These are the most recent flowers my partner brought home with the groceries, photographed by my sweet and talented daughter.
Empowered by a microphone
I gave myself a gift today: a headset with my very own microphone for the podcast. It isn’t as fancy as the one that I was using, which is my partner’s Very Nice (read: intimidating) microphone. That one, though, sits…
Get Well Soon… or Be Eternally Damned!
Great cartoon from Ragged Edge. I want to get that notepad printed up! The magazine also has an excellent blog and some very good articles. I just finished reading their spotlight on invisible disabilities, which linked to the cartoon. There’s…
Consideration for ourselves, changes in podcast format
It seems that many of us who suffer from fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue are perfectionists. I know that I am. One of fibromyalgia’s harder lessons has been pacing myself and adjusting to changing (but always lower than before) energy levels…
Flowers Fighting Fibromyalgia!
Originally uploaded by ChatOmbre. This is one flower of the lovely bouquet in my living room right now. Sam knows how much I value fresh flowers, so he usually brings them to me every week or two. Katie knows that…
Technical difficulties
We’re having some problems with our recording equipment, but we’re working to overcome them and get a new podcast out soon!
The glory of pain management
I’ve been almost afraid to talk about it, but last week my pain management doctor prescribed breakthrough pain medication for the first time. I’ve been leery of taking it too often, so I’m taking it once every few days instead…
Stress during pregnancy may lead to increased risk of fibromyalgia for baby girls
From a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Press Release about findings being presented at the International Congress of Neuroendocrinology June 19-22, 2006: Stress during pregnancy may put baby girls at later risk for fibromyalgia New research suggests girls who…
For Pila: How to Make Your Own Podcast
I was absolutely delighted to receive phone comments from Pila this weekend! I’ll play them in the next podcast. Pila also asked about how he would go about getting started with doing his own podcast, so I’ll put on my…
Sleep ’til you wake
When’s the last time you just slept ’til you woke up? No alarm clock, no agenda, no hungry pets—just listening to your own body? Try it this week. In fact, do it at least one day each week. It will…