by johannasr2 | Jan 16, 2025 | Education, Fibromyalgia, Health Care, My Illness, Psychology
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by johannasr2 | Jan 9, 2025 | Change, Clarity, Communication, Fibromyalgia, My Illness
I saw the ad somewhere and quickly wrote down the information. Horse Back Riding and a phone number. It took a month for me to start texting and asking questions about the owner’s format. I wanted to know all about them and how they offered rides to people. It’s...
by johannasr2 | Nov 19, 2024 | Change, Family, Fibromyalgia, Parenting Adults, Psychology
The overall secret sauce to great holidays is planning. I want to say that there are some things that you can do and I am sure that there are. I also want to say that part of coping with the holidays is to understand that you will be very tired when it’s over....
by johannasr2 | Nov 10, 2024 | Fibromyalgia, Health Care, Psychology, Response to Trauma
Birate Doctoral by Wikimedia Commons This morning I watched a show about Israel’s healthcare system having found (after much experimentation) an effective treatment for TBI (traumatic brain injury)and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). The show demonstrated how a...
by johannasr2 | Jun 21, 2024 | Change, Fibromyalgia, Health Care, My Illness
To the Emergency Department Management Team: I want you to know that I came to the Emergency Department because I desperately need a diagnosis to explain my extreme fatigue. I have fibromyalgia and I am experienced with exhaustion, how it happens and how to prevent...
by johannasr2 | May 29, 2024 | Change, Family, Fibromyalgia, My Illness, Psychology
I learned to grieve early. But not about me. I learned to grieve about relationships, losing them. And the worst, losing people I loved. Sometimes, as difficult, was losing people I hated. I quickly lost people that I had spent lifetimes with. We all changed; we went...