If you have a spouse or loved one living with chronic pain or chronic fatigue, you may feel useless at times because you can't ease their pain, you can't make them physically feel better. Often you want to do something or at least offer advice just in hopes that it might help them feel better. … [Read more...]
Requesting Disability Accommodations
I made the huge leap and went to the Disability Services office at my University. I had no idea how they might be able to help me, or if I even really needed help, but I decided that it was better to ask, then to wonder. Before, I went I downloaded their forms and did a little research on common … [Read more...]
Ask For What You Need
When I was 17 I'd just moved back to AL and I needed a job. I'd graduated the year before and spent the last six months in Michigan with family. After several months of looking I walked into Shoe Carnival. If you've never been in a Shoe Carnival (especially back in the early-90's) let me describe. … [Read more...]
13 Commandments of Fibromyalgia
It seems there is a 10 Commandments for everything these days. As I was reading The Happiness Project, her mention of her Commandments for Adulthood, got me thinking about what the 10 Commandments of Fibromyalgia would be. As I thought about it, I realized that I could not stop at 10, instead I … [Read more...]
11 Things Those With Chronic Illness Need to Do
11 Things Those With Chronic Illness Need to Do 1 . Say No- "Just Say No", it's more than a slogan. Unfortunately, it's an ability that many of us simply don't seem to have. One issue that many of us with Fibro have is that we've said yes to everything our whole life. We are all a bunch of Ado … [Read more...]
Helping your spouse understand Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia and Marriage: Helping your spouse understand Helping your spouse understand your needs will go a long way to making your life easier and less stressful when living with fibromyalgia. Being sick, I felt like I shouldn't constantly tell him how I really feel, that he didn't … [Read more...]
