In honor of FMS/CFS Awareness Day 2006, here’s the very first Fibrant Living podcast! Fibrant Living Podcast #1 This is my first episode, and here are some links you may want to follow after listening to the show. National Fibromyalgia…
What Does “Fibrant” Mean?
It’s a word that I made up, combining “vibrant” and “fibromyalgia.” A fibrant life is one that is well-rounded, balanced, as healthy as possible, and has more joy than pain in it. The goal of this blog and podcast is…
I’ve Been Saying Fibro Fog Is Like Acquired ADD for HOW Many Years?
Distraction: Shedding Light on the Cognitive Underpinnings of Fibromyalgia Memory Loss Frank Leavitt, Ph.D. Frank_Leavitt@rush.edu Poor memory in fibromyalgia is probably one of its least recognized, but most disruptive forms of symptom expression. It profoundly affects the way people with…
Fibro/CFS Book Recommendation
Reminder to myself, for when I have $ for books—as well as passing the recommendation to others. During my visit with him this week, my pain specialist strongly recommended Jay Goldstein’s book, Betrayal by the Brain: The Neurologic Basis of…
Blogging for Fibro Research
I’m not sure how, but I came across Putting Perfection on a Curve this afternoon. She’s participating in Blogathon 2005 and donating the proceeds to the National Fibromyalgia Research Association.
That’s It
From http://www.hhv6.freeservers.com/cartoon23.htm : Q: “How has CFS affected your intelligence?” A: “Before I got it I used to always win at Scrabble. Now I lose at Candyland.” (Although I have more trouble with FMS than CFS, I’ve been diagnosed with…
How’d That Happen?
Something led me to start updating the fibromyalgia section of my website. One of the pages got longer and longer ’til I started breaking it up into smaller pages. Before actually uploading it to the website, I realized that it…
So What Do They Learn From a Sleep Study if You Don’t Sleep?
I got *maybe* two hours of sleep all Thursday night. That was verified by the monitoring tech. In fact, he came into the room around 3:30 and said, “Are you ever going to go to sleep?” Of course, I was…
More Evidence for What I Know Is True
First: Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are pretty much the same things. Which diagnosis an individual gets depends on the doctor she sees and whether she complains more about the pain or the fatigue. I’ve been diagnosed with both, but…
Whoops – FMS Awareness Day
I was too busy/tired/distracted to mention that May 12 was Fibromyalgia Awareness Day. Want a gift for yourself or someone with a chronic health problem? There are cool goodies here at the CafePress store for But You Don’t Look Sick!,…