This week I'm happy to share the story of another Fibro Warrior. This week it's Shilo from East TN (another southern girl). Tell us a little about yourself: I am married and live with two spoiled cats in Tennessee. Before I started experiencing the initial symptoms of Fibromyalgia (my first and … [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:
Chronic Migraines and Cluster Headaches
Migraines have been on my mind a lot lately, both literally and figuratively. I started another period of cluster headaches about a month ago, and as I've talked with friends about my migraines I realized that I'm often finding myself defending my migraines (at least it feels that way). The truth is … [Read more...]
Fibro Warrior – Leida
This week I'm interviewing one of my readers, Leidamarie Tirado-Lee (Leida), from Chicago, IL. She was diagnosed in May of 2013, when she was 26 years old. She is inspiring me by continuing to work to complete her doctorate degree despite her illness. Tell us a little about yourself: I recently … [Read more...]
Spoonie Caregiver – Weldon Patterson
Changing things up a little again this week, I'm talking with a Spoonie Caregiver - Weldon Patterson. Weldon is the husband of my friend Beverly Patterson, who was also my very first Fibro Warrior interviewee. Weldon is 52 years old and lives in Madison, AL. Prior to moving to Alabama he lived in … [Read more...]
Fibromyalgia and Celiac Symptoms Overlap
Overlap in Fibromyalgia and Celiac Disease Symptoms Fibromyalgia isn't considered an intestinal illness, although many with fibromyalgia do also have digestive symptoms or irritable bowel syndrome and some have been diagnosed with other digestive disorders. However, the overlaop in fibromyalgia and … [Read more...]
Do you use your illness as an excuse?
I have a confession, I've used my illness as an excuse a time or two. I've said I had a migraine to get out of something or to leave something early. We've had an event or two that neither of us really wanted to attend, so I developed a migraine after we got there to give us an early out. On the … [Read more...]
Fibro Warrior Wednesday – Sara
This week's Fibro Warrior is Sara, from Alabama. She was diagnosed with Fibro in 2007, at the ripe old age of 21 (we've had a lot of young Warriors share their stories lately). Give me some basics... Are you married? Kids? Pets? Work? What do you enjoy? I’m married (9 years this fall!) with 2 … [Read more...]
30 Things You May Not Know About My Invisible Illness
I've had this 30 Things meme started for months, and kept forgetting about it. I'm finally posting it as part of the September Headache Disorder blog carnival (hosted by The Daily Headache). Also, Sept 8-14 is Invisible Illness Week, another good reason to share this. 1. The illness(es) I live … [Read more...]
Fibro Warrior – Sarah Woodard
This week's Fibro Warrior is Sarah Woodard from Nashua, NH. She is single and lives with her two kitties (Jim and Yodette). She works full-time, and enjoys martial arts, beekeeping, Reiki, reading, crossword puzzles, and knitting. She was diagnosed around 2000 at the age of 20, after having … [Read more...]
Fibro Warrior Wednesday – Nikki Albert
This week I'm getting to interview Nikki Albert. She's the author of one of the blogs that I love, Brainless Blogger. Nikki is from Alberta Canada. In addition to blogging, she enjoys reading, and writing both fiction and non-fiction. She is in a common-law relationship, and has three cats. She was … [Read more...]
