This post was so negative that I decided that I must find something somewhat positive to balance every negative. Positive: Cobb’s library website lets me ask it to notify me when they get in new materials by particular authors or…
A Decent Explanation of What It’s Like to Have Fibromyalgia Syndrome
A letter to the healthy world from the land of chronic pain and fatigue A LETTER TO THE HEALTHY WORLD FROM THE LAND OF CHRONIC PAIN AND FATIGUE If you were born with healthy genes, you may know me, but…
Body Chart to Track Pain
I looked all over the place today for images I KNEW I had on my PC, and couldn’t find them via Google, either. They’re for a chart that you use to record just where you’re feeling pain. I think I’m…
What If You Weren’t Just Average?
I’ve been wondering about something for a while. I figure it’s likely to sound fairly conceited, but there ya go. Measures of disability, like strength, flexibility, or endurance loss—even the IQ or memory tests given to depressed people sometimes to…
Silly Horoscope/Colors/Cleaning
I laughed out loud at this, so I figured I’d give y’all a chance to do so, too: Dear Cynthia, Here is your horoscope for Friday, February 13: You’re the black cat that crosses everyone’s path, purring all the way.…
Sundayness
I’ve just finished reading Seduced by Moonlight, the new Merry Gentry novel from Laurell Hamilton.
Feeling Better
The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers not because he is obstinate but because he knows others worthy of consideration. –Allan Bloom I don’t agree with MoveOn.org’s push to ask CBS…
Pain Meds!
Happily, the GP visit was much more productive than the rheumatologist visit yesterday. I have pain meds and muscle relaxants. I feel much better, but I’m so woozy that I’m fairly useless. The nurse warned me not to take the…
Another Doctor
Dammit. I went to the doctor yesterday because I was trying not to put it off ’til I was crying and unable to do anything at all due to the pain. Getting the runaround from the rheumatologist made that effort…
Wednesday Warbles