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Fibromyalgia, Mornings, and Pain: Don’t Give In

Written by Kate Blaylock Topics: Fibromyalgia and..., Sleep, Work, resolve

Recently I’ve real­ized some­thing I may have already known, but it’s struck me so pro­foundly I thought I ought to pass it on.
I dread morn­ings.  I wake up with an upset stom­ach, a headache, and body that hurts so badly I can barely move.  Every morn­ing.  It is a rare occa­sion that I stay in bed […]

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Is it just me? Fibromyalgia and a Lack of Emotion

Written by Kate Blaylock Topics: Fibromyalgia and..., Is it just me?

I don’t have a lot to say.  But I do have to say this.
I am sorry.  I haven’t posted an arti­cle in nearly two months.  I have, how­ever, writ­ten a half dozen posts in as many weeks.  I have no good rea­son for not post­ing them.  I do, how­ever, have a confession…

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Chronic Pain and Cortisone, Part 2

Written by Kate Blaylock Topics: Fibromyalgia and..., Trying Stuff

Now, three weeks after my first expe­ri­ence with cor­ti­sone injec­tions, and two weeks since I wrote the above, I am back to share my experience.

While the cor­ti­sone injec­tions helped reduce my back pain, I feel a bit hung up on the fact that I am treat­ing yet another symp­tom, while the cause (known or oth­er­wise) con­tin­ues to exist (I assume). Maybe I should not be so quick to write off the ben­e­fit? The injec­tions did break a season-long cycle of pain. And I firmly believe that is a nec­es­sary step in erad­i­cat­ing pain… teach­ing your body not to hurt. Call me new-age or crazy, but I’m right.

I appre­ci­ate the pain relief and can’t imag­ine what I would have done with­out it, but the cor­ti­sone didn’t fix the cause, so when I lift things, bend just right, or sit for extended peri­ods of time I still hurt. I do not want to grow depen­dent on just reliev­ing pain. I want to heal. I want to get well.

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Chronic Pain and Cortisone, Part 1

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

I started writ­ing this post, but I quickly got side­tracked by some­thing that com­pletely changed what I have to say.  This will be a two part post.
Last night, after months of baby­ing my back, I decided to head to the gym with the guys.  You see, my hus­band meets a friend to work­out every night at […]

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I Read: Stepcase Lifehack or Fibromyalgia and (Chronic) Pain and Posture

Written by Kate Blaylock Topics: Fibromyalgia and..., I Read, My Network, Trying Stuff

I am a reg­u­lar reader of Step­case Life­hack.  I appre­ci­ate the vari­ety of ideas they dis­cuss and often enjoy attempt­ing to heed their advice.  Although the con­tent usu­ally has lit­tle to do with My Life with Fibro, last Tues­day they fea­tured an arti­cle of par­tic­u­lar inter­est to me by fit­ness coach, Jamie Nis­chan.
Nischan’s arti­cle closely […]

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