Can’t stop the feeling

by potofcallaloo - April 8, 2017April 8, 20178

Pre dental surgery anxiety flared, my IBS went crazy and I felt so so sick. My breakfast wanted to come up. And it sorta did. "It's just a routine thing, just a routine thing," I muttered to myself like a mantra. But anxiety is a hell of a thing. 87288

The stories we tell ourselves: overcoming my fear of drowning

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by potofcallaloo - December 4, 20164

Image by Tony Hisgett "Don't you smile that smile you're smiling at me," said my swimming instructor with a cheeky grin. I was smiling on the outside, but on the inside, I was crumbling with terror. I had told myself I couldn't do it. And made the mistake a few moments earlier by

73 ways to live with fibromyalgia

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by potofcallaloo - October 4, 20166

From medicines to natural remedies to ways of being, here are 73 of the ways I live with fibromyalgia. Forget surviving. We're talking living. Starting off in good order but then frantically mixed up in no particular order (thank you fibro frog fog). 87168

Review: TheraSpecs eyewear for light sensitivity & migraines (Sponsored post)

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by potofcallaloo - September 13, 2016September 13, 20164

*I have been given this product as part of a product review through the Chronic Illness Bloggers network. Although the product was a gift, all opinions in this review remain my own and I was in no way influenced by the company* When a migraine strikes, it can plague me for

Oh turmeric, how I love thee

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by potofcallaloo - August 2, 2016August 8, 20160

As a child I remember savouring the taste of milky turmeric tea, made fresh from the roots bought at our local markets, whenever we needed a ‘cleanse.’ 86992

Going bra-less…because of fibromyalgia

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by potofcallaloo - July 3, 201629

I haven’t worn a bra in almost six months. I mean not at all. Not to work, not going out anywhere, not at all. “Wow! That’s quite liberal of you” my friend said, when I told her. I stopped to think. Though it might seem so, I actually haven’t resisted the bra

Trialling the N:rem system for better sleep

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by potofcallaloo - June 13, 2016August 7, 20164

Perhaps this system’s biggest selling point is that it’s tailored to individual needs. The tablets can be shifted around in relation to one’s pain needs – a heaven-sent if one lives with an unpredictable chronic pain condition like fibromyalgia (fms)

How to live a fulfilling life with chronic pain

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by potofcallaloo - December 31, 2015August 6, 201621

Years ago when I was first diagnosed with fibromyalgia (fms), life got far worse before it got better. The truth is, at 24 years old I thought my life was over. Aside from living in pain and the bag-full of symptoms that come with fms, I had no energy, no motivation,

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