Coping with Fibromyalgia in Home
I logged onto Facebook this morning, feeling estranged and isolated from my Fibro family. This weekend absorbed all of me in a physical pain and emotional anguish debauchery of lowered Prednisone dosing and all the joys that accompany coming off
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Fibromyalgia has come a long way since I was diagnosed in 2006. The FDA approved Lyrica a year later and overnight it went from “being in your head” to a real condition…for some medical professionals. Not all jumped on the
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I am launching THE FIBROMYALGIA CRUSADE! I am a Fibromyalgia patient, not a doctor, scientist, researcher or PhD. I am a real woman living a real life with a real disease that receives little to no respect or understanding from
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I am sick of apologizing for being me. I am sick of apologizing for being sick and not as productive or efficient or clear-headed as I once was. I am sick of apologizing for the passion that consumes me to
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I graduated from college with a B.A. in Art, Interior Design. I was good at it and liked it well enough but how I chose it was a bit funny. I had already moved “away” for my second year and
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I frequently find myself either bitterly acting out or saying this to those around me. Apologizing to those whose lives are affected by my illness, as though it is something I did or like or want or don’t suffer horribly
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As most of us are well acquainted, the color of our support ribbon is purple. Purple is a traditional color of royalty, the color of the Crown Chakra which is linked to the crown of the head, the nervous system,
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As I have been opening my mouth more and more about Fibromyalgia, The Crusade, awareness and the general passion of my life to anyone and everyone that will listen I keep having positive experiences! Where I used to get glazed
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It’s early December and that means we’re about to crash straight into the holiday season. As the shortest days of the year approach, many of us are anticipating gluttonous feasting, exchanging gifts, enjoying the company of family and friends and
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After a gluttonous Christmas one year, my husband and I looked at ourselves and decided we had to go on a diet. Things had been spiraling downward for a while. The primary factor was that I had been diagnosed with
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