Archive for the ‘Fibromyalgia’ Category

Not Dead Yet!

I haven’t given up on this blog, either. Or even the long-missing pod­cast! I don’t know why I haven’t posted in so long, hon­estly. I’ve been in a very quiet time, but it’s time to leave the shell. I have had more health prob­lems, and I’m on more med­ica­tions now. I’ve added a wheel­chair to the […]

November 24, 2007  Tags: blogging, Fibromyalgia, hiatus, return  Posted in: Communication, Fibromyalgia  No Comments

The Syndrome Syndrome

My good­ness. I think some­body over at Home on the Strange might have encoun­tered one of those peo­ple who makes life so hard for those of us who really have invis­i­ble dis­abil­i­ties! Go on over and read the comic. I don’t want to spoil the surprise!

April 4, 2007   Posted in: Attitude, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Education, Fibromyalgia  4 Comments

Will there be a cure?

I responded to a post in a friend’s Live­Jour­nal, in which she talked about a friend of hers who has just been diag­nosed with chronic fatigue syn­drome. Her friend was very upset that my friend didn’t believe there is a cure for fibromyal­gia or CFS (at least, there isn’t one right now). This is part […]

December 11, 2006   Posted in: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia  14 Comments

Researchers say pain from fibromyalgia is real

Not that it’s news to those of us who have it, but it’s good to be val­i­dated! Fibromyal­gia often has been mis­di­ag­nosed as arthri­tis or even a psy­cho­log­i­cal issue. Increas­ingly, though, the sci­en­tific knowl­edge about fibromyal­gia is grow­ing, and a new paper from the Uni­ver­sity of Michi­gan Health Sys­tem says there are “over­whelm­ing data” that […]

December 1, 2006   Posted in: Fibromyalgia, From the news, Neurology, Pain  11 Comments

Episode 4

Episode 4 The first episode in the new, shorter for­mat, recorded on my very own micro­phone. Thank you for your patience in wait­ing for it! Most of today’s show is about audio enter­tain­ment and infor­ma­tion, which is great when the fatigue is so bad that lis­ten­ing is one of the few things we can do. Links: Audio […]

Fibrant Liv­ing 4: Audio Enter­tain­ment Play Now | Play in Popup | Down­load

October 29, 2006   Posted in: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Pain, Podcast, Relaxation, Resources  No Comments