by johannasr2 | Jan 16, 2025 | Education, Fibromyalgia, Health Care, My Illness, Psychology
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/magazine/chronic-pain.html?smid=url-share
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 | 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...
by johannasr2 | May 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
I really wish that Ralph Nader was back. I was a child when he was doing his work, but what I remember is the word boycott. When companies were being unfair in their business practices or when products were no good for you, we were told, don’t spend your money there....