Today's Fibro Warrior is Donna Gregory, a freelance writer from New Castle, Delaware. She’s married and has several fur babies. Donna, tell us a little about yourself. I live in Delaware with my hubby, Morgan, and our fur babies. We have an old greyhound (retired from the track) and several … [Read more...]
My experience with chronic illnesses covers several different illness.
I hope that much of what I share on this blog can be helpful to anyone living with (or without) any chronic illness. However, my experience and my posts tend to be geared towards fibromyalgia, endometriosis, migraines, and IBS and my experience with those illnesses.
In addition to sharing my personal experience, I also try to share medical studies and general information pertaining to living with these specific illnesses.
Check out the posts below for information on the variety of chronic illnesses that I cover here, including:
Fibromyalgia with a capital F
Should Fibromyalgia be capitalized? Before I posted my Guide to Living with Fibromyalgia for my subscribers to read I had several friends read through it and edit it. One of those friends edited Fibromyalgia to be fibromyalgia, because technically it's not supposed to be capitalized. So, why do I … [Read more...]
Fibro Warrior – Lauren Gaskill
This week I'm interviewing Lauren Gaskill of Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia on May 7, 2015. But, she's been dealing with a whole lot longer than that. She's been living with chronic daily migraines, hyper-mobility, and Fibromyalgia for at least 3 … [Read more...]
Fibro Warrior – Gary of @FibroGuys
This week I'm interviewing Gary McArther - yes there are FibroGuys! In fact, he's started his own website/ blog dedicated to the guys with Fibro. Gary is from Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. UK. Tell us a little about yourself: I am 49 years old, married to my long-suffering wife … [Read more...]
Fibromyalgia and Working Memory
The Effect of Fibromyalgia and Working Memory Do you struggle to remember a phone number for the 30 seconds it takes to dial it? Is it difficult to switch from one task to another? Working memory is just what it sounds like it’s the memory you can work with at any given time, it allows you to … [Read more...]
Fibro Warrior – Alison Exelby
This week we are getting to know Fibro Warrior, Alison Exelby of Auckland, New Zealand. She was diagnosed with Fibromylagia in October of 2014 at the age of 36. But, she says she's had symptoms since June of 2013. She has a partner that she's been with for 3.5 years. She's a mom of two boys (ages … [Read more...]
Lifestyle Management with Chronic Illness
Lifestyle Management with Chronic Illness I don't know about you but I love a good Infographic, so when I was contacted about sharing this one related to Lifestyle Management with Chronic Illness, I said sure why not... well, as long as you don't mind me sharing my own thoughts about what is shared … [Read more...]
30 Things About My Life with Migraines
My post today is part of Migraine and Headache Awareness Month. You can learn more about this 30 Things About My Life with Migraines meme at dailyheadache.com. If you blog and live with migraines or headaches of any kind be sure to share your own 30 Things answers on your blog. If you don't blog and … [Read more...]
Frequency of Migraines in Fibromyalgia Patients #MAHM
Every so often a study comes out that just leaves me saying "well duh!" and I'm sure I'm not alone. This week I read one of those studies. I thought it was common knowledge that there was higher frequency of migraines in Fibromyalgia patients, that Migraine is a co-morbidity of Fibromyalgia. … [Read more...]
Why are so few men diagnosed with Fibromyalgia? (guest post)
Why are so few men diagnosed with Fibromyalgia? During my recent interview with @Fibro_boy (aka Leo) he brought up the rarity of guys being diagnosed with Fibro, and his thoughts were so insightful (again I'm amazed at how wise this guy is for his age) that I wanted to share them as a separate … [Read more...]
