#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 …

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Last Ketamine Friday (Of the Year)

A year ago this month my Dad and I had a blast (sooo kidding) in the ER as I fetal-positioned in fear and dire pain that turned out to be from an ovarian cyst (my spring 2017 hysterectomy was only partial so that I didn't immediately go into menopause). Last December marked the end for …

“What You Fear in the Night”

  "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 …

OUCH, It’s Cold Outside

{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 …

How Do You Warrior On? #fibrowarrior

When I was diagnosed in February 2018, I began to click around the online fibro community and came across #fibrowarrior as a battle cry. Fibro Warriors, how do YOU get out of bed on your worst days to do what you need or desire to do? I get out of bed because of my daughters …