Tag: fibromyalgia
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June 08, 2009 11:04 AM EDT --
I haven't been writing much the past week as my fibromyalgia has been really bad. It goes with the territory that there are flare-ups that cause one to do much less than normal and last week was . . .
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June 11, 2009 08:46 AM EDT --
I know I said in my last article that I would be on Gather more but sometimes life hands you lemons. I thought my fibro flare-up was waining but it has not been so.
The last few days I have experienced . . .
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June 11, 2009 05:00 PM EDT --
I was determined today to have a more positive attitude and do the things that make me feel better, mentally if not physically. My back is a little sore but I think I have come out ahead of the . . .
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January 24, 2009 02:42 PM EST --
What in the world is fibro fog?
by Marilyn Mackenzie
Someone asked,
"What is fibro fog? What's it like?
Big mistake,
Asking me that. . . .
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August 06, 2007 08:16 PM EDT --
Between my fibromyalgia and arthritis, getting up in the morning is usually a very slow and painful process. The walk into the bathroom has been complete torture. After walking around for a . . .
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February 07, 2008 01:03 AM EST --
Faces of Chronic Fatigue
By Marilyn Mackenzie
Those who suffer with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome look just like your mother, father, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, friend, neighbor. In fact, . . .
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March 22, 2008 08:52 PM EDT --
I just received the diagnosis, and I'm happy to have a name for my pain. (Is that a rhyme?) Anyway, I just stopped writing this to apply a heat wrap to one area of pain. I take . . .
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April 03, 2008 02:00 AM EDT --
I have fibromyalgia and lupus. My rhuematologist recently tried an old medication for my lupus, but it had severe side effects. It is also used for malaria, so it has been around for some time. Because . . .
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August 12, 2008 04:01 PM EDT --
I am expecting company tomorrow and have much to do but my body is fighting me today. The fibromyalgia has kicked up a notch and every time I do something I get a new pain. Please say a prayer . . .
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October 26, 2009 08:42 PM EDT --
I have recently started to feel worse. By recently, I mean since last Febuary. I thought I would start to feel better since I moved out of my mom's house. My mom is so much worse off than I . . .
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January 24, 2009 05:14 PM EST --
A Goal for 2009
by Marilyn Mackenzie
I don't believe in New Year's resolutions, and I've said so before. Check out this article, that appeared in two Texas newspapers . . .
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February 19, 2009 11:06 AM EST --
You know...
...maybe when you have thinned skin, it's not so smart to have pets in the house. With two dogs and two cats, it's almost impossible for a day to go by when I'm . . .
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December 07, 2007 12:42 PM EST --
This article is partially copied from a little booklet called The Bible Cure for Fibromyalgia, which for a short while was literally my Bible.
Fibromyalgia is actually a rheumatic type of disorder . . .
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August 07, 2008 07:03 PM EDT --
FMS or Fibromyalgia syndrome was recognized as a true illness and a major cause for disability in 1987. It is not curable, but it is treatable. . . .
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September 11, 2008 12:09 PM EDT --
I received this message today from the National Fibromyalgia Association. Please tell your friends and family, especially if they struggle to understand fibromyalgia. You might even . . .
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October 02, 2007 03:48 AM EDT --
Fibro stole my life..............
I used to be very active. I danced as a young woman. More recently I was a ceramics instructor. I did crafts, . . .
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October 17, 2007 10:04 PM EDT --
This is not the temporary pain of a stubbed toe. It is not the longer lasting pain of a headache.
This is a pain the grips your entire body. Muscles in your body ache. This isn't the ache of a . . .
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April 10, 2008 06:22 AM EDT --
I keep seeing those television ads about fibromyalgia and the new medicine that helps with the pain. The women all seem to be able to not only tolerate it well, but it works wonders for them.
The disturbing . . .
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September 21, 2008 06:00 PM EDT --
Imagine a life with fibromyalgia. It’s a condition that robs you of normalcy, and replaces it with pain.
Imagine the most exhausted you have ever been in your life. Now, imagine going . . .
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May 24, 2009 02:04 PM EDT --
Don't do that again.
"What?" you ask.
Don't take a two-hour tour of a cemetary (even a relatively small one) on a day with 84 degree temperatures and 90% . . .
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