#fibro – Fighting The War Inside My Body

I crashed out. Why exercise is not always good for me. Post Exertional Malaise (PEM).

Good evening everyone, hope you are all well. I haven’t been around this weekend as after my exercise on friday after trying out my new padded cycling shorts, I crashed very quickly, for some people with autoimmune disease exercise can be like taking 100 steps backwards and makes moving forward very hard, but I always…

Exercising with Fibro/ME/CFS, should I exercise?

This post is on my views of exercising while living with Fibromyalgia/ME/CFS Exercise releases the feel good hormone endorphin, endorphins interact with the receptors in our brain that reduce your perception of pain, endorphins also trigger a positive feeling in the body thus lowering depression and helping you to feel good about yourself. Depression is one of the…

Memory Loss, Fatigue, nausea, pain Living with fibromyalgia, My Diary… I DON’T REMEMBER

Hello Peeps. I thought i should do a check in while im capable,it’s now Monday 9th September 05.50am, I began writing this blog on the evening of friday 6th September, I’m also not sure if i will remember writing this later, I never really accepted my diagnosis of fibromyalgia, with everything else wrong with my…

I’m back…

Well it’s been quite a few weeks since I was last on here, but I’m back for a while (keep fingers crossed). The last couple of months have been bloody hard work, not being able to do much, not being able to spend time in the kitchen, not being able to create new foods let…

Living with Chronic Pain.

Many of us live with chronic pain on a daily basis, some due to illnesses or accidents where we could possibly get treatment, where we could possibly get better and live pain free, for others its a life changing situation to know you had no pain and a lead a ‘normal’ life to knowing that…

Monday Motivation

Happy Monday everyone, I hope you all have a great week, for those of you wanting to begin a lifestyle change Do it Today why put it off till tomorrow? Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall…. Your lifestyle is your choice only you can make the…

I’m in the bath at home, yes blogging from my bath, I’m in the bloody bath, I can not remember when I last had a bath!!! (I do shower), the only baths I have are in my yearly visit to the big bath otherwise known as the Ionian sea… The warm water really helps to…