World Fibromyalgia Day
May 12th is World Fibromyalgia Day. Please like and share this FaceBook cover to help us raise awareness of fibromyalgia across the globe.
For more information please check out this FaceBook page on the subject.
Fatigue
Over the last couple of years we have talked about fatigue on this blog quite a lot. From covering what it is like to suffer from fatigue (https://patienttalk.org/fatigue-like-wet-cement-exploring-the-difference-between-tiredness-and-fatigue/) to share a few tips for keeping more active in the afternoon (https://patienttalk.org/how-to-stop-the-3-oclock-drop-fighting-fatigue-in-the-afternoon-short-guide/).
As regular readers of this blog will know one of our key objectives is to provide a space where people can share their experiences of living with , in this case, fatigue and how how they deal with it.
Lots of medical conditions can have fatigue as a symptom such as rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis to name a few. But so, of course, can being a caregiver.
The aim of this blog post is to get a feel for our readers fatigue stories. In particular what cause their fatigue. How common is your fatigue? And your tips for dealing with fatigue.
Firstly you will find a short poll below on fatigue and it would be great is you could take part. Secondly we would love it if you could use the comment box below to share your fatigue story. Anything you wish to share will be of great interest to our readers!
Pain
Chronic pain can be absolute hell. Just ask anyone with multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer or a person who suffers from migraines.
One thing concerns me is the amount of understanding among both healthcare professionals and the general public of the symptoms of pain and pain’s effect on the lifestyle of the person living with chronic pain.
So we thought it would be worth running a short poll with our readers to find out what they think is the worst symptom of pain.
Please feel free to use the comments box to share more about your journey with pain. Anything you share will be of interest to our readers.
To have a look at our previous pain management blogs please go to https://patienttalk.org/tag/pain-management/
Driving and fibromyalgia – tell us more
Mobility issues are, of course, of prime importance to people with fibromyalgia or any kind of arthritis.
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For my grandmother who suffered from rheumatoid arthritis not be able to drive a car had a massive impact on her lifestyle and general feelings of wellbeing.
So we are very interested in find out to what extent are people with fibro ( or indeed any other arthritic condition) are able to use a motor car.
Firstly it would be great if you could take the poll below.
Secondly if you could use the comments box to share your story about fibro and driving that would be brilliant. By telling your story you can help other people with FMS in a similar situation.
Many thanks in advance
Injections
A couple of weeks ago I was having a chat with an old friend who was diagnosed with diabetes around seven years ago.
Lawrence mentioned that his Diabetes Specialist Nurse had warned him that he was a very likely candidate to move on to insulin injections within the next couple of months. Apart from the obvious concern as to his diabetes he was also worried about injections.
Why?
Well like a lot of us, me included, Lawrence hates injections. So I said that I would run a blog post for him to get advice from our readers to to how they deal with having regular injections as part of their medical condition. Of course it is not just diabetic who have injections – people with multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia all come to mind.
So how can you help? Well firstly it would be great if you could take take the poll on the subject we have set up below. Even better it would be great if you could use the comments box below to share your story of using injections and any tips you may have for lawrence to get used to them.
Many thanks in advance.