I am flat out resting today, trying to cope with the pain of a flare of fibromyalgia and polymyalgia rheumatica. Honestly, it's hard eno...

  I need pain relief. My doctor's on holiday until Feb 9 so I had a phone consult with his doctor wife. I told her my pain is currently ...

                                                                 So yesterday we  had plans to visit my son and my twin sister who share a h...

  If ever a picture epitomises you and your home and lifestyle, it's this one. A lady dressed sensibly and warmly with knitted socks loo...

  Yep, it's still Safeway for me!  With fibromyalgia brain fog and old age, tell me the new name of a place or person I knew, and it is...

  So my polymyalgia rheumatica has kicked in again, and coupled with a fibromyalgia flare, the pain is just excruciating. I have decided th...

We have been busy looking for another home to rent. It's been a nightmare. There aren't many homes to rent and when we apply, we are...

It may seem strange to some, but even in the worst pain, you will find me playing Candy Crush in an effort to distract my mind from the pain...

It's Saturday evening here. Not much accomplished today except I washed some dishes and will cook dinner soon.  Chris's face is impr...

I am trying to balance a plant based diet with red meat. I have a diet full of salmon and other fish, chicken and red meat, with about 50% p...

As you know, I really love watching the many birds that come into our back garden, and I feed them all the time. Xena our cat also watches t...

I am feeling excited today because I actually feel human. I even have a few spoons! This is so unusual that I feel like throwing a party!  T...

I was too afraid to take the 5mg Prednisolone x 3 tablets the doctor gave me Monday for my polymyalgia rheumatica flareup and arthritic defo...

  I have copped a double whammy with both a flare of my fibromyalgia and polymyalgia rheumatica .  The pain and fatigue are overwhelming. No...

  So now not only is my blood pressure high and my fibromyalgia flaring, but I have a flare up of my polymyalgia rheumatica. I believe it...

So  we have seen total lockdown of a few suburbs in North Western Melbourne because of people testing positive and still visiting fam...