A "functional somatic symptom" is a symptom without an adequate medical explanation. When you have several of those linked together they called "functional somatic syndrome". A group of symptoms without an adequate medical explanation - Sound familiar? It should. Because if you have … [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...]
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...]
Time to stop surviving
I died at the age of 34. I was dead for three years but no one buried me. I'm thankful for that, because at the age of 37 I came back to life. Too often we spend our lives just surviving, just waiting for tomorrow. It's time to stop surviving and start living. My friend Jessica over at … [Read more...]
The 3 Ms of Coping with Chronic Pain and Fatigue
Coping with chronic fatigue can be difficult on the best of days. However much we struggle, we need to focus on maintaining a three important things in our life. I call these the three M's of Coping. Coping with chronic pain requires that you maintain relationships When you live with chronic … [Read more...]
How you can help someone who has Chronic Pain and Fatigue
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...]
Fibromyalgia and Herpes virus: Is there a connection?
Despite the instant negative reaction to the thought of the Herpes virus and the association with sexually transmitted disease, there are a number of different Herpes virus, including those responsible for Chicken Pox, Shingles, and Epstein Barr (mono). Even the ones with the most negative … [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...]
Alcohol & Fibromyalgia
The study making the rounds this week seems to show that drinking a few drinks a week (up to 1 a day) can help those of us with Fibro feel better. I've posted in the past that during some of my worst days I craved alcohol and having a drink or two definitely made me feel better. Of course, it's … [Read more...]
5 Part Treatment for FMS/CFS
Many of the top online nursing schools are beginning to realize the challenges of treating fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. They are teaching students about a variety of options, including the SHINE program. SHINE stands for sleep, hormones, infections, nutritional supplements and … [Read more...]
