Our Fibromyalgia Blog Book (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/1030039/action/archive Yep, I was reminded of Fibro's use of chronic fatigue. This morning I slept in till about 9:30, and that felt great. I got online about 12:30. By 1:30 I'd dozed off a couple times, and decided if that was going to happen I'd better lay down. I did, and woke up an hour and 15 minutes later. Now I fully understand how it could put Kenzie to sleep in the...[Read Full Post] Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:52:00 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/634583 Yep, you read it right. A couple months ago or so, when it was still fairly mild outside, I took our bigger, but younger (about a year old) dog, Zeus, out the front door to do his usual business. Problem was, he spotted our very friendly neighbor, Ryan. Those two had really gotten to be good friends. So, when Zeus saw Ryan out by the sidewalk at the corner of his d...[Read Full Post] Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:53:54 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/624192 You read it right. This past Thursday and Friday have been the two worst Fibro days I've had since knowing I had it to begin with. And trust me - that was a long time ago - about 40 years, give or take a couple. Both days I had pain from the moment I got up in at least one place, most often more than two. And, both days, it got worse as the day progressed, to ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:17:59 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/618666 When I got on here just now to make this entry, I noticed how appropriate my wife [Link To User kenzie] 's costumicon is for the day I've had. I got up about 9:30, after going to bed about midnight. That's around 9 1/2 hours of sleep. I feel great after a sleep like that, even if it is momentarily interrupted when she comes to bed about 1:3...[Read Full Post] Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:44:36 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/613520 Yep, a see-saw. After that extra-painful 48 hours or so, the most recent 48 hours have been considerably more pain free. Just my back pain moving around, a small occasional headache, and my legs once in a while. Much better than the preceding painful period. Praise the Lord! Hopefully, that will continue. But, as always, it's in His hands, and I will...[Read Full Post] Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:18:40 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/603248 Hello again, all! The last 48 hours or so have been more painful than in the recent past, but I also discovered that Kenzie and I seem to be much better off than some of those with Fibro. The last couple days, I've had more first-hand experience with what Kenzie means about "hurting all over". My elbows, my legs, my left sacroilliac joint, a...[Read Full Post] Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:32:06 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/602277 Remember that irritated sacroilliac joint I had to deal with using the cane a few weeks back? Well, it looks like it's back in a different, and thankfully more manageable form: as the newest "member" on my list of Fibro pains. Yep, over the past week or so, it's been coming and going all over again. Shorter stints, milder in intensity, ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:08:13 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/594674 Those of us with Fibro never know when a pain will start, where it will hit, how long it will last, OR, what will cause it. Often, we never know the causes, only the surprise pain. But, there are also times when we can predict a strong likelihood that we'll get a pain, and sometimes, where. In my case, the latest one of those came when I went to take our biggest dog, Z...[Read Full Post] Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:57:27 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/590377 The question mark in the title is because I think that's what I have had today but I'm not sure I'm ready to concede that; not sure I want to buy into that idea. But, that doesn't change what happened. With the imminent threat of "scattered showers" after rain during a number of days this past week, I figured I'd better get t...[Read Full Post] Sat, 17 May 2008 19:56:37 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/585616 Yep, you read that right. I THINK I have a new pain that's going to be part of my ongoing group of them - the ones that take turns bugging me. It's a milder form of that sacroiliac joint pain. It's not sharp enough to cripple me like it was originally, just enough to be a nuisance when it appears, and also send a shot of pain down the front o...[Read Full Post] Sun, 11 May 2008 14:48:29 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/584543 Here's another dilemma that Fibro suffers have at various times. When we get a pain, is it Fibro, or a separate warning sign of something we should have the doctor check out? It's very hard to tell. In my case, after I've been in the sunlight a while, my energy level goes down rapidly. My former allergist (I only changed because he retired) ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 04 May 2008 13:21:57 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/583240 Pain and no pain situations are still reversed, even after almost a week. If it bugs me at all, it does it more when I'm sitting than when I'm walking. Once in a while it'll let me know it's there when I'm walking, or, in tonight's case, bending over to put my laundry away in the drawers. That one hurt a bit, but still much lower ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:35:27 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/574231 Well, I got the Xrays taken this afternoon. They'll be read on Monday, and I'll meet with the chiropractor on Wed. afternoon to see what's up, if anything. This is one of those 50-50 deals. You wonder which would be better - if they find something, or if they don't find anything. If they find something, it feels great to have a known rea...[Read Full Post] Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:17:13 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/573693 When this sacroilliac joint pain started a few weeks back, it hurt more to walk than to sit or lay down. Sometimes it was almost too painful to take a step. Then, as I went through the other stages I mentioned here, about a week ago, that pain started trading places off and on with my old back pain - the one on the left side right above the waistline. A...