Fibromyalgia

 My life has changed In many ways. Each day is a bit different for me so I have had to become someone who takes life one day at a time

My Symptoms:

low-Energy; Sometimes I get up in the morning enthusiastic I am going to do this or that and I start full of steam so I think and all of a sudden I feel like a truck ran me over and I have to stop what I am doing and go rest. I seem to feel very frustrated and unhappy that I have to give up something I have decided on doing. That is disappointing to say the least. 

Pain; FIBROMYALGIA pain is unlike any other type of pain I have ever encountered in my life so far. There are a few types of pain I can describe for you that I have noticed in my day-to-day activities. .

Migrant Pain: This is the name I put to it because it is pain which comes and goes but can appear anywhere on your body at anytime and last as long as it wants to and go as quickly as it wants to go away. Not knowing where it will strike next is a little unnerving. Having pain appearing and disappearing at any time and any place it will, makes it difficult to control and renders you less able to endure it or to get used to having it because of the frequent change of location.

Tender Musculature: This type of pain is one that you get on your musculature that makes your muscles tender to the touch and you get residual pain in these areas even on your head and it hurts just to brush your hair at times. This is very different as pain goes, it's like touching a sore bruise that you have gotten but you did not hurt yourself to have a bruise and there is no bruise there where you are touching. I used to have long hair and I thought cutting it short would help and my head would no longer get painful but it has not helped take the pain away though it has made it easier for me to take care of and any help is good.

Inflamation: I get inflamation in my chest muscles when it is very humid outside for a while or I am tired so I try to get enough rest and to not expose myself to damp weather which is not easily done here in Nova Scotia. This pain feels just like a fresh burn, very hot and sore and there is not much to be done for it.  

Stiffness: this occurs when you stay in the same position when you sleep or sit for a long time. Sometimes you get up and it is very difficult to walk and is also very painful.  Like an elderly person you have to start your day moving very slowly to loosen up your muscles and not hurt yourself

Chronic Fatigue; Attacks can come at any time and can last anywhere from several hours to several days, you never know how long they might be. When this happens, it is hard to get yourself motivated to do anything except to get through the day without falling on your face. You might as well forget what you intended to do that day because it won't happen, all you will want to do is rest, well you won't want to but you will have no choice but to do just that because you will have no energy to do anything else.

Memory; I find it much harder to learn new things now because of this. It is very hard for me to learn new songs and I love music. It makes it difficult for me to get motivated at playing an instrument or singing now. I have to really make a big effort to do that. 

At times my thoughts are all a jumble, I just can't think clearly about anything, I can't concentrate when I feel tired and for someone who is well educated, well red not to be able to remember something or a word, the name of a book, an author, can be very frustrating for sure. You wonder if you are getting Alzheimer's.

I love to do crafts always have. Some days I will knit which I can only do for a while because of my soft tissue upper body injury and I make so many mistakes in the pattern I am knitting that I have to just give up and put it down, I just can't get the pattern right.

Fuzziness; I love to discuss different subjects with people I meet, current affairs, news, religion, music, technology, interesting subjects of conversation, travel etc. but now I have to be careful about those FUZZY days. I can take a phone me