http://fibro.sneakykitty.com a fibromyalgia resource Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:23:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The lovely Annaham has a guest post up over at Shakesville: Mythbusting: Disability and Fear-Projection. It's a great read, go check it out! Sorry for the lack of posting here. I'd say i'd get around to it when i have energy to do so, but if that were the case, it ... http://fibro.sneakykitty.com/?p=41 'Seven genetic types of ME' found Dr Jonathan Kerr, who led the St George's research, said: "We must now determine what these sub-types represent, as they appear to be biologically meaningful, and discover their natural history and possibilities for treatment." Neil Abbot, of ME Research UK, which is organising the conference along ... http://fibro.sneakykitty.com/?p=39 No, not in the sense of "making it work", but rather, obtaining (and trying to maintain) gainful employment while dealing with a chronic illness. So much easier said than done, i assure you. Strange as it may sound, the fact that i can hold down a (desk) job has been almost ... http://fibro.sneakykitty.com/?p=37 Disabled vs. Challenged A discussion between Lindsay and I this morning got some of the brainybits moving. We were talking about an article (she'll post a link later, I'm not stealing that thunder) about a woman who is an advocate for people with chronic illnesses to find ways to stay in ... http://fibro.sneakykitty.com/?p=36 For the past few months i've been dealing with a rather nasty case of piriformis syndrome, leading to pain and numbness from some rather pissed off sciatic nerves. Last night, the pain was so bad that i just couldn't sleep at all. It's been years since i've had pain that ... http://fibro.sneakykitty.com/?p=33 From the article, Are Fibromyalgia Patients More Sensitive to Sound?: Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread tenderness, including sensitivity to touch. But do fibromyalgia patients also more sensitive to other stimuli, such as sound? In their article A Psychophysical Study of Auditory and Pressure Sensitivity in Patients With Fibromyalgia and Healthy Controls, ... http://fibro.sneakykitty.com/?p=29 Being in a fair amount of pain, i figured i could use something to distract myself. I tried to upgrade the blog that was here, only to find that i'd mucked something up something fierce. So instead, i just wiped out the last one altogether and set up something new. I'm ... http://fibro.sneakykitty.com/?p=3 (Originally posted at BABble.) The following article came up under the feed i'd set up for a google search for "fibromyalgia": Cyberbullies 'just want to be mean'. Um. Wait, what? How are these two things related? So i made the mistake of clicking on the link. Le sigh. WHEN WILL I ... http://fibro.sneakykitty.com/?p=32 (Originally posted at BABble.) Part of being strong is knowing when to yield. When Ben and i first started dating, i was very much in denial about my pain. Or rather, i knew i was in pain, but refused to let anyone help me. I was damned determined to do everything for ... http://fibro.sneakykitty.com/?p=31 (Originally posted at BABble.) I saw the quote in the title over in the comments thread in one of Kate's posts over at Shakesville. I am fat. Having someone try to make me anorexic when i was 4 or 5 pretty much guaranteed that i'd have weight issues my entire life. That ... http://fibro.sneakykitty.com/?p=30