The past 48+ hours Lucas has been running a pretty decent fever. It is now 1AM and for the second night in a row, he is awake and not happy. I don’t know if he has passed germs to me or if it is just the lack of sleep causing a fibro flare up but […]
Find Support with Lifescript Fibromyalgia Health Center
Having fibromyalgia comes with alot more than a diagnosis. There is no cure for this pain syndrome and you will often meet many that don’t understand or the doctors that are less than understanding. It can be beyond frustrating living with fibromyalgia and not having very many that understand. If there’s one thing I’ve learned […]
Rib Pain really does impact your entire life.
This post is me being a whiny baby probably. I’m discouraged and frustrated. The rib pain continues. No matter what, nothing is helping. It takes me forever to get to sleep as no matter where I lay. I struggle through picking up the twins and by the end of the day, I’m moving slow when […]
Anxiety of Pain Management Appointments
Tomorrow marks another trip to the pain management doctor. I’m scared. Then again, I’m always scared. There’s an anxiety from pain management appointments that is to be expected. Hello, you’re going into a place knowing you are likely to be getting a TON of injections or an injection that goes far into a muscle, joint, […]
Working Out with Fibromyalgia
Working out and staying active can be a hard struggle when you have fibromyalgia. Dealing with the pain issues and fatigue, you can quickly find yourself out of shape. Add in being a busy Mom and having twins and things quickly stack against your favor. We live in a small town and fortunately, our town […]
Fighting with Adult ADHD
My day has been awesome. I made myself get up and go back to the Wellness Center in our town and work out and doing so, I ended up feeling amazing. More awake, more alert and then boom. Nope, sorry, you suck Jenna. I have Adult ADHD. Weeee right? Shiny penny. Purple chicken. On top […]
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Support Pages on Facebook
While Fibromyalgia impacts between 3 and 6 million Americans, there still is too much “unknown”. You can’t say “I have fibromyalgia.” like someone might say “I have asthma.” People just don’t get it. Fibromyalgia pain is real. At one point in time, fibromyalgia was a diagnosis given to anyone with chronic pain that could not be explained. […]
Chronic Daily Headache and Chronic Pain
Well, my headaches are back 110%. I previously have been diagnosed before with chronic daily headache and sure enough, that is what’s happening right now. Last week, I was in the doctor’s office twice. No relief. We started a new medicine and it has done NOTHING to hit the headache. I’m sick of taking medicines […]
Headache Flare
I’m in a headache flare. It’s not fun. I’ve had two visits to my doctor already this week. Praying it will just go away on it’s own. I think we’re looking at another visit to neurology soon. Fibromyalgia and invisible illnesses SUCK. I saw something on Facebook though that made perfect sense. “You might not […]
Fibro Fog Sucks
The past few weeks, I’ve been fighting fibromyalgia like no other. Headaches, the “Duh” moments, the body pain. It sucks. I am here. I’m slowly but surely trying to get some awesome posts up for you! I appreciate those that can understand that sometimes, my brain just does not work the way I want it […]
TENS Unit, how you mock me
Pain sucks. There’s no way around it. Whether you have a high pain tolerance or a paper cut can make you cry, no one enjoys it. After epidurals and SI joint injections didn’t work and I’m at the “Max” for steroid injections currently, the doctor said, “Let’s get you hooked up with a TENS unit.” […]
Being in Pain is Miserable
Pain is a vicious cycle. One that can really truly disrupt everything you need to get done in a day. Take for example right now, it is 3:45 am and I am awake. I have tried to sleep but I’ve been awoken by stabbing pain in my hip and back shooting all the way down […]
Another SI Joint Injection=More Pain
I do not know why I agree to let the doctor do this, especially knowing how I hurt the first time around. I am know three days post-injection and I am regretting once again allowing the doctor to give me the “Let’s see if this will work”. My leg is burning, my hip joint feels […]
It didn’t work
I wrote about the sacroiliac joint injection I had and that by ten days, we’d know if it would work or not. It didn’t work. I have now been fighting this pain attack for 2+ months and it has gotten unbearable. While many people tell me to rest, my response is simple, I have kids, […]
The Twin Pregnancy
Posted by Virgil Burks When I was pregnant with the twins the doctor wanted to be overly cautious. Since I was 37 it was a pretty high-risk pregnancy as it was and the fact that it was two babies made it all the more complicated. He put me on bed rest when I was only […]