‘Welcome to the dark side’ is what my friend at work (right behind me) says to me when I pop around her ‘side’ of the…
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Ten Must-Have FM Talks with your Partner
We can’t kid ourselves. Fibromyalgia is one of those complex conditions that can be really difficult to sum up adequately in a few lines and…
View More Ten Must-Have FM Talks with your PartnerMonstrous Migraines
There’s a wild party going on… in my head. And I’m not invited. And as every perturbed neighbour privy to unwelcoming noise reverberating from the…
View More Monstrous MigrainesMy Worse (Fibromyalgia) Nightmare
It is hard living in a body that won’t do what I ask it to. Coax it lovingly I must. Push it I must. And all the while try to be present and do what I have to do. Every single day I must.
View More My Worse (Fibromyalgia) NightmareBang, bang…Fibromyalgia Kills
Doctors had always said that fibromyalgia isn’t going to kill us. They mean it’s not a terminal illness. Our muscles won’t degenerate, and we won’t…
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Dating with Fibromyalgia
I don’t want anyone to think that I am fibromyalgia, or that fibromyalgia is me.
View More Dating with FibromyalgiaThe Creativity Killer
Fibromyalgia makes it so difficult to write a story with the right words, and paint a picture with the right colours.
View More The Creativity KillerFibromyalgia & Hypersensitivity
I’ve heard some sufferers call FM the condition where even hugs hurt. And it’s so true
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Concentrating with Fibromyalgia
There is an episode of The Simpsons where Marge is talking to Homer, and he appears attentive, but in his head, a monkey busily plays…
View More Concentrating with FibromyalgiaSleepless Beauty & the Beast
The hands on the clock ticked away dutifully. The seconds turned to minutes, and the minutes turned to hours. Yet, I was still there squeezing…
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