As an avid traveler living with fibromyalgia, I have a set of travel rules for my travel days that I do not deviate from. Anyone living with chronic illness knows traveling can be daunting, and the last thing you want on a long travel day is...
Have you ever watched a particularly distressing news bulletin and then later noticed your fibromyalgia symptoms intensify? Or perhaps you’ve watched a video on...
As someone living with fibromyalgia, a question you may often ask yourself when experiencing new symptoms is: “Is it fibromyalgia or something else?” Sometimes the former will be true, and sometimes it may be the latter – it’s tricky to tell the difference! A great rule of thumb to follow is...
In the same way that your health care treatment plan needs to look at you holistically, you must do the same for your fibromyalgia diagnosis. Because when fibromyalgia invites itself into your life, it rarely comes alone. It often brings company with it as co-conditions, including...
Fibromyalgia comes with consequences beyond experiencing pain, fatigue, and other symptoms. After you’ve had it for years, especially, the people around you may assign you labels such as...
When your doctor diagnoses you with fibromyalgia, you receive more than a fancy label, a checked box on your medical record, and (maybe) a prescription for painkillers. You leave their office with an updated...