[Read Full Post] Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:27:31 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/573316 Today's been a first. That irritated joint has only bugged me to about a 4 out of 10 since I got up, and it's been consistent all day despite shoveling the front walk, taking the dogs out a half dozen times (Zeus - the one we got from Tiff - loves the snow and would stay out all day if we could let him) and wading through about 14 inches of drifted snow to ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:17:15 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/572431 I said I'd check in after talking to the doctor, and here I am. I had called and given the nurse a moderately long explanation of what had taken place over the 10-14 days since I'd seen the doctor. Every detail, right down to the drop in pain level from 10 to about 4, that it had to have kicked in within the last 48 hours, even that the bucket seat aggravat...[Read Full Post] Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:44:42 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/569413 LOL I couldn't resist butchering the English on this one. The darn pain is still here, though in the last 48 hours it's gone down quite a bit. Notice I said the last 48 hours. Every day before that was still very painful unless the pain pill and muscle relaxer were in my system. Thing is, with the driving time, I could only take the t...[Read Full Post] Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:24:52 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/568507 The chiropractor thought it was a tight muscle pressing on a nerve, and so did my primary care doctor. But each morning of the past week was worse than the one before. With the meds out of my system by morning, I had no defense against the pain, and I couldn't take any until I got to work. I can't drive after taking them. At least at this point it was thi...[Read Full Post] Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:07:10 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/566973 Well, I got my answer. It's not fibro. It's real. I didn't think it was fibro; nice to know my hunch was right at least. Third visit to the chiropractor didn't help. I took today off work due to the pain, and called my primary care doctor. I think the Lord had a hand in this one, because my doctor just happened to have an opening this morning, at 10:15. I had...[Read Full Post] Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:48:49 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/565745 Hopefully I'll find out soon. The last 24-48 hours have been extremely painful with a type of backache I've never had before. Right on the left end of my waistline in the back there's a muscle that, according to my chiropractor, is knotted up and pressing on a nerve. She's worked on it twice in the past week, and another session is sche...[Read Full Post] Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:06:54 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/565307 The last 24 - 36 hours have really been bad for me with the Fibro. My back has been hurting in a new spot, on the LEFT, just above the waist, and it was constant. No position would get rid of it. Laying on my back made it slack off a little, but it still didn't stop. Thankfully I was worn out enough last night that I fell asleep despite the pain. I...[Read Full Post] Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:00:52 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/562194 I wasn't hurting too badly when I got up for church this morning, or even when I walked from the parking lot into the church for the service at 10:45. But things changed quickly when I walked back OUT of that building about noon and back toward my car. Every step I took down the 8 or so front steps of the church back to the driveway my knees killed...[Read Full Post] Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:50:56 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/557825 Here's another one I should have listed in here some time ago. . On the days I get active from the time I get up, whatever the time, things move pretty well. But on the days where I don't have to be that active right off the bat, somewhere around three hours or so after getting up the fibro fatigue kicks in and tries to get me to take a nap. Usually if...[Read Full Post] Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:20:16 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/555162 ... in a way, that's good. Why? Because I don't need any new pains with the holidays coming up. Cripes, I"m still looking for a good opportunity between the weather, my energy level and the pain to put the outside Christmas lights up. The past couple weeks have been pretty 'normal' for me. The usual leg and back pain, with the arms and joints c...[Read Full Post] Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:40:36 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/554044 The intent of this blog, and the efforts of both Kenzie and myself, has been to spread the word about Fibromyalgia to the public so that others who may have it and not know it can finally find out if it is what's been behind those strange pains they've been having. Last night we saw a new commercial specifically about Fibro. My first thought up...[Read Full Post] Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:12:40 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/549618 My apologies to all of you for not being here more during October. A lot's been going on, both at work and around here, but that's a whole other story, and out of the scope of this blog. Needless to say, I'm here because our nemesis has never really left. My legs and knees have some days better than others, but more often than not it's f...[Read Full Post] Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:53:27 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/546342 I've had a lot going on the past week or so, but one thing has been consistent, even bringing back past "memories", for lack of a better word. The Fibro. An extra busy couple weeks at work due to the preparations for special things that need to be done at the end of the 3rd quarter of the year, and the additional task of training a new member of our pr...