Living with fibromyalgia and heart disease
“Coping with a chronic illness is work”, Carolyn Thomas A very new book has just been published by Carolyn Thomas: A Woman’s Guide to Living with Heart Disease, Baltimore: Johns…
AFFLICTED…Netflix documentary reviewed
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear”, Mark Twain I have watched all episodes of the documentary Afflicted on Netflix. My mind is reeling and…
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A pandemic and fibromyalgia
” Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow” Albert Einstein I apologize to my dear ‘old’ readers of the past for not writing blogs for many, many months.…
Fibromyalgia is a malfunctioning of the central nervous system
“Do something every day that scares you”, Eleanor Roosevelt I have had a difficult year, even being admitted to the hospital for several days with extremely high blood pressure. Now…
Fibromyalgia: ANXIETY- PANIC ATTACKS
” PTSD is similar to Panic Attacks in that once turned on, the anxiety is fed into a vicious cycle”, David Yeung Anxiety, depression, and panic attacks are triplets. They live together…
Is Fibromyalgia a ‘Psychosomatic’ Disorder?
” Trust one who has gone through it”, Virgil Writing those words is psychosomatic, in fact, even thinking about the title makes me feel uncomfortable! Who wants to be labeled as one…
Fibromyalgia: The pain is in the brain
“Memory, the warder of the brain”, William Shakespeare It has been a long and interesting journey beginning with my book in which I laid the foundation about why women are more…
On Being Parented and Parenting: Overcoming Past Experiences Through Understanding Pain of Fibromyalgia
“If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive at this moment. Each…
Fibromyalgia and Other Pains: Living with Anxiety and Apprehension
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it”, Lena Horne HAPPY THANKSGIVING WEEKEND! We Canadians are always so happy our Thanksgiving falls in mid-October…
Fibromyalgia: Suffering With The Itch You Can’t Scratch
“Once it is understood that sufferings cannot be compared, then it is possible to speak of different sufferings in the same story because there is no comparison”, Arthur W. Frank…