibromyalgia and..., My Life, My Network

So, it’s back to real life after a week­end that passed entirely too quickly.
Some­times I feel like liv­ing with fibromyal­gia is a full-time job.  No, not really.  But fight­ing fibromyal­gia sure can feel like one.  Just look at this wor­dle!  My life with fibro is a full life.  And a good life.

I grow tired of people […]

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Fibromyalgia and Gymnastics — Part 1

Written by Kate Blaylock Topics: Fibromyalgia and..., My Network

I am watch­ing the women’s gym­nas­tics all-around com­pe­ti­tion… I always have mixed feel­ings when I watch gym­nas­tics.  I always get excited.  I always get ner­vous.  I always get melan­choly.  And I always get moti­vated.
I was a gym­nast.  It started when I was 20 months old and my mom found me hang­ing upside, from my knees, […]

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Fibromyalgia and Deferred Maintenance

Written by Kate Blaylock Topics: Getting Comfortable, resolve

I feel like a car… An aging, rust­ing, whin­ing auto­mo­bile. My body is begin­ning to behave like my husband’s car (he’s a sweetie who feels strongly that I must always drive the most reli­able vehi­cle). I can coast alright, even increase speed, but when I brake I strug­gle to get back up to speed. […]

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