[Read Full Post] Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:08:45 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/539943 Yep, you read it right. At least for the recent past and current time, a few of my Fibro pains are predictable, at least the location and timing. They may also hit me when I'm not expecting them as always, but I have learned that a number of certain activities will almost certainly trigger certain ones that can last quite a while. Two examples, but a...[Read Full Post] Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:07:26 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/535412 Consistency. Depending on the situation and the people involved, it can be a good thing, or a bad thing. Tonight's entry is an example of one of the 'bad' things about it. Yep, the Fibro. For the past week or so, I've been getting hit with the fatigue side of things a good bit earlier than usual. I used to be up till about 11:30 or so most nights. The last week or so, m...[Read Full Post] Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:18:54 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/533659 ... how much you're thinking of others. It'll take any chance it can get to make you miserable. This entry is my offering for proof of that concept. I attended a Catholic funeral service this past Monday morning for the sister of a co-worker. More on that in my other blog, for a different reason. The service was wonderful. No question of that. The problem was that I, and the...[Read Full Post] Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:54:04 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/526534 Kenzie, not me. She gave the sermon at church this morning. I'll let her elaborate on that, and the service in her blog; but the two things I can vouch for here are that she did an excellent job , and that the excitement, the nervousness and standing for that length of time - about 30 minutes continuously each service - all combined to drain her energy. She s...[Read Full Post] Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:35:23 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/521444 Kenzie and I both joined with other members of our church, and marched in the Anderson Township 4th of July parade this afternoon. I walked the roughly quarter mile (my estimate) with other church members, passing out ice cold water to many parade watchers on the sideline. (In all, the church passed out 2200 16 oz. bottles of water.) Kenzie rode in the ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:52:18 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/519121 Both yesterday and today, I've ended up taking a nap. Saturday's was longer than the one this afternon, but both were something of a surprise. The thing is, I can't really tell wheher it was fatigue from the fibro, or a result of my allergies that brought them on. I say that because my former ear, nose and throat specialist (now retired), said that ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 01 Jul 2007 19:01:27 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/518403 Yep, at least within the last 48 hours or so it's been consistent. But I could also say that within that time frame the fibro has also been basically nonstop. Sheesh. Sometimes it was all of them, sometimes they took turns, but sooner or later my legs, my knees, my elbows and my back all got their 2 cents in. And a few times the night before last I got hit with another ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:25:47 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/518228 [Link To User kenzie] , in her blog entry for Sunday, 6/24/07 at 1:36 AM, commented on the fact that it looks like taking the three flights of stairs from the movie theater to the parking garage Friday night set off one of the worst bouts of Fibro she's had since being here. I did those same stairs. For the exercise, yes, but also to be ready to h...[Read Full Post] Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:21:43 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/517372 ...now ends up giving me quick Fibro pain. The scenario: I had someone who recently won a Steinway player grand similar to mine at an auction come to see mine this afternoon. I took a half day of vacation to demonstrate it for him. He was originally looking at buying mine till he won the other one. But his has some problems. The restoration done on it was half-b...[Read Full Post] Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:57:36 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/515263 Yep, for the last two days, I've felt more of the fatigue from Fibro than I usually do. Thankfully most of it has come in the evenings, after I got home from work. I felt the initial stage of it about mid afternoon both days, but only enough to know that it was coming. By the time I got home from work on both of these days, I was moving pretty slow. As I type t...[Read Full Post] Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:51:56 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/514847 I said a while back that I feel sometimes like I'm rapidly catching up with [Link To User kenzie] when it comes to the Fibro symptoms and pains that I am encountering. Tonight is supporting that statement. It is now 11:08 P.M. and just within the last 5 minutes, another new and unusual pain has started. Reach around your back with your right hand...[Read Full Post] Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:14:52 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/513799 Yep, you read it right. The last 36-48 hours have brought a new symptom, and a bout with an old one at a different time. As I took some things to the trash can and recycling bin in back of the house last night, going DOWN the driveway was no problem. But walking back UP the driveway brought on a new Fibro symptom - for me. The legs didn't hurt much at all at t...[Read Full Post] Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:44:52 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/513286 Yep. A bit of everything from the fibro, I mean. It started with the legs this morning, about an hour after I got up. Then, after [Link To User kenzie] and I hit a few yard and garage sales looking for a kitchen table and chairs, we were sitting on the porch chatting when I noticed that I was starting to feel tired, or at least a bit short on energy. And I'd only been u...