Fibromyalgia Support Group
You're not alone in your pain. Fibromyalgia is a condition that can be difficult to diagnose and manage. If you're trying to cope with pain throughout your body, sleep problems, general fatigue, or other common fibromyalgia symptoms, you're in the right place. The community is here for you to talk about therapies and share your challenges.
sorry i haven't been around here that much. i've been so busy!! here's what my days have consisted of :
my phone rings off the hook with my realtors and loan officer about the house i'm trying to buy. so i'll end up having to leave the house to either go to the bank, check out another house, or go to the VA for meds and doc appts, and so on... . and meanwhile my car needs major repair so yesterday i started poking around in it to see what all the damage is. i may have to do the repairs myself being the last mechanics are at fault for my car breaking down. i'm piled up to my eyeballs with things to do and having fibro it REALLY tires me out! some days during the week i will have to dedicate to just staying home and sitting or laying down (to better pace myself) otherwise i will pay for it!
also i started my own support group here for FMS and we are supposed to meet 2x a month. so if i'm not busy with everything else i just mentioned, then i'm working on ideas for the group, flayers, or just getting info that would help us. AND if i'm not working on that, i currently have a claim with the VA that i'm appealing and that takes TONS of paper work!! i have to go thru my med records from over the last 6 years again, too!
and then on top of all that, if this house we picked out gets bought, we will have to start de-junking the house and pack up to move! so i'm caught between getting my car fixed on my own and soon packing up the house. just thinking about all this stuff makes my body ache so bad!! i don't know how i will handle it, but God help me! so if any of you that reading this are wandering where i have been, all the above is the answer. please pray for me! and if any of you got some advice about this please let me know. thanks!
my phone rings off the hook with my realtors and loan officer about the house i'm trying to buy. so i'll end up having to leave the house to either go to the bank, check out another house, or go to the VA for meds and doc appts, and so on... . and meanwhile my car needs major repair so yesterday i started poking around in it to see what all the damage is. i may have to do the repairs myself being the last mechanics are at fault for my car breaking down. i'm piled up to my eyeballs with things to do and having fibro it REALLY tires me out! some days during the week i will have to dedicate to just staying home and sitting or laying down (to better pace myself) otherwise i will pay for it!
also i started my own support group here for FMS and we are supposed to meet 2x a month. so if i'm not busy with everything else i just mentioned, then i'm working on ideas for the group, flayers, or just getting info that would help us. AND if i'm not working on that, i currently have a claim with the VA that i'm appealing and that takes TONS of paper work!! i have to go thru my med records from over the last 6 years again, too!
and then on top of all that, if this house we picked out gets bought, we will have to start de-junking the house and pack up to move! so i'm caught between getting my car fixed on my own and soon packing up the house. just thinking about all this stuff makes my body ache so bad!! i don't know how i will handle it, but God help me! so if any of you that reading this are wandering where i have been, all the above is the answer. please pray for me! and if any of you got some advice about this please let me know. thanks!
Maybe at the begining or end of each day, sit down and plan what you need to do - write a "to do" list and cross off what you get done, and add as you go. Then you have a sense of organisation (and you can look back and see what you've achieved).
Just make sure you don't keep rushing around - stop and take regular breaks. I'll be thinking of you.
Maybe at the begining or end of each day, sit down and plan what you need to do - write a "to do" list and cross off what you get done, and add as you go. Then you have a sense of organisation (and you can look back and see what you've achieved).
Just make sure you don't keep rushing around - stop and take regular breaks. I'll be thinking of you.
Pacing is the key...right now, please stop& breathe. !!
Okay, now, can you allocate some of these jobs??--who can help you do some of these things? Can another person co-chair the FM support group for a few months...?? You need some assistance, honey!!
ONE day at a time...one step at a time, kiddo...seriously, the stress is gonna muck up your IBS and trigger migraines...& you don't need that ...you sweet girl!!
Take care please!! Prayers sent, of course & remember
rabbit cares about you!!! HUGS!!
Hugs,
jen
a lot of good change is coming, but in order to get there it takes work. and i think that's what i'm dreading, all the work it requires. not the time it takes, but the manual labor that will go into it. i just had to write this down cuz i was having a bit of a panic. but i will try to slow down and pace myself. thanks so much for the encouragement!! love you all!