Fibromyalgia
Probably since my early teens I have fought with pain. However I was only diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in my early twenties. If you want to know more, please see my Living with Fibromyalgia post. Otherwise please see my latest Fibromyalgia Blog Posts below.
Thank you for reading! And feel free to get in touch via my Twitter or Facebook page if you want to talk about anything in these posts.
The Fibromyalgia Used-To-Do Guy, Part 1Having had Fibromyalgia for probably over twenty-five years now, like many people without a chronic illness, life has changed many times over. But there are "normal" life changes, like going to univer...Read More →
Idiopathic Epilepsy and Fibromyalgia - Illnesses, Gotta Catch 'Em All!Many of you are aware of my reduced social media and blogging activity, since I posted about being spread too thinly. While a portion of that was attributable to higher Fibromyalgia symptoms, a major ...Read More →
Drawing Despite Chronic Pain - My Colourful JourneyWith chronic pain, you have to find your coping mechanisms, the things that speed up time or make it a little less distressing. As many know, gaming is one way that I usually achieve both of those aim...Read More →
The Sickness ConundrumComm terminals beeped quietly but persistently, the occasional astromech whirred through doing their daily tasks and the allies of the Alliance held their usual conversations and exchanged intelligenc...Read More →
I Don't Have Three HandsA few days ago, I had three drinks I needed to carry up to my office. I took one drink in each hand and told my three-year-old daughter I would be popping down for the last one. Her response to most s...Read More →
Fibromyalgia Poem: Where My Dreams Went to DieAs many of you are aware, things have been really tough recently. It's like almost all the major life events that are applicable to my circumstances have happened. Apart from moving house, but even th...Read More →
It's Okay to Not Be Okay - an Update from FJIt's okay to not be okay is a phrase that has long been part of how chronically-ill people relate to each other. However, it's only been in the last year or so that it has gained prominance. Even the ...Read More →
The Gaming Buffs and Debuffs of Fibromyalgia Sometimes trying to explain Fibromyalgia, my chronic pain condition, can be really difficult. The main problem is it's not just one thing, but a body-wide malfunction that causes goodness knows how m...Read More →
What's a Day With Fibromyalgia Like?From time-to-time people send me encouraging Tweets saying that I do a lot despite fighting Fibromyalgia. Although I do share about how bad my pain levels are, I really try to make sure it's only a sm...Read More →
Jedi's Journal - Edition 2 - August 2019Welcome to my second edition of The Jedi's Journal, my monthly round-up of new and updated blog posts this month. August 2019 was pretty busy and I somehow managed to do a lot, while simultaneously re...Read More →
Jedi's Journal - Edition 1 - July 2019 RoundupWelcome to my first monthly round-up of what FJ's been working on! This is Edition #1 of what I'm going to call The Jedi's Journal. Here I'll list all the new and updated blog posts and guides from th...Read More →
Depression and Fibromyalgia: Caring for Your Mental Health Through PainIt has been a long time since I blogged about living with depression. However my recent book review of I Had a Black Dog prompted me to do a long-overdue update. Depression is one of those conditions ...Read More →
I Had a Black Dog (Called Depression) - Book ReviewAs someone who suffers from depression as a by product of living with Fibromyalgia, I don't read books about depression. I mostly find them, well, depressing. Even books, or websites that offer advice...Read More →
When Social Media is a Force for Good The Tale of a RingSocial Media often hits the news for all the wrong reasons - and we do need to address those. But I'm not giving the negatives any airtime here, because I want to celebrate when Social Media is a forc...
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Symptoms of Fibromyalgia - My 14 Effects of Living with Chronic IllnessIt has been some time since I wrote about Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain. Now, thanks to planning and input from Patrons, I hope to get back into semi-regularly writing about Chronic Pain. I have had, ...Read More →
Fibromyalgia and Streaming Games - 5 Challenges and 5 EncouragementsI have been running my rather haphazard Twitch Channel for over a year now. I started by wondering if I could even "do" this streaming thing. I made the mistake of looking at successful streamers' fol...Read More →
CBD Oil for Fibromyalgia - Testing and Review of Oils and CapsulesCBD Oil for Fibromyalgia and other conditions is a fairly recent appearance on the landscape of self-treatment.. They can also be quite expensive, so when a company offered me some free samples of the...Read More →
You Behind the Illness - Who Am I Underneath the Fibromyalgia?In a break from my normal gaming or Fibromyalgia blogging, I've been meaning to write this one for ages. I came across it my accident - or someone tagged me into "one of those tweets" - and I've since...Read More →
Fibro My Arth Review - Fibromyalgia and Comedy? Heck Yes!In classic FJ style, I am attempting to write this post not long after having seen Carina Macleod's stand-up comedy act Fibro My Arth, about her life with Fibromyalgia. The reason it's classic FJ styl...Read More →
FlareDown Review - Helpful and Free Chronic Illness Tracking AppFor years I had been meaning to either create a spreadsheet or write my own basic applications (I'm a former web software programmer) to track the symptoms ofmy Fibromyalgia. Doing so could help me to...Read More →
What is a Pain Management Programme? How Can It Help Fibromyalgia Sufferers?In late 2017 I was put in a waiting list to take part in a Pain Management Programme. This service, aside from the others provided by the Pain Management Clinic, was recommended to try to look at the ...Read More →
Fibromyalgia - Where Do You Go When There's Nowhere to Go?The warning signs were already there really - when my doctor said "I have no more advice for you", I thought it was a lack of training, or awareness. A General Practictioner by definition can't be a s...Read More →
Living With Fibromyalgia as a Fighter, Father and Force UserFighting Fibromyalgia is a daily battle and one that often feels like being on the losing side. Here is my day in the life of a Fibromyalgia Fighter - taking one day recently and walking you through w...Read More →
Fibromyalgia: The Reason My SWTOR Content Has Slowed DownIt has been some time since I produced any meaningful content about Star Wars: The Old Republic. Aside from my usual approach of "don't blog unless you have something to say" principle, there are othe...Read More →
My State of Fibromyalgia, Gaming, the Universe and EverythingTo anyone who follows me on Twitter will know that a lot has been going on in my life, especially since the birth of our daughter last year. Things haven't been easy on many levels - the doctor is sti...Read More →
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