[Read Full Post] Sat, 19 May 2007 21:27:02 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/509671 Sooner than I thought. What I forgot to mention in my last entry was the crazy pain I felt during all those hours of studying. Sitting here at my PC desk, I sometimes laid the book on my oversize keyboard shelf, sometimes holding the oversize textbook (about 10 x 14 inches, 470 pages) as you would a novel. When I'd lean forward, with the book on the keyboard...[Read Full Post] Wed, 16 May 2007 21:35:25 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/508997 Well, that's true this time. It was studying for a test on the operations of insurance companies that kept me from making entries on recent days. I started last Friday night, and used all waking hours that night, Saturday, and Sunday except for church, and Monday night. I read the last 7 pages Tuesday morning at church right before taking the 3 hour test. There wi...[Read Full Post] Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:31:29 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/508993 And this one was my turn. My day was actually back to its most common combination of symptoms today. And for once that was welcome. I did OK early on, not even having knee pains. Had an occasional one-shot pain in an arm or a leg once in a while, but not much, if any more than that. By late afternoon, I just began to feel the old pain in the legs, and ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 12 May 2007 00:15:09 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/507810 With Fibro, a patient never really knows when a pain is going to hit, where it's going to hit the body, or the form it will take (ache, stabbing pain, spasm, etc.) But, once you can get to the point where you are able to accept the fact that you have Fibro, it frees your mind to help you deal with it in additional ways. Like learning what, if any, pa...[Read Full Post] Sun, 06 May 2007 00:11:39 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/506457 Yep, tonight is a mixture. For the third or fourth night in a row now, the Fibro fatigue has hit me earlier than it used to, and sometimes made it hard to finish things I wanted or needed to do. And, to a slight degree, I would sometimes feel that the following morning when it was time to get up for work. And along with that fatigue, came the formerly reliable leg pains. Yep, like the...[Read Full Post] Wed, 02 May 2007 22:01:49 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/504802 Here I am, checking in after all that work today. The result? Let's put it this way. Everything on my list in the earlier entry this afternoon got done except for the leaves. The grass is cut, the branches picked up, Piewacket got the walk she's wanted since early this morning, and I got the pictures taken of the grand. By the time all that got done, when ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:09:10 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/503292 I sure hope not! THe last 3 or 4 days I've had the same issue or two, starting about the same time, stealing a good bit of energy and therefore changing plans. For quite a while I've noticed that I slow down a little during the drive home from work. But until recently that didn't lead to anything else; once I got home and rested a bit checking email, I've been good to go...[Read Full Post] Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:25:13 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/503152 Yep, after 3 and a half hours at work this morning, I came home and got online for a little while to start catching up, and about an hour later I was starting to 'shut down'. I only got to snooze abouit 1/2 hour or so before Tiffany came in. She was back a bit early from her friend Taylor's house. I had to get up because I had to run her home early this weekend. M...[Read Full Post] Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:13:24 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/501725 Yep, that's right. I had two neat plans for this evening. I was going to re-post that Steinway baby grand reproducing player piano of ours on Craigslist (the original ad ran out, but two people are thinking about it), and, I was going to make a second entry in my new blog [Link To Item #1241026] . Obviously both will now wait until tomorrow (Saturday). The chr...[Read Full Post] Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:52:04 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/500126 ... and being short on sleep doesn't help. This time it came as a one-two punch. It started this morning about 6 AM when my office beeper went off. I'd gotten somewhere about 4-5 hours of sleep, figuring on sleeping in, to try and catch up a bit more on that sleep I lost being up 24 hours straight on the trip. Yeah, right. And it's a known fact that when Fibro sufferers ar...[Read Full Post] Sun, 01 Apr 2007 10:20:57 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/498739 You read it right. Most of you likely know that Kenzie and I made a trip to Lake Jackson, TX, to retrieve some things that she had in storage there. For those of you who didn't know about that trip, you can catch up reading the recent few entries in Kenzie's Blog [Link To Item #1160028] . Kenzie has expressed, in that blog, her current challenge of catc...[Read Full Post] Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:24:29 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/498426 ... hurting last night. They have been bugging me since I got up this morning, though a LITTLE less than yesterday. But, my hunch about being in class was right. They got to be a real pain. I had taken a Neproxen before class, and it helped, but not as much as I'd hoped. I found myself keeping that right leg changing position, rubbing the knee, and so on. And on each brea...[Read Full Post] Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:28:27 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/495590 Yep, you read it right. I'm going to bed, and my legs, especially the right knee, are still killing me. USUALLY getting off of them for a while helps. I sure hope it does tonight. I'll try and let you know soon how things turn out. Later, all! Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:49:04 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/495391 Literally. I'm hoping it's just all these weather changes. Like Kenzie said in HER blog today, the temperature changes alone can be contributing to this. As our local weather man put it on the 6:00 news, "At 3:00 PM yesterday it was 76 degrees. At 3:00 PM today it was 39. Tell me THAT'S not strange. Even for this area, that's really o...