Livin' with Fibromyalgia

Been away for awhile, but not ever really gone...the Dream of one day not having any physical pain may seem far fetched and like that of something thing hat may not ever happen.  Well in the past three weeks I have had to continue to "Dream Big"  and  "Hope" for some long awaited relief.  September 6th, I entered the hospital room at about 5:15 am in the morning for a scheduled surgery.  Not really knowing the outcome, I went in with the belief that things would some how be different for me.  The unknown always brig about fear. So as I was preparing my mind for my surgery.  It was very apparent in the preparation room that I was experiencing  heighten anxiety and increased pain as my blood pressure was off the charts.....The doctors and the nurses were at odds on what to do and told me if  " we don't get your pressure down and stable, we will not be able to perform your surgery today.  It's just not safe.  I had to give it to G...

Do you have a spouse that has a chronic illiness...do you often wonder what you can do to help them and yourself to cope.  Do you sometimes have a little to much tension in your house.   If so there are somethings that you can do to for  the one that you love the most.We have to accept that sometimes they just do not understand what they can to do help and you may not understand why they don't know.   I know many days I find myself frustrated.  I plan to share this with my husband and my children to help them better understand how to take care of mommy when she is not feeling the best,which is 85% of the time. I found this information on another site and wanted share.  Whatever  I find and share, I feel that it would be useful for application to ones daily life as well as my own.   Happy Reading and feel free to pass it own as well as leave comments for the readers. Below are 15 suggestio...