Why Every Single Day is Different in Fibromyalgia?
Seriously, no two days are the same. I think that is the reality that most people can’t wrap their minds around. I have absolutely no idea what my pain will be like a month...
Navigating Life with Fibromyalgia
Seriously, no two days are the same. I think that is the reality that most people can’t wrap their minds around. I have absolutely no idea what my pain will be like a month...
I’m not telling you what not to do, but a way to get to the point where you can do things. Avoiding things with fibromyalgia is a slippery slope. It reinforces how disabled you...
Fibromyalgia has a bad reputation because many members of the medical community doubted that it was a real disorder until the last several years. Even with the change in perception of the disorder, there...
First of all, you haven’t changed. You’re the same person with the same condition, except now you have a label. I found that label very liberating because it showed me that I had a...
Fibromyalgia itself is still very much a mystery. Although doctors now have more information, and many doctors now accept it as a “real” issue, we still have a LOT to learn about fibro and...
I don’t know if my way is best, but I’m nearly symptom-free. I take medication and I slowly increased my exercise and activity. The worst: In the spring of 2008, my fibromyalgia (technically fibromyalgia syndrome or...
I’m not sure what it is like for other people, but I suspect I have had Fibromyalgia my entire life. As a child, I was always hurting, but I was told it was just...
I would think that would qualify as an oxymoron, calling Fibromyalgia a “comfort zone”! Since I noticed the first pains, it seems as though I haven’t been comfortable again. I know you mean more...
On a scale of 1-10, my average daily pain level is a 6 or a 7. All-day. Every single day of my life. It’s always there, and cannot be ignored no matter how engrossed...
Exercise helps break the chronic pain cycle associated with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) by improving fitness and functional levels, relieving physical and emotional stress, and boosting one’s confidence and self-esteem. While you probably have heard...