40 & Over: Living With Fibromyalgia
“I’ve got my ticket for the long way ‘round/The one with the prettiest of views/It’s got mountains, it’s got rivers, it’s got sights to give you shivers/But it sure would be prettier with you” -Anna Kendrick’s Cups/When I’m Gone
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 … Continue reading A Prayer of Sorts
“They tried to make me go to rehab/I said, no, no, no/Yes, I been black/But when I come back, you'll know, know, know.” -Amy Winehouse Outpatient Functional Restoration Program at my hospital, you had me at sleep hygiene! {I actually QUIT after two days! Wrong program for “young” fibro patients, to say the bleeping least} … Continue reading Rehab? Yes, Yes, Yes
Hi Team Jennifer’s Docs: I hope it’s okay to reach out this evening. {Well that was hours ago and none of you responded, f*ckity f*ck f*ck f*ck!}. I "overdid it" one day (so this is the punishment I get for enjoying my family?!), then had a terrible fibro flare over the weekend and per your … Continue reading The Barest, The Realest & The Hardest: The Kids
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"What you fear in the night in the day comes to call anyway/And we all get burned..."~Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman) by Counting CrowsI fell asleep before 9p after a terribly painful, long Sunday. Right side of the neck pain, specifically. Like someone pressing on a bruise or sore muscle, with no … Continue reading “What You Fear in the Night”
{Find a typo, get a scarf.} I stepped outside on this unusually cold for New Orleans morning to warm up the car for my daughters and immediately my neck and shoulders began to ache! I've been curious how the cold weather would affect my pain levels as this is my first fall/winter with an official … Continue reading OUCH, It’s Cold Outside
{Milkshake for typos.} I have ketamine infusions every 6th to 7th Friday. “No Diggity” by Blackstreet ft. Dr. Dre helps get me revved to go on my ketamine trip. Our family has a dance party to it plus some kiddo songs those mornings. "Diggity" is in my head as I mentally prep for an extreme … Continue reading Ketamine Friday (October Infusion): Play on Playette
{Fibro fog = typos. If you find one, I'll buy you a Hansen's snoball. "There are no shortcuts to quality."} Sometimes help and kindness appear unexpectedly. But before anyone can know how much you need it—hard as it can be—you have to let others in on your struggles and do the hard part: Ask. From … Continue reading How to Ask For Help
{Fibro fog = typos. If you find one, I'll buy you a District Donut.} At 37 (last baby was almost one), 38 (living with terrible pelvic pain), 39 (recovering from partial hysterectomy due to said pain), but by 40 I'll be golden, I thought: healthy, finally losing the baby and illness weight, working part time … Continue reading 40 & Over
40 & Over: Living With Fibromyalgia 