How has fibromyalgia affected one of the best-selling musical artists of the 21st century? In “Gaga: Five Foot Two,” a documentary published on Netflix this month, Lady Gaga describes the pain that has characterized her life with fibromyalgia for the past half decade. “I have pursued this pain for five years,” said Gaga. “It can still be me, and when I…
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Friendships that fade when you are chronically ill ,,,
Living with chronic back pain has been a challenge to say the least. Then discovering that I was extremely exhausted and my body physically hurt and hurt so badly because I have fibromyalgia was devastating for me to understand and eventually learn to live with, I am still learning. It is moments like this that we need our loved ones a…
Exercise away from your fibromyalgia pain
Exercise is very powerful. It is said that a medication that improves our health as much as exercise does would simply be the best of all. However, if you have fibromyalgia, moving your body a few days is a great job. However, fibromyalgia expert Kim Dupree Jones, RN, PhD, a professor in the nursing school at Oregon Health and Science University…
New signs and symptoms of fibromyalgia in women
When it hurts, your brain is the first to know. The nerve signals travel from the problematic point of your body through the spinal cord to your brain, which senses these signals as pain. It is a warning that something is wrong. As you heal, the pain improves and eventually disappears. But if you have signs and symptoms of fibromyalgia, it hurts completely even…
Fibromyalgia . it,s actually Pituitary damage!
Case study – 28 yo mother of 2… * Hot flashes/night sweats * Hurt all over – joints are killing her especially hips * Numbness & tingling in toes, feet & fingers * Muscles hurt especially between shoulder blades * With any physical activity – she struggles w recovery the next day * Terrible insomnia Fibromyalgia is… really simple… pituitary…
Mother fears that 9-year – old son will die after the hospital blocks his own consultant from prescribing him medical cannabis despite 300 seizures a day.
Joanne Griffiths says the decision threatens her son, who has been admitted twice this year with a suspected fractured skull. A mother condemned Alder Hey Children’s Hospital for denying her epileptic son’s medicinal cannabis, which she fears he could die without it. Ben Griffiths is currently being treated after his condition deteriorated and he started to have up to 300…
What is a fibromyalgia outbreak?
The second most common question that people who live with fibromyalgia (or any chronic invisible disease for that matter) be asked next to What is fibromyalgia is what is a fibromyalgia enlargement? If you know someone who lives with this disease, then you have probably heard of them at one time or another that they are experiencing a “surge”. Trying to articulate what you…
Morgan Freeman Says Weed Helps His Fibromyalgia: ‘I’ll Eat It, Drink It, Smoke It, Snort It’
Imagine a movie with an older black man sitting around smoking weed and discussing the joys of it, starring Morgan Freeman. Or better yet, just imagine in real life Freeman sitting back in his living room with all this weed. Every different type and strain you could possibly imagine. Because in a recent interview with the Daily Beast, Freeman explains that…
Polyneuropathy: Nerve Damage and Fibromyalgia
Many people with fibromyalgia suffer from a range of additional illnesses. One of the tragedies of living with such a miserable chronic pain condition is that not only is it debilitating by itself, it also leaves you vulnerable to developing a lot of other conditions. And one of the most common conditions that people with fibromyalgia suffer from is polyneuropathy.…
23 Truths People With Fibromyalgia Wish Others Understood
Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder that affects an estimated 10 million people in the United States, according to the National Fibromyalgia Association. It’s unpredictable and symptoms vary, but it’s generally characterized by chronic widespread pain, fatigue, abnormal pain processing, sleep disorders, fatigue, problems with cognitive functioning, migraines, anxiety and depression. Symptoms come and go, and no cure exists, but experts…