As you probably have guessed, I am not a trained medical health professional. What I am is a mom, a mimi, a retired teacher, a lover of nature and of music, as well as, someone living with chronic illnesses. I share my journey to provide some insight and hopefully ideas that may be helpful to others dealing with similar issues. Always, consult with your doctor before trying anything new. As I have mentioned in a previous post Navigating Life With Fibromyalgia with Healing Support: Interview with Elaine Merryfield: Author, Educator, Healing guide, I lean on Elaine’s wisdom in pursuing fully l ..read more

As you probably have guessed, I am not a trained medical health professional. What I am is a mom, a mimi, a retired teacher, a lover of nature and of music, as well as, someone living with chronic illnesses. I share my journey to provide some insight and hopefully ideas that may be helpful to others dealing with similar issues. Always, consult with your doctor before trying anything new. Early on a fall Saturday morning, I had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Michael Lenz over the phone.  He was hustling his teenage daughter into the car as he greeted me.  We talked on his drive t ..read more

Guest Post by Jade Bald My guest post author is not a trained medical health professional. Jade is a writer, a student of history, a fibro patient, and a cat mom. She shares her journey to provide some insight and hopefully ideas that may be helpful to others dealing with similar issues. Always, consult your doctor before trying anything new. Jade and I connected via Linkedin when she shared that she had recently learned that she was a HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON and that understanding helped her to finally understand why she had developed Fibromyalgia. In my search (the one anyone with a chro ..read more

Alternate Ways to Live More FULLY Once you get a diagnosis of fibromyalgia, it can be so confusing as to what direction to go when it comes to managing your health and trying to live your life as FULLY as possible. It’s especially difficult because most doctors really don’t have great suggestions. In the USA, there are only three FDA-approved prescription drugs: Cymbalta and Savella (antidepressants) and Lyrica (anti-seizure medication). If you research the side effects of these drugs, it can be a bit scary to agree to use them. That was how I felt. However, after 7-months of getting exceed ..read more

As you probably have guessed, I am not a trained medical health professional. What I am is a mom, a mimi, a retired teacher, a lover of nature and of music, as well as, someone living with chronic illnesses. I share my journey to provide some insight and hopefully ideas that may be helpful to others dealing with similar issues. Always, consult with your doctor before trying anything new. Through my work as a blogger and as a member of the chronic illness community, I am fortunate to meet unique, talented people who understand what life is like when living with chronic illness. I met Sarah ..read more

As you probably have guessed, I am not a trained medical health professional. What I am is a mom, a mimi, a retired teacher, a lover of nature and of music, as well as, someone living with chronic illnesses. I share my journey to provide some insight and hopefully ideas that may be helpful to others dealing with similar issues. Always, consult with your doctor before trying anything new. Original version posted on LDN RESEARCH TRUST website Last week, I did something I thought I’d never do again.  I backpacked for the first time in five years!  Fibromyalgia Walls Closing In As I ..read more

As you probably have guessed, I am not a trained medical health professional. What I am is a mom, a mimi, a retired teacher, a lover of nature and of music, as well as, someone living with chronic illnesses. I share my journey to provide some insight and hopefully ideas that may be helpful to others dealing with similar issues. Always, consult with your doctor before trying anything new. Two months ago, I met for the first time with Dr. Howard Schubiner, a Michigan physician and veteran pain research scientist. He has been treating patients with chronic pain for over twenty years. We met vi ..read more

As you probably have guessed, I am not a trained medical health professional. What I am is a mom, a mimi, a retired teacher, a lover of nature and of music, as well as, someone living with chronic illnesses. I share my journey to provide some insight and hopefully ideas that may be helpful to others dealing with similar issues. Always, consult with your doctor before trying anything new. I received an ARC of this book to read this past spring; I agreed to review it, but I did not agree to any type of review.  This is not a book I would generally pick up to read, but I sure am glad tha ..read more

As you probably have guessed, I am not a trained medical health professional. What I am is a mom, a mimi, a retired teacher, a lover of nature and of music, as well as, someone living with chronic illnesses. I share my journey to provide some insight and hopefully ideas that may be helpful to others dealing with similar issues. Always, consult with your doctor before trying anything new. Linda Elsegood is one of my chronic illness heroines! She is the founder of LDNRESEARCHTRUST.ORG. Her wellness journey and discovery of the use of Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) for her progressive Multiple scle ..read more

As you probably have guessed, I am not a trained medical health professional. What I am is a mom, a mimi, a retired teacher, a lover of nature and of music, as well as, someone living with chronic illnesses. I share my journey to provide some insight and hopefully ideas that may be helpful to others dealing with similar issues. Always, consult with your doctor before trying anything new. As is the case for every person living with Fibromyalgia, we were diagnosed by our symptoms and process of elimination. This means we have pain all over the body (also referred to as widespread pain), slee ..read more