In my experience, the key to learning to work with your pain instead of against it is to learn to view pain as your body’s alarm system. In the global North, most of us are...
At the risk of turning my blog into yet another Shakira fan site, I love this video. I have been having a lot of trouble with my hips over the past few months. It started...
Hope this picture doesn’t gross anyone out– I thought it was stunning. I’m all about cultivating a sense of appreciation for how amazingly intricate our bodies are. I also love creative works that convey this...
The work I’ve done on this blog and the positive responses I’ve received (thank you all so much!) have opened up new ideas for me. In the month and a half since I started working...
Totally loved this image by BakedGoodz (along with the rest of their stuff).
For years I thought I needed to find a doctor to diagnose me with and treat me for fibromyalgia. I sought out various pain specialists; physiatrists and anesthesiologists, the heads of departments. Some of them...
As anyone who’s ever wondered if they have fibromyalgia probably knows, the different specialities within Western medicine are not necessarily on the same page in terms of the way they diagnose and treat pain. Rheumatology...
I just found this really great article that cut close to home. It’s about the tricks people use to con others into thinking they’ve got some great new alternative healing method. I hate to admit...
New York Times: The Long Search for Fibromyalgia Support Just found this really great NYT article from 2009. It tells the story of Judy Robinson, who developed fibromyalgia after having abdominal surgery. It took her...
It’s time I come clear about something: I am a huge Shakira fan. I don’t normally get terribly excited about pop music, but I just think that Shakira is an amazing performer. No one else...