Annette Atkinson Macdonald
Fibromyalgia
Navigating Love with Fibromyalgia
A lot of partners have trouble understanding the challenges you face with fibromyalgia. How does your loved one understand your condition? The best he knows how. How does your...
Marilyn Laureano
Fibromyalgia
Navigating Love with Fibromyalgia
A lot of partners have trouble understanding the challenges you face with fibromyalgia. How does your loved one understand your condition? All of my family supports me 100% but...
Kim Leaver
Fibromyalgia
Navigating Love with Fibromyalgia
A lot of partners have trouble understanding the challenges you face with fibromyalgia. How does your loved one understand your condition? They do not understand. How does your...
Vicki Jo Eaton
Fibromyalgia
If You or Someone You Love Were Able to Be Symptom-free for One Day, How Would You Spend the Time?
What would you do that you aren't able to do now? If I were symptom-free for one day? Only One? It would have to be a day that my husband was not working. Then we could do something...
Amy Patterson
Fibromyalgia
6 Tips for Staying Healthy this Fall
Autumn is a season of transition—particularly in temperature—that can often stir up the common cold and other illnesses. With kids going back to school it can mean they come home...
Vicki Jo Eaton
Fibromyalgia
Share Your Daily Self Care Goals
Self-care goal 1My number 1 self-care goal is to get enough sleep. Often this is difficult to do. I know that setting a routine bedtime and rituals help me sleep better. With...
Kathy Adatte-Ott
Fibromyalgia
Share Your Daily Self Care Goals
Self-care goal 1When I wake up each day and walk stiffly to the bathroom I see on my wall,"Today is a good day. " I use that quote to motivate positive thoughts immediately. It...
Amanda Drage
Fibromyalgia
How Your Life Has Changed with Fibromyalgia
Do you feel like fibromyalgia has changed you as a person? Yes it has big time. I am not me anymore. I feel 20 years older than I am because the smallest of everyday tasks is...
Anne walker
Fibromyalgia
How Your Life Has Changed with Fibromyalgia
Do you feel like fibromyalgia has changed you as a person? Yes, very much so. It took over my life. Has fibro limited your physical activities? How? Yes. Every time I try do...
Jill Aylott
Fibromyalgia
How Your Life Has Changed with Fibromyalgia
Do you feel like fibromyalgia has changed you as a person? Yep I'm a shell of my old self!!Has fibro limited your physical activities? How? Had to have my hair cut short as I...
Evelyn Barkley
Fibromyalgia
How Your Life Has Changed with Fibromyalgia
Do you feel like fibromyalgia has changed you as a person? Yes, it has. I’m not the same. I used to feel like I have turned in to a different person. Has fibro limited your physical...
Marie Neeson
Fibromyalgia
How Your Life Has Changed with Fibromyalgia
Do you feel like fibromyalgia has changed you as a person? Very much so. The constant pain and tiredness effects me both physically and mentally. My daily routine disrupted my...
Karin Crowe
Fibromyalgia
How Your Life Has Changed with Fibromyalgia
Do you feel like fibromyalgia has changed you as a person? Yes, completely. Has fibro limited your physical activities? How? Exercise, gym, walking, yoga, cooking (preparing),...
Karin Crowe
Fibromyalgia
If You or Someone You Love Were Able to Be Symptom-free for One Day, How Would You Spend the Time?
What would you do that you aren't able to do now? I would run and climb and grab things.
Rach Clarke
Fibromyalgia
How Your Life Has Changed with Fibromyalgia
Do you feel like fibromyalgia has changed you as a person? I get depressed very easily, where I was happy go lucky before. . . I also get in bad moods more often. Has fibro limited...
Marion Harris
Fibromyalgia
How Your Life Has Changed with Fibromyalgia
Do you feel like fibromyalgia has changed you as a person? Definitely. Has fibro limited your physical activities? How? Yes. I cannot use stairs or walk very far, and cannot...
Sharon Waddington
Fibromyalgia
How Your Life Has Changed with Fibromyalgia
Do you feel like fibromyalgia has changed you as a person? My body is in pain from morning to night. I am tired all the time, have no sex drive, weight gain, and can't organize...
Erika Higginson
Fibromyalgia
If You Were Able to Come Face to Face with Fibromyalgia, What Would You Say?
Go ahead. Vent your frustrations. Share how you persevere in the face of the everyday struggles of having fibromyalgiaGo away and leave me alone! I don't want you in my body....
Farzana Atchia
Fibromyalgia
How Your Life Has Changed with Fibromyalgia
Do you feel like fibromyalgia has changed you as a person? Yes, I am not the same person anymore. Has fibro limited your physical activities? How? Yes it affects my mobility....
Sue Corbett
Fibromyalgia
How Your Life Has Changed with Fibromyalgia
Do you feel like fibromyalgia has changed you as a person? Yes. I’m less bubbly, far less laid back. A bit more pedantic, argumentative, down. I used to be intelligent with...
