Boundaries are a difficult business to negotiate when you have chronic pain and fatigue. But when you’ve spent the better…
Tag: chronic pain
High-Pain Week
My bed is more like Grand Central Station than a rest stop. I go to the bathroom 1-3 times, depending…
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…
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.
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!
What They Don’t Know, Or Some Encouragement
There are a great many things those people in the lives of chronic pain and fatigue sufferers will never know. They’ll never know much harder it is to do those things that everyone else takes for granted. How many days we spend miserable, not wanting to be awake, but knowing that going to bed won’t help. The extent of our pain.
Food, Body Image and Fibromyalgia
There are some serious struggles involved with having a chronic illness, especially one that heavily impacts your energy levels. I…
Overwhelmed: A Book Review
I am reading Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play when No one has the Time by Brigid Shulte. Well, reading assumes…
How I Decided to Have a Second Pregnancy with Fibromyalgia
Having a baby is a tremendous (and rewarding) undertaking, particularly when you have chronic pain and fatigue. My first pregnancy…