So my respite from pain has come to a sorry end. I have been hit with the Mother of all Flares. Just breathing is too much effort and sleep ...

  So it's Christmas Eve here in Australia. I am struck down with a vicious fibromyalgia flare.  In recovery from going out for medical ...

                                          I have been ill with fibromyalgia for about twenty years now. In that time, lots of things have ch...

  Lately I have been finding it difficult to be joyful. My fibromyalgia doesn't get better, my knees are paining me, my angina's wor...

  I was a bath a day girl all my life. It just was so nice to soak and think of pleasant things as the warm water soaked away the aches and ...

  So I decided to take a bath today. No mean feat when one is chronically ill or disabled. It turned out to be a big mistake. Chris helped m...

You may remember me telling you that I bought a bath chair lift  so that I can have a bath. I was so overjoyed when it came. Unfortunately i...

  As most of you know, I have both knees injured with torn menisci and ligaments. Showers are difficult as it's hard to stand.  I find m...

A friend of mine posted this on her Face Book wall and it was so simple and doable that I wanted to share this with you. My hands are deform...

As a long time member of the Fibromyalgia Club, I usually wake feeling unrefreshed and aching all over. I have never been hit by a bus or tr...

So we went to the doctor yesterday to get our results from blood tests taken a few days ago. My blood pressure was 140/90 which was slightly...

So I did a thing that stripped me of what little spoons I had. I took a shower and went to click and collect a few Christmas gifts I ordered...

  With the start of our summer tomorrow, we have been having some very lovely days this last week and today. I have enjoyed the respite from...

                                           So Chris wasn't feeling well, so we didn't get out yesterday. I ordered $30 worth of groc...

I was a bath a day girl all my life. It just was so nice to soak and think of pleasant things as the warm water soaked away the aches and pa...

I woke up with high hopes of doing some baking this afternoon. It's been a few months now since I bought a food processor and I wanted t...

Today I managed to finish washing the dishes- I have been doing them in short bursts as I can't stand long.  I managed to take a shower ...

I am trying to keep up with my home making duties.  I have to do some dishes and clean my kitchen.. My knees are paining me so much today, t...

Before I injured my knee, I bought a food processor and I promised to make Chris some sultana muffins. It arrived Friday and I just unpacke...

So, the MRI results are in. I have a meniscus tear, fabella, torn posterior crucius ligament, bursitis and osteo arthritis behind the patell...