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.
These posts cover a wide range of topics – from coping mechanisms, to specific symptoms. As of 2019 I’m trying to write regularly about the condition too.
Thank you for reading! And feel free to get in touch if you want to add anything. Comments are only open for a short while to help stem comment spam. But I’m happy to add to my Fibromyalgia blog posts with any insights or tips you may have!
Having 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 university, leaving home, getting married and so on. I’m not referring to those, as challenging as they can be for anyone. I’m talking about […]
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 reason for needing to slow down even further was having a seizure at the start of the year, my second in […]
With 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 aims. Comfort food also helps from time to time, too. A year or so ago I decided to […]
Comm 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 intelligence and ideas. As she followed directions to the meeting room, Mar’yssi could not help but feel this was more a calm before a storm, rather than business […]
A 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 statements, however obvious the reply, is “Why?”. I simply replied something like “there are […]
