The great experiment of finding my new work/life balance has actually gone well. Despite the job not being for me,…
Category: Fibromyalgia Management
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Rheumatologist
About seven years after my GP lazily agreed that my symptoms are due to fibromyalgia – and sent me on…
First Month
My first month in the new job is complete. I’m exhausted. Happy Mother’s Day to me, I’m alone with the…
Panicker
I lost sight of the mission. I do that. Often. I get buried by fatigue and pain and then spiral…
The Case for Meditation for Fibromyalgia
I wrote The Case for Meditation for Fibromyalgia before I found Yoga Nidra guided meditation and went down the rabbit…
First Week
I have written about my fears of starting work and how that will impact my energy levels, pain levels and…
What I Learnt About Fibromyalgia While on Maternity Leave
I have learnt a perhaps unsurprising fact in the year since I have either not worked, or worked less than…
It All Goes So Fast
It is all borrowed time. He grows. I have to work.
My beautiful baby is rapidly approaching toddlerhood. I am loving seeing him fly by these developmental milestones; clapping, crawling, walking, eating.
As intense and hard as it was, it was precious. This delicious creature whooshed into my life (well, no whooshing, pregnancy and labour took forever) but he came bowling in. He taught me so much.
I love. I strive. I plan. I do. All for him.
Tiny Mission – D-Ribose for Fibromyalgia (does it work?)
D-Ribose for fibromyalgia energy – what are the benefits? Does it work? Since the the seismic shift of moving cities…
Trigger Points and Fibromyalgia
Having been plagued by spots of extreme tightness on various parts of my body for years that numerous physical therapists have attempted to release and only ever achieved a small but fleeting degree of success, I am keenly interested in the study of trigger points.
I am reading The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief by Clair and Amber Davies.
I am loving it!