The Geek Who Understands You
Instructions for a Scientifically Correct, Data-Driven, Peer-Reviewed Study Concluding That Pigs Can Fly 1) You will need a sponsor for your study. This will be fairly simple if you request your funding from organizations (usually governmental or insurance agencies) which…
I talked about this issue a couple of years ago, but it was in a locked post. I’m repeating myself in some ways, but this time it’s public. I try not to whine TOO much. I hate whining. Pain is…
The site that has the pain scale that I’ve found very useful has started carrying fibromyalgia t-shirts. I’d like the one with this poem on it MUCH better without the sappy graphic, but I suppose it’s appropriate: Grant me the…
Eunice Beck, RN, on Coping with Flares and Mental Health I’m having an invisible spell again, or at least my disease is. Let me try to explain. In the first place, I’m in a major flare, which isn’t helping my…
This week: Horrid pain and fibro fog. Unexpected $420.80 in car repairs. More hassle from the financial aid department. $2-3k less financial aid than I was supposed to get, and none of it paid to ME yet. On the nicer…
I finally got around to subscribing to FM Network News and FM Aware Magazine. I’d been interested in both for some time, but I was reluctant to order publications that I haven’t ever had in my hands. My excuse, finally,…
Posttraumatic Stress, Fibromyalgia Linked Chronic Pain Condition Seen in Half of Veterans With PTSD I recently started thinking about FMS as possibly being the physical equivalent of PTSD. Your entire system is hypersensitive, which leads to all manner of problems.…
The Director of Financial Aid at SPSU called me personally, not because of anything related to her job. She heard something about a connection between fibromyalgia and celiac disease, and she wanted to let me know in case it might…
Awe-inspiring: Rainbow Spectrum Photo For fun: Gay Marriage is For the Birds I just did a massive reduction on my LJ reading list again. I cannot keep up with it, so communities, feeds, and people were cut. Please don’t take…
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