What is Fibro Feelings? Recently The Helpful Hubby and I participated in our local Arthritis Walk through the Arthritis Foundation. Although we have been involved as participants before, this year I joined the volunteer event committee and The Helpful Hubby volunteered at the walk. The day before the event I tried to reserve as much [...]

What is Fibro Feelings? Shortly after I wrote my post on sensitivities I watched, Sherlock Holmes. There is a scene at the beginning of the movie where Holmes waits for Dr. Watson at a restaurant. Holmes began looking around, making observations about his environment and the things in it. First he listened to a couple having a fight, [...]

This post is a continuation of my post on the National Fibromyalgia Association Coping Seminar in Seattle. Here I will further discuss what Lynne Matallana spoke about at the seminar. After being reminded of the location of her power point clicker, Matallana said, “I have to be reminded of things.” I started smiling and thought, [...]

For people with fibromyalgia sensitivities to light, sound and touch can greatly alter their day to day lives. Bright lights, sounds that are numerous or loud and even light touch can trigger pain and cognitive difficulties quickly. This is an area that I feel is harder for those without fibromyalgia to understand. For the light sensitivity I would compare [...]