Fibromyalgia is one of the stronger illnesses I have been diagnosed with. Yet, before posting anything on the website about the disease, I wanted to wait until a flare hit. The flare has been going up and down for the past few days, but now that it is in full effect, I am ready to…
Tag: Chronic Pain
Reward of setting goals with an illness
Blank Pain Stare? Do you know what that is? When you are in so much pain you cannot laugh or cry. All you can do is stare blankly at nothing and wait for the pain to pass…whether it takes hours or weeks. Sometimes sleep temporarily helps, other times nothing..and I mean nothing helps. Sometimes when…
Paingry: The effect pain has on moods
Chronic Pain comes with all sorts of secondary effects on the human body. One can only take so much for so long before it breaks them. For those who don’t understand; Imagine: you are at home on a friday night, with a really bad cold and instead of being allowed to relax you have to…
Endo Surgery 1 Year later: Recovery, Complications, Mistakes, and Upcoming Surgery
Background Story: April 16th, 2015 was the day I went into the hospital for a laparoscopy surgery to verify I had endometriosis and to clean all the excess tissue that was growing in bad places. I arrived at the hospital for about 8 am with my grandma and my aunt; my parents were away…
Endometriosis: The Fear of Pregnancy
Lately, everyone I know is getting pregnant or is already a mother… Now, I am only 23 years old but watching my high school friends (and everyone I am in contact with lately) have kids and it is starting to stress me out. I cannot help but think what I am doing wrong? If anything? I…
Deidre Matthews 