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Is it just me? Forgetting Just How Bad the Pain Can Be
Sometimes, even after over a decade with fibromyalgia, I have to be reminded just how bad things can get. Sometimes, I forget how everything can hurt. Sometimes, I am surprised by how quickly the pain flares up. Sometimes, I am pleasantly surprised by how quickly the pain fades away. Today is not that day. Today [...]
Please Help! Fibromyalgia and My Breaking Point
Fibrofolks, I need your help. Desperately. But first I ask, that like any good friend, you allow me to vent… a necessary step in identifying just what sort of help I need. I hate feeling like a fool each time I go to the doctor. I hate invisible pain from an invisible cause. I hate [...]
The Wednesday What: What Brings You Strength?
Today was a beautiful day. (Made lovelier by the local boy’s win on American Idol.) And on days like this I am trying to develop the habit of thinking back to a tough day, week, or month, and giving thanks for the things and people that helped me get from there to a lovely day [...]
Please Help! Chronic Illness and Meeting People, Part 2
I’m so torn. For me the answer is as follows: It depends on my mood. And how a person makes me feel. And where I am. But mostly I don’t tell them unless I have to. In fact, since my diagnosis in 1998 (at age 14), I have lived in (minus my 10 semesters at [...]
Please Help! Chronic Illness and Meeting People
Over the weekend I received an important e-mail from a chronic fatigue folk out in California. He brought up a common dilemma and I can think of no group more experienced (translated: prepared) to discuss such an issue than y’all. To be honest, I am not convinced my answer to this question is the best, [...]
