Sometimes we need to be reminded that a flare doesn't mean a return to the worst. A bad day doesn't mean it's going to be a bad week, and a bad week doesn't mean it's going to be a bad month, and none of these mean we are going to keep feeling bad forever. The last 6 months have been really busy, … [Continue Reading...]
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Myofasccial Pain and Fibromyalgia
Myofascial pain is the pain that feels like muscle pain. However, the actual location of the pain is in the fascia, which is a layer of tissue just underneath the skin. Fascia covers the entire body, just underneath our skin. The appearance is similar to cotton candy as the threads of fascia wrap … [Continue Reading...]
5 Ways to Show Your love, even when you feel like crap.
When we aren't feeling well it's all too easy to take it out on those closest to us. We can let the stress get the best of us and that often leads to lashing out. We can't take the anger and frustration out on the illness that causes these emotions, so we take them out on the people around us. Most … [Continue Reading...]
What You Need to Know About Fibro Flares
A fibro flare is a flare of symptoms that can occur at any time and can last for any duration. You may wake up feeling just fine but at mid-day suddenly feel as if you've been hit by a freight train. That feeling may last until you get a good night's sleep or it may continue for days or weeks. A … [Continue Reading...]
Are you wishing your life away?
Do you ever find yourself wishing your life away? Constantly thinking if I can just get to the weekend, or just get through this month, or get past this or that, things will get better? It's a terrible place to be isn't it? This is something I've been struggling with lately as I've dealt with all … [Continue Reading...]
CBD for Fibro Relief
If you've been around my blog much at all you know I'm a huge fan of CBD oil. I've continued to use CBD oil nightly since I first tried it about two years ago and finally started sleeping easily and … [Read More...]
How musician Dan Reynolds deals with a Monster Pain in the AS
Celebrities are just like us is a truth that we often forget… and sometimes they do as well, but not Dan Reynolds, lead singer for Imagine Dragons. Dan hasn’t forgotten the struggles that he’s gone … [Read More...]
6 Tips for Surviving Work During a Fibro Flare
6 Tips for Surviving a Fibromyalgia Flare While Working by Suzanne Kopecki of FibroMomBlog.com Wait! Are you telling me that you have Fibromyalgia and you work? What do you do when you are … [Read More...]
What it means to Let Go
I often struggle with letting go. Letting go of things, letting go of feelings, letting go of attachments. This past year I've let go of a lot of physical things, as I've worked to minimize my … [Read More...]
Living With Chronic Pain in Denmark
Life in Denmark as a Chronic Pain Patient by Erik Hamre As chronic patients, we see sides of society that others don't. We get to become intimate with the quirks of the healthcare system, we learn … [Read More...]
