After 9 months I was finally able to write a new newsletter today. YEAH!!! That happy event took place because of, at least, three things. Less pain More energy (mainly psychic although the physical IS important) A new strategy The first two things are pretty obvious. So, I want to focus on the new writing…
I'm in a funny space. But then that's how it often is during the swings between pain and no pain. The last two days have been horrendously painful, as they often seem to be after my acupuncture treatment. Now the pain is dropping and as I've dropped my pain-freed-up brain starts going ADD-like. I want…
It is frustrating as hell to feel so good yesterday and in so much pain today. Yesterday I felt ALIVE, free, my brain was full of energy, ideas. I felt silly and happy, amorous and flirty. Now the pain is back. I can barely type because my upper arms are being crushed. I have those…
I am pain free today … YEAH! But, after having been in severe pain for 4 days, the thoughts in my brain are scampering like mice chased by a cat on acid! Oooh! So many ideas! So many things I could do! Oooh! I'm distracted and gotta go.
A poem 'inspired' by Fibromyalgia (and wind) … I Want To Flee I want To flee Into the empty pages Of the night. The pain Crushes me And I cannot Resist. The pain owns My soul, And me And wants To be repaid In currency I seem to not have. So, in agony…
The pain has been bitchin' awful since midnight. That's when the Chinook blew in. Winds right now are 46 kph but have been as high as 70 kph. There is no further doubt in my mind that Chinooks trigger the Fibro pain. The question though is: is it the wind or the pressure shift? I…
We keep hearing the R Word! Yep, in this Sesame Street alphabet, R stands, of course, for Recession. Is there a better way to deal with the R word? I think so. I’ve been in the professional workforce for 39 years (yes Virginia — I’m that old) and I’ve been through several of these. I’ve…
Some days I think it was easier when I was in pain every day. Bone grinding pain every day sucks no question. But, it's harder for me constantly shifting from pain to no pain and back to pain again. Take today for instance. (PLEASE take it!) My pain went away yesterday about 11 in the…
This will be quick as I've been in major pain all day. Today illustrates one of those 'evil' principles of dealing with Fibro. Namely, what helped before may not help today. A lot of times if I soak in a very hot bath (with Epsom salts); that soaking seems to trigger an end to the…
Let me say first of all that any posts here by me reflect my experience and my opinions. Fibromyalgia is a multisymptom condition and not everybody has the same symptoms and certainly not to the same degree. So, I will talk about what I've experienced, what I've tried, what's worked, and what hasn't. I do…