What is Fibro Feelings? My Fibromyalgia Awareness Day started off in a very fibromyalgia type way. The night before I unknowingly ate something bad at dinner. My IBS had horrid cramping, but after a few hours and a cup of chamomile tea I finally felt like I might be able to go to sleep. Of [...]

I remember the first time I saw the Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale. It was the year 2000, my freshmen year at college, and I had to go to the student health clinic. The nurse asked me what level of pain I was in and pointed to the handy face chart. At that time I [...]

What is Fibro Feelings? The last couple weeks I’ve been tapering off one of my medications and at the middle of last week I started taking a half dose. Of course, this is with permission from my rheumatologist. Over the last few days some of my bursitis pain sneaked back up, which is sort of [...]

What is Fibro Feelings? This week has flown by! I wish I could have gotten more done, but I got enough done to not be too disappointed. The week started off with with an appointment with my rheumatologist. He isn’t sure that all of the continuous pain that I’m having is my bursitis. For years [...]