
“There are days I look in the mirror at my grey, pasty, drawn-in face and say to myself “I miss you where did you go?””
“There are days I look in the mirror at my grey, pasty, drawn-in face and say to myself “I miss you where did you go?””
“Living with a chronic illness feels like our bodies are holding us to ransom. We get no rewards for our attempts to function like a “normal” person.”
“We are looking for local volunteers to facilitate face-to-face support group meetings which we hope to hold once every 4-6 weeks.”
“In my life, there’s been one stand-out period of significant importance. It defined the rest of my existence. Surprisingly, falling ill, which resulted in the diagnosis of 3 chronic health conditions, isn’t it. However, it was the agitator of my transformation.”
“Receiving my Fibromyalgia diagnosis did indeed feel like “the party was over” looking back on it. It was. It still is to some extent.”
“The weekend I just had was far from typical. I managed to have a “real” weekend, you know, like “normal” people do.”
“Fibromyalgia is like being caught in a wild, wrathful, winter storm. You could be stuck in it for days, weeks, months or even years.”
“So how are we meant to pay for alternative pain relief methods and why is the NHS not providing us with adequate assistance.”
“The assumption is. That somehow because you can’t see it, it mustn’t be real.”
“. A symptom of Fibromyalgia is non-restorative sleep. I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as well as Fibromyalgia. So I experience it two-fold. “