Happy Spring! Meteorologically speaking, we are fully 5 days into it! Even Punxsutawney Phil called it early this year so that's good enough for me. I don't know what all that white stuff is outside some of your windows, but I've got roses in my glasses and cherry blossoms in my heart. I'm also going to talk about fibro flares today so I figured a little overkill with the opening cheer wouldn't hurt.
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There’s always an opportunity to learn, my friend, Kim, always says. Today, I’ve learned something about myself. I struggle with change. Ok, so I haven’t just learned this today, I mean, I’ve already devoted an entire post to change and how much of it I’ve done and the negative consequences of doing too much of it at once, I’m just reminded of it again today as I find myself on a new but familiar path, juggling flames again. (Some of us have to do things a few times to really get the lesson….)
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Happy New Year, faithful fibro readers! I hope you enjoyed the holiday season with more good time spent with friends and family than on stressing over friends and family...and the holiday season. Hope you ate well, and by "well" I mean guiltlessly scarfing down handfuls of anything not green or leafy. That one's easy. Did you keep up with your exercise routine? Me neither, at least not in it's usual form. But that's ok, now's the time to get back on track.
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Locust of Control
Are you a control freak? If not, maybe you should be, at least over your pain. Turns out, your belief in your ability to control your own pain has a huge impact on your overall well being. The influence of this belief is so powerful, it can even be seen in your brain's activity in an MRI scanner. How cool is that?! But what if you don't feel like you have any control? You've seen every doctor on the planet and they all say you're crazy. You've done everything they've told you and nothing works. You've resigned yourself because no one can help you. What then?
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Here's a little departure from fibromyalgia. A little story about my little ear. So my right ear is pretty normal but the left went off and got its own drummer. I was born with microtia, a congenital malformation translated as "little ear." I had the typical bout of reconstructive surgeries around age 5 using a silicone implant. It worked for 35 years until it didn't work anymore. Plus, Fibromyalgia Companion has a Facebook page!
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