I had a good day yesterday, a really good day. It was the kind of day when the pain and fatigue of Fibromyalgia is just faint background noise. Like the noise from the street that you have to really listen for to even remember it is there. And my head! My head was oh so clear and cognitive. Every thought and memory came with clarity and ease. Yesterday was a great day, a day of possibility and I was awake and alive for every moment of it. So I embraced yesterday. I took full advantage of yesterday. I used yesterday to its fullest and enjoyed every second of it. Yesterday is the reason I have … [Read more...]
Fibromyalgia Support Group
Maybe my therapist was right, maybe I am a caretaker by nature. That would help explain why I have taken on the responsibility of organizing a local support group for people with Fibromyalgia and chronic pain. I have been interested in starting or joining a Fibromyalgia support group for some time. Partly it is for completely selfish reasons. I want a community I can reach out to; a group that understands how I am feeling without my needing to explain; a group I can turn to for compassion and camaraderie. But mostly it is that I want to help others find hope. I became organizer of the … [Read more...]
False Hope for Fibromyalgia Patient
Some days I just get mad. Today is one of those days. Hell, I’m not mad; I am pissed. I need to stop censoring myself just because I don’t want to offend anyone reading this. I am pissed! I’m pissed that I still have hope – hope that somewhere inside me there is still a vibrant healthy person, but everyday I feel myself slipping further and further away from her. I am pissed that I cannot just wake up in the morning and take control of my day. I am pissed that I can’t always finish the laundry when it needs to be done or scrub the damn toilet. I am pissed that my head and neck hurt so … [Read more...]