When I’m 90 years old I hope to be like Betty White…on multiple levels. This was one of the thoughts I had last month while watching her 90th birthday special, followed by her new show, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers. She seems to enjoy and love life so much! At 90 I think it is safe [...]

I think one thing that living with fibromyalgia, or really any chronic illness, does is reinforce the old saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” The most obvious relation is that when someone has an invisible illness their appearance rarely mirrors how they are feeling. We may see a person who smiles and looks [...]

This month a study was published in Proceedings B that showed laughter’s ability to reduce pain. Sounds fantastic, right?! In multiple experiments, people were given painful stimuli, such as skin contact with very cold temperatures, difficult exercises and tightening blood pressure cuffs. Their pain tolerance was measured, both before and after participants watched video clips [...]

Being raised by parents with very high standards improved my work ethic and character in many ways. On the other hand, it has made not pushing the edge of what my body can do even harder. Before I had fibromyalgia I rarely let my body get in my way of doing something. It didn’t matter [...]