By: Dr Alexa James At least by the standards of society, I won’t lie. I succeed in being a mother. Not because I don’t love my kids because, above and beyond anything I could ever…
Ways to Aid someone with Chronic Disease
By: Dr Alexa James It can be frustrating if we need help, but don’t want to accept it, or even harder, that we don’t want to burden anybody else. Fortunately, as someone living with chronic…
What or Who I Am the Invisible Intruder – Chronic illness Awareness
By: Dr Alexa James I was something that was wanted to deny the health community once. You told me I was just in your head, I didn’t exist, you felt like freaks who have lost…
I’m a Marshmallow – it’s called fibromyalgia, “Something always wrong”
By: Dr Alexa James I like being like a marshmallow compared to me. On the inside and outside I’m gooey and squidgy –pretty much the same thing. I have no thick skin, so my outside…
My Body negotiations: Someone with Chronic Diseases Negotiations
By: Dr. Alexa James I spend a lot of time negotiating with my body as someone with multiple chronic illnesses. I feel I can’t go for days and I’m determined to never give up for…
MGH Researchers make a key discovery to diagnose patients with fibromyalgia
By: Dr. Alexa James The words’ You look so good’ are often heard by fibromyalgia patients. How could you be ill? How are you?” Or perhaps the nonsensical words” all in your head is fibromyalgic.…
Somewhere Between Denial and Depression in Fibromyalgia
By: Dr. Alexa James This continuum has slid up and down my life’s experience with fibromyalgia. I often spend my energy trying to avoid both extremes desperately. Sometimes I try to stay positive and concentrate…
The ‘legalization of cannabis in the UK’ for chronic illness
By: Dr. Alexa James The cross-party MPs had predicted on a Canadian exploratory expedition that cannabis use would be fully legalized in the UK within five or ten years. In 2018, Canada is the first…
My Float Tank Experience in Fibromyalgia
By: Dr. Alexa James I have been able to try almost anything for some relief for the last 13 years since my fibromyalgia was officially “diagnosed.” Recently, I heard a lot and was curious about…
Hope that millions of people with fibromyalgia can diagnose condition more quickly as a new gut bacterial test
By: Dr. Alexa James There’s a chance of Fibromyalgia suffering from Lady Gaga, Kirsty Young, and Morgan Freeman. But many people suffer. But many people suffer. 4 percent of the global population have been affected…