by Jok | Dec 30, 2020 | Support |
Fibromyalgia is a big part of my life – but it’s not my whole life, it’s just a chapter in my story where recovery and healing aren’t my goals, or on my list of New Year Resolutions, but instead they are a way of life that has to be lived, whether I like it or...
by Jok | Aug 13, 2020 | Support |
Many believe fibromyalgia to be a modern-day ailment but in fact it’s been around for centuries albeit with names like rheumatism, neurasthenia, neuralgia, myelasthenia and fibrositis syndrome and are all recorded in medical journals dating back as far as the...
by Jok | Apr 22, 2020 | Healthy Mind, Support, Wellbeing |
Fibromyalgia is a complex central pain sensitivity syndrome characterised by widespread pain with no obvious cause for the pain, no recent injury, no known source for the pain and medically there is no explanation. Chronic pain is usually diagnosed after several...
by Jok | Mar 13, 2020 | Healthy Mind, Support, Wellbeing |
Living with fibromyalgia can be a very isolating experience. It’s a complex condition characterised by wide spread chronic pain, fibromyalgia brain fog, fatigue, heightened sensitivities and a host of other symptoms that fluctuate on a daily basis, not to...
by Jok | Mar 7, 2020 | Healthy Mind, Support, The Fibro Chronicles |
Thank you to Jane for her interview, here is her story Where does your story begin and what were the symptoms that concerned you prompting you to see your GP? It was ten years ago and during a very stressful time in my life, I was in my fifty’s and had been a...
by Jok | Aug 22, 2018 | Support
Living with a chronic condition like Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue can be isolating. This might be because we have had to leave our jobs, adding a financial strain, or we live in a rural location. At times we might just find it too hard to remain part of a social...