I had a good day yesterday, a really good day. It was the kind of day when the pain and fatigue of Fibromyalgia is just faint background noise. Like the noise from the street that you have to really listen for to even remember it is there. And my head! My head was oh so clear and cognitive. Every thought and memory came with clarity and ease. Yesterday was a great day, a day of possibility and I was awake and alive for every moment of it. So I embraced yesterday. I took full advantage of yesterday. I used yesterday to its fullest and enjoyed every second of it. Yesterday is the reason I have … [Read more...]
Verifiable Evidence That My Brain is Abnormal
Over the years my sister and I have learned it is better and more fun to laugh about life’s predicaments rather than cry. We have numerous inside jokes, and fibromyalgia is fair game when it comes to our humor. Anyone who suffers from FM understands that your once fertile and competent brain becomes a mush of confusion and incoherence. The corresponding joke is that I “used to be the smart sister.” It is true. I was once her “go to” whenever she needed an answer on most anything. But since developing FM I have been reduced to the baby sister she feels the need to shelter and protect. I have … [Read more...]