Archive for July, 2010
Fibro Feelings – Pain at Airport Security
What is Fibro Feelings? And now for an experience that The Helpful Hubby and I will never forget: The last day of our trip we had a morning in Amsterdam. For 4-5 hours we walked around the city. For the previous few days of our trip my feet had been in excruciating pain every minute. I [...]
Posted: July 28th, 2010 under Advice, Traveling.
Tags: Air travel, Fatigue, Feet, Medicine, Pain, Stress, Wheelchair
Comments: 10
Tips & Tools for Traveling via Airplane – Part I
Since I’ve just gotten back from Switzerland, I thought it’d be a good idea to write a post with some of my tips for traveling via airplane. Traveling is rough on anybody, but especially those with fibromyalgia. My travel preparations start long before the day I travel. I would say the most important thing for [...]
Posted: July 26th, 2010 under Advice, Traveling.
Tags: Air travel, Back, Luggage, Medicine, Pain, Tools, Wheelchair
Comments: 12
Fibro Feelings – Traveling to Switzerland
What is Fibro Feelings? Recently The Helpful Hubby and I went to Switzerland. I wasn’t sure how to expect my body to respond and it did better in some ways, worse in others. I was having a horrible time with my IBS the 72 hours before we left – probably due to the stress of [...]
Posted: July 22nd, 2010 under Fibro Feelings, IBS, Traveling.
Tags: Air travel, Ankle, Back, Edema, Fatigue, Feet, Headache, Leg, Pain, Wrist
Comments: none
Communicate how You Feel Using Marbles
Years ago The Helpful Hubby and I took a class on living with fibromyalgia offered by my then local branch of the Arthritis Foundation. Our teacher, who also had fibromyalgia, taught us how we could use marbles to communicate how we feel. The idea is that you take a glass jar and fill it with [...]
Posted: July 19th, 2010 under Advice, Communication, Living with Fibro.
Tags: Fatigue, Fibro Fog, Flare-up, Pain
Comments: 7