Arthritis; Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That – Fibromyalgia

by Dr Alex Robber · Published March 1, 2021 · Updated February 15, 2024

(the big A) Fibromyalgia (the big F) and Bursitis (the big B) Oh My!

Mix these conditions together with a few other illnesses thrown in and Taaadaaaa! You’ve got yourself a big old batch of widespread chronic pain. Every minute of every hour of every day of every week is painful.

The only things that change are…

What kind of pain (Arthritis, Fibro, Bursitis et al?)
Where the pain is (besides your big F trigger points which always hurt)
How painful on a scale of 1 to 10

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In case you haven’t noticed, I don’t like using words like Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, and Bursitis (especially the F word). Thus, the nicknames. It’s a way of pacifying the Me that is still in denial and of kyboshing the anxiety these words cause me.

They suck; they’re painful and can knock you flat on your back for days or even weeks at a time. For the sake of “keeping it positive” though, I’m going to call them FAB (which they most definitely are not!)

Who am I kidding? There is nothing positive about having an ever-growing list of painful, incurable autoimmune diseases. That being said, apparently (or so I hear on a daily basis)

staying positive is important (life’s dandy, how could I not?)
exercise is crucial (especially if you want to set off a flare or two or three!)
push yourself but don’t exceed your limits (uh and I know my limits how?)

I swear if one more physically fit person tells me the best medicine for Arthritis and Fibromyalgia is going to the gym I will….well, I’ll probably fake a smile while thanking them for their advice. Like I always do.

Anyway, after my latest visit to the Rheumatologist, I realized it was time to finally accept that I do have Arthritis and Fibromyalgia.

Acceptance was the first hurdle. Now I’m going to focus on…