The mainstream medical mindset is that fibromyalgia is a permanent condition that typically gets progressively worse. That’s probably true, if you don’t change whatever is making you sick in the first place. Bear in mind that I’m not a doctor. So I can’t diagnose or give medical advice. All I can do is share myRead more
There’s a lot of frustration in the fibro community. If you spend any time on Facebook groups devoted to this condition, you’ll pick up on it immediately. People are looking for a cure. They’re desperate. They want their doctor to give them something to make it go away. They want to feel better. They hopeRead more
I’ve lived with widespread body pain for more than a decade. However, I’m one of the lucky ones. I don’t have pain in my hair or my scalp. Lately, I’ve seen pictures on Facebook of women who’ve saved their heads. They did this, they said, because of hair pain. This problem appears to be aRead more
At one time, my chronic pain was so bad I had trouble walking across a room. My right leg didn’t move well. So I needed to drag it. I had a visible limp. The pain was excruciating. I planned to recover from this. If I didn’t, I knew I’d have to accept it as God’sRead more
If you’re reading this, you probably suffer from chronic pain. There’s also a good chance your condition was preceded by some sort of trauma. The connection between chronic pain and PTSD is real. There’s now a small but growing body of research that links these two conditions. Fibromyalgia and trauma is also a two wayRead more