What causes fibromyalgia? If we knew the answer to that we'd probably have a successful treatment that works for everyone. Unfortunately, There is no definite answer on what causes fibromyalgia, but there are plenty of theories. Long ago it was considered a type of arthritis (meaning it's in our … [Read more...]
My Story of Recovery from Fibromyalgia
It's been a decade since I became ill and was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I spent the first two years barely existing. Getting out of bed was a struggle. Thankfully, I did find some answers that helped me recover and return to a mostly normal life. My story of recovery from fibromyalgia Don't get … [Read more...]
How is fibromyalgia diagnosed?
How is Fibromyalgia Diagnosed? Up until recently, the primary method for how fibromyalgia is diagnosed was to rule out everything else, then if the doctor couldn't find any other cause for widespread chronic pain, he'd apply pressure to 18 "tender points" and if the patient reacted with pain to at … [Read more...]
Common Questions About Fibromyalgia
Living with fibromyalgia is difficult. I was diagnosed in 2010 and have been writing about life with fibromyalgia since. Over the years I've seen many questions about fibromyalgia from everyone... ranging from those who just know someone with fibromyalgia, to those living with it. Below are some of … [Read more...]
Using Genome Testing to Diagnose Rare Disease
Personalized Medicine. It's a concept that we occasionally hear about but it really hasn't become part of our culture in the way that it should. When I took statistics and learned about the "normal" bell curve it struck me just how important it is that about 20% of us are outliers. We fall … [Read more...]
Lupus 101: Guest Post
Lupus 101 I’m so privileged to be able to write this for Counting My Spoons, finally I can feel happy about spreading awareness, or at least my journey with it. I’m Cass a fellow blogger and writer who lives with multiple beasts at my side; the biggest is the wolf or SLE (Systemic Lupus … [Read more...]
Accepting Your Diagnosis
Acceptance is one of the five stages of grief, and it is not the first one. So, it's not a surprise that it's a struggle for many of us to accept our diagnosis. If you're like me, you've probably gone rounds with this, at times accepting your diagnosis only to follow it with another round of being … [Read more...]
Fibromyalgia Blood Test – Is it Real?
Back in March of 2013, I posted about the Fibromyalgia blood test that had just become available, nope not through your doctor, but through a company that believes they've isolated something that allows them to determine from your blood whether or not you have Fibro. It wasn't something that … [Read more...]
My Fibromyalgia Speech: What is Fibromyalgia?
As promised, here's the video of my Fibromyalgia speech. Heads up, turn the volume down. I have no idea how I got even close to an A on this (I got a B+). I'm actually a little embarrassed to even share this. Today, I'll be giving my second speech, this time on a project I was involved in … [Read more...]
7 Tips For Better Doctor Visits
I originally posted this back in May of 2010, but I thought my current readers may enjoy seeing it. After changing GPs in 2010, I realized that there were a few ways that I could help make sure that the transition went well, and take those same things into other doctors to make things easier for … [Read more...]
