When you wake with stiffness in the morning and Fibro fog clouds your mind, it can be easy to forget you’re not alone. I read a poem posted over at Gather.com, and this writer’s simple words may reflect some of your daily struggle.
Here’s the first few lines:
I wake up to feel the pain,
It’s presence numbs [...]
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Poem Reminds Fibro Sufferers We’re Not Alone
Posted in Coping, tagged Fibromyalgia, pain, poems, writing on October 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Commercials Promote Fibromyalgia as Real Disease
Posted in Coping, tagged doctors, Fibromyalgia, Lyrica, Pfizer on October 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When commercials for the Fibromyalgia drug Lyrica started airing on network television, my friends and coworkers started saying, “Hey, I saw a thing about that condition you have.” At first that doesn’t sound like much, but when people can’t see your illness and dismiss it as hypochondria, simple things like this help.
There are even some [...]
Still Encountering People Who Don’t ‘Believe In’ Fibromyalgia
Posted in Coping, tagged Fibromyalgia, Lyrica, medical conditions, Pfizer on October 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I came across an item about Pfizer’s commercials for the Fibromyalgia drug Lyrica on the Schwitzer Health News Blog, written by Gary Schwitzer of the University of Minnesota School of Journalism & Mass Communication. He was commenting on how the women in the commericals appear to have a very mild case of Fibromyalgia. I was [...]
