HOW TO SPOT SOMEONE WITH A CHRONIC ILLNESS
Do you know how to spot someone with a chronic illness? Grab your binoculars, looking glasses, and detective kits, because today I am going to share how to spot someone…
Fibro Life may be tough, but so are you
Life with one or more chronic illnesses is tough. Life with chronic pain is tough. Life, whether you are chronically ill or not, is tough. But I have news for…
100 Symptoms of Fibromyalgia
There was a site that had this and I had linked to it on Tumblr but it is gone. So I had to hunt down someone who found my post…
Can hypermobility increase pain in Juvenile Fibromyalgia syndrome?
Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2012, states Juvenile Fibromyalgia (JFM) is correlated with 40% of children and teenagers who also have benign hypermobility (HM). In fact, in adults hypermobility is an…
You are not your illness?
You are not your illness I always have a bit of a problem with these statements. On the one hand, yes, I don’t want to be defined by my illness…
Fibromyalgia and chronic pain in danger of being labeled a mental disorder
There has been a great deal of concern over the addition of Somatic Symptom Disorder’s (SSD) addition to the Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) because of the potential for…
The scary truth about our pain problem- Canadian Chatelaine article
The scary truth about our pain problem““In Canada, pain is under-recognized and under-treated,” Lynch says. “And that’s all pain, whether it’s due to trauma, surgery, illness or disease. It includes…
Job interview, migraine fog, and bad word days
I find bad word days to be annoying… like my brain is stuttering and simply cannot find words. Which leads to trailing sentences, inability to name objects and word substitutions.…
New criteria proposed for diagnosing fibromyalgia
“The tender point test also has a gender bias because men may report widespread pain, but they generally aren’t as tender as women. Fibromyalgia may be under-diagnosed in both men…
Fibro Flare: Canada Day
My man and I went out to see the Canada Day concert and Fireworks. I was determined to do so despite the migraine I had that morning. One of those…
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