CaringBridge

Please see my CaringBridge site, https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jenniferbcoleman/journal/view/id/5d9dc58a3f0a0388769e4279, for updates as this break from blogging has extended farther than expected. Gentle Hugs, Jennifer

Blog Break

Selling Snake Oil? No Thanks.

{Find a typo and I’ll gift you a snake charmer.} I "auditioned" a cognitive behavioral psychologist last week and finished my appointment feeling hopeful and happy. I so wanted to believe in him, and in the thing he said that I knew deep down couldn't be true: That he once helped a patient "cure fibro.” This week I …

Yes, Mom, They Do Hang Low

"Do your ears hang low? Do they wobble to and fro? Can you tie 'em in a knot? Can you tie 'em in a bow? Can you throw 'em o'er your shoulder Like a continental soldier? Do your ears hang low?" My Mom frequently sang this silly old song, often substituting "boobs" for ears. It's …

The Interviewee & Fibro Awareness Month

You can watch, re-watch, rewind, pause and come back to, fast forward, etc. my "let's be real about fibro" interview with Melissa of Support Fibro, link at bottom. It was very unusual for me to be the interviewee instead of interviewer. We covered many topics including the day I was diagnosed; what inspired me to …

7 Ideas to Help ME

After doing well for a while ("well" as in fibro- #spoonie-well, not pre-fibro well), I've been in a devastatingly bad way. Here's what I'm trying this time around: I was asked to join the Support Fibro Team: cue much needed, non-pill form happy hormones, and of course purple hair for Fibromyalgia Awareness Month in May! …

#PutFibroFirst

I made up a new hashtag: #PutFibroFirst Why?!: The Fibromyalgia Community, purple hearts and butterflies and all, needs a change. YESTERDAY. NOW. ASAP. This stellar video discusses the bittersweet truth of living with Fibro. If you want to help, please click the following link from the International Support Fibromyalgia Network to donate; it's our 1st …

4+ Reasons to Donate to #SupportFibro!

And it’s LIVE! 4 reasons to donate to our #SupportFibro fundraising campaign on INDIEGOGO: 1. Choose your PERKS! 2. Help fibro friends who live in chronic/intractable pain. 3. Check off mitzvah or good deed from your list of things to do for the day/week/year! 4. This non-profit brightens my life, connects me to people with …

A Prayer of Sorts

Yesterday I had a fibro flare from Hades due to a period of poor sleep while my daughters were sick on rotation. How many times can two kids pass a virus back and forth?! It was a TV binge, wear Husband’s b-ball shirt from the early 90s for comfort, Uber Eats pity-eat, and CBD cream …

11 Things I Did During March The Lion

I didn't know I needed a break from routine blogging in March until one and then two weeks passed without me sitting down to write. Being immersed in the #spoonie world has many and priceless positive benefits (empathy, helping, learning), but can also wear me down. I've felt better than usual on some days (not …