40 & Over: Living With Fibromyalgia
“I’ve got my ticket for the long way ‘round/The one with the prettiest of views/It’s got mountains, it’s got rivers, it’s got sights to give you shivers/But it sure would be prettier with you.”
“They tried to make me go to rehab/I said, no, no, no/Yes, I been black/But when I come back, you'll know, know, know.” -Amy Winehouse Outpatient Functional Restoration Program at my hospital, you had me at sleep hygiene! {I actually QUIT after two days! Wrong program for “young” fibro patients, to say the bleeping least} … Continue reading Rehab? Yes, Yes, Yes
This time the pics are the story. Read them. Since I’m missing a New Year’s Eve Party, I got “dressed up” for my doctor appt. I’m really into scrunchies now, am wearing a light coat of Rose Beautycounter lip gloss, and left the zombie eyes bare. Goodnight 2018. I toast my "Levy Protocol" + a … Continue reading Pain Pill Cocktail du Jour
"What you fear in the night in the day comes to call anyway/And we all get burned..."~Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman) by Counting CrowsI fell asleep before 9p after a terribly painful, long Sunday. Right side of the neck pain, specifically. Like someone pressing on a bruise or sore muscle, with no … Continue reading “What You Fear in the Night”
{Find a typo, get a scarf.} I stepped outside on this unusually cold for New Orleans morning to warm up the car for my daughters and immediately my neck and shoulders began to ache! I've been curious how the cold weather would affect my pain levels as this is my first fall/winter with an official … Continue reading OUCH, It’s Cold Outside
When I was diagnosed in February 2018, I began to click around the online fibro community and came across #fibrowarrior as a battle cry. Fibro Warriors, how do YOU get out of bed on your worst days to do what you need or desire to do? I get out of bed because of my daughters … Continue reading How Do You Warrior On? #fibrowarrior
Here are some pics of my pain. Show me yours?
{Fibro fog = typos. If you find one, I'll buy you a Hansen's snoball. "There are no shortcuts to quality."} Sometimes help and kindness appear unexpectedly. But before anyone can know how much you need it—hard as it can be—you have to let others in on your struggles and do the hard part: Ask. From … Continue reading How to Ask For Help
