Rheumatologist today, classes if I can get to them (I certainly hope I can!). I’m hoping to get pain meds that are a bit stronger for the worst part of the flares, as I’m still not able to function then.…
Weird
According to the doctor’s scales yesterday, I’ve lost 12 pounds in the last 4-6 weeks. I don’t feel any different and don’t think I look any different. Most of my clothes are already worn loose, so I guess I wouldn’t…
PTSD & Fibromyalgia
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.…
Blessing
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…
Medical Records Help?
GAH! Does anybody have any idea how I’d go about getting medical records from a hospital that closed in 1996? Surely their records had to go SOMEWHERE! I’ve talked to the state regulatory people, and they say most hospitals don’t…
Personal Update
I don’t just feel like poo. I feel like poo that has been folded, spindled, and mutilated. So I missed my classes again. I resent that. I actually LIKE them! I did turn in my assignments via email, and I’m…
Slow to Start Today
I Made It!
I actually functioned for a day on my own, nobody driving me around or anything. Without taking a second dose of Provigil. Well, I needed one, but forgot to take it early enough that it wouldn’t keep me up all…
Away Jellyfish!
Cream may ward off jellyfish stings While I doubt Hilton Head’s economy is hurting in any way, this cream may help it. Around August (I think) each year, the jellyfish swarm to the extent that swimming is impossible without being…
Whine
I have to cancel the maids’ visit again, as they haven’t had mono before. Of course, with puny people in the house, we need their visit even more. Oh well. I’ll try to focus on having more unpacked and more…