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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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Thank You FibroFolks! Chronic Pain and Taking Time to Be

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

I am prepar­ing to leave on vaca­tion, but I would be remiss if I did not take time out of my evening to stop and give thanks for the out­pour­ing of sup­port I have received over the past few days.  Within min­utes of my last post, my inbox, com­ment queue,  and Twit­ter men­tions list were […]

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Please Help! Fibromyalgia and My Breaking Point

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

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 being unable […]

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Fibromyalgia and Endless Appointments and Judgmental Folks

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

Some­times I feel inse­cure about the quan­tity of med­ical appoint­ments I have had this year.  But today I real­ized some­thing.
If I don’t jump all over minor issues, as they arise, I’ll be mugged by a flare up… even­tu­ally.  So, to those of you who don’t under­stand the nature of chronic pain con­di­tions, and think I’m […]

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