Fibromyalgia

NaBloPoMo Day 11

I have fibromyalgia, and it really sucks.  Don’t know anything about fibro?  Check out the Wikipedia article on the subject.  It’s a fairly good overview.

The defining symptom of fibromyalgia is pain.  It’s rare day that I’m completely pain-free, and on those days I tend to be quite manic with the euphoria of it all.  Most days, I’ve got pain in at least one part of my body that’s at a level 5 or 6.  The really bad days, the pain gets up to an 8 or a 9.

Pain wears a body out out and makes it hard to sleep, so I’m tired all the time.  Pain makes me cranky and depressed, so I’m often no fun to be around.  Being in pain and being tired makes it hard to clean my house (especially since it’s enormous), sit at my desk all day or do a lot of the other stuff I’m “supposed” to be doing.

I get especially annoyed with people who think it’s “all in my head.”  I don’t look sick, so I can’t possibly be sick.  Well, ok… I’m not sick.  I just hurt.  Everywhere.  All the time.

It’s quite possible I will mention this topic again, because fibromyalgia and the reaction people have to it is something that pisses me off.  But right now, I have to go take some Aleve.