Tag: Fibro Fog
Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain LIFE Magazine
Recently the National Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Association (NFMCPA) released their inaugural issue of their magazine, Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain LIFE. I was so excited to check it out since I used to enjoy and rely on Fibromyalgia Aware, the magazine that the National Fibromyalgia Association used to publish. I think it is important for [...]
Posted: November 5th, 2011 under Organizations.
Tags: Elimination Diet, Fibro Fog, Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain LIFE Magazine, NFMCPA, Research
Comments: 7
One of my Favorite Tools: a Medical Notebook
Those of us living with chronic illnesses often have to go to the doctor more than the average Joe/Jane. Obviously, if we’re going to spend so much time with our doctors, we want that time to be as valuable as possible. Six years into my fibromyalgia diagnosis I created a medical notebook and I can’t [...]
Posted: May 31st, 2011 under Advice.
Tags: Fibro Fog, Health Journal, Medical Notebook, Medicine, Tools
Comments: 15
Thinking through the Fibro Fog
One of the problems those with fibromyalgia face is thinking through their fibro fog. Fibro fog is known by quite a few terms: brain fog, cognitive dysfunction, mental fog, mental fuzziness and dis-cognition. It manifests itself in an array of ways: confusion, forgetfulness, word mix-ups (seeing/hearing/saying one word instead of another), concentration problems, poor word recalls, [...]
Posted: February 21st, 2011 under Advice, Living with Fibro.
Tags: Fatigue, Fibro Fog, Medicine, My Philosophy, Pain, Sensitivity
Comments: 38
Fibro Feelings – Flu Vaccine Reaction
What is Fibro Feelings? Last Tuesday I got a flu vaccine. I hadn’t gotten one in a few years, but this year my doctor really thought I should get one. I had gotten the flu vaccination shot (TIV) the first four years I had fibromyalgia and never had any problems, so I figured I should [...]
Posted: October 28th, 2010 under Fibro Feelings, Organizations.
Tags: Fibro Fog, Flu, Headache, NFA, Vaccine
Comments: 13
