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Grieving And Chronic Illness (Fibro Gone Wild)

Sep 16, 2020 | Fibromyalgia Gone Wild

The medical community doesn’t talk about the grief. They don’t mention that at some point you’ll realize just how much your life has changed and it will hit you like a ton of bricks. They don’t talk about the despair and the anger–oh how...

You’re Not A Bitch For Setting Boundaries (Fibro Gone Wild)

Jul 30, 2020 | Fibromyalgia Gone Wild

It’s been a while since I’ve made a Fibro Gone Wild post, and that’s due in large part to my fibromyalgia, well, going wild. But also, I’ve had a lot of thoughts in my mind all tumbling around and chasing one another like puppies after a ball....

Hitting the Fibro Wall (Fibro Gone Wild)

Jul 8, 2020 | Fibromyalgia Gone Wild

Three amazing, productive days had me feeling on top of the world. This weekend and Monday were awesome. So much getting done that I’d taken care of my daily to do list and then had started in on the long to do list to catch up on before getting back to the main...

The Catch-22 Continued: Emotional Exertion (Fibro Gone Wild)

May 7, 2020 | Fibromyalgia Gone Wild

It’s ironic that I’m talking about this on a week where work has picked up tremendously leaving me too exhausted and in too much pain to do much at the end of the day. My writing producitivty has slowed, but does continue, and that to do list…it...

The Catch-22 of Moving More (Fibro Gone Wild)

Apr 29, 2020 | Fibromyalgia Gone Wild

It’s a running joke in the chronic illness, but especially fibromyalgia (along with other diseases) communities that if we all had a dime every time we were told to “do yoga’ we’d be filthy rich beyond our imagination. And to some extent,...

Brain Fog When Your World Is Topsy Turvy (Fibro Gone Wild)

Apr 15, 2020 | Fibromyalgia Gone Wild

To manage brain fog, I rely on schedules, systems, and spreadsheets. I put my reliable, responsible Capricorn nature into overdrive and schedule myself each day, each hour, with to do lists, plans, and routines. And this worked…for a while. Now that my world is...