[Read Full Post] Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:10:51 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/495379 A couple weeks ago, my doctor said he wanted me to take my blood pressure for a couple weeks or so, then double check the accuracy of my meter by checking my pressure at a local store's meter and then mine, back to back. Not sure if it was the motions I had to go through to use my meter after taking the number on theirs, or if it was the fact that there was n...[Read Full Post] Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:33:27 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/493962 If you've read [Link To User kenzie] 's blog entry from today, written about Wednesday evening, keep reading. If not, go there now [Link To Item #1160028] , read her entry, then pick up here. I'd been feeling ready to "shut down" since getting home from work last night about 5:30. While I was watching the NBC Nightly News and checking my email, Kenzie came in the bedroom and slipped u...[Read Full Post] Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:22:04 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/491624 Yep, it's been 2 years today. We've had our moments, like any couple, but I wouldn't trade what we have for anything. We have too much fun, even, and especially with the simplest things. Like playing off each other's comments. We've kept going for hours at a time on occasion that way, and loved every minute of it. And then there's our inside jokes th...[Read Full Post] Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:56:42 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/491059 That's right. Tuesday night, I was not able to wake up Kenzie just before 8:00 so we could watch NCIS together. So, it was a good thing I ended that blog when I did and set up the tape. When I tried to get her up, she would say (slightly mumbling and eyes still mostly closed ) that she was getting up in a minute. But, by the volume and tone of her voice, I ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:19:53 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/490217 Not quite, but almost. I haven't been to work yesterday or today. No, not medical issues as you might think, you all can relax about that. I've been at a training site about 15 minutes away from the office, taking a two-day course, learning how to use a new software package to expand my options at work. But, that did bring the proverbial drowsiness after lunch. Sheesh. That afterno...[Read Full Post] Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:47:19 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/489403 Yep, I did it again. Time got away from me on this. I apologize for that, and hope to make it up to you all with a few things Kenzie reminded me of tonight that need to go here. One night this past week, Kenzie's fatigue caused her to shut down early, before the end of one of our favorite TV shows. CSI NY I think. She was in her recliner in the living room as we wa...[Read Full Post] Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:29:48 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/488823 Kenzie had told me a couple times in the past that with Fibro the more you exert yourself physically, the more you hurt later. Last night I proved the truth of her statement all over again. Tiffany and I went bowling. We bowled 16 games. By the end of the 15th or start of the 16th game, I was almost - but not quite - walking up to the line, not running, then putting all the force I could muster behind the ba...[Read Full Post] Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:13:30 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/485665 GRRRRRRRR!!!!! BRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!! You read it right. LOL It's ridiculously cold here, and only getting worse over the next 4 days or so. So I borrowed two of Kenzie's favorite words. They're the best to describe the situation around here right now. Becaus...[Read Full Post] Sat, 03 Feb 2007 14:36:49 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/485467 Well, KINDA low, anyway. I noticed it's been over a week again, since my last entry, but at least it isn't two weeks like the last time. I've had a few relatively easy days recently with the fibro. My legs for the most part have not hurt as bad as usual the last few days, though that pain was always present a bit at night, but in different pla...[Read Full Post] Sat, 27 Jan 2007 15:29:40 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/483946 ... that the chronic fatigue part of Fibromyalgia is as random as its other symptoms. The fatigue is more random for Kenzie than it is for me, but neither of us has a pattern. With Kenzie, it can happen almost literally at any time. She's "shut down" as the two of us like to call it, in the morning, in the middle of the day, in the evening, and even...[Read Full Post] Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:26:06 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/481886 In my last entry, I said 'more later'. Well, here it is. I kind of saw this coming. LOL In my last entry, I also said I took a nap for about 4 hours. That worked. To the point where I was able to watch the latest in a wonderful movie series with Kenzie twice in a row. It was "In the Shadows", the latest in the Mystery Woman series on Hallmark Chann...[Read Full Post] Sun, 14 Jan 2007 02:04:03 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/481185 My apologies to our loyal readers. It's been two weeks since my last entry. Or, it would have been two weeks tomorrow, to be exact. Most of the problems during that time were medical, in one way or another, and, of course, the Fibro was a big part of that. Things were a bit more varied than usual, though. First off, the biggest single reason for the gap in ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:53:52 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/481132 The last 48 hours haven't been nearly as troublesome for me as they have for Kenzie. As if the Fibro wasn't enough in addition to her chronic back pain and knee pain, now she's picked up a viral infection that stole her voice and keeps her throat more sore than it's ever been. And between that and the fibro, she's been doing a lot of sleeping la...[Read Full Post] Mon, 01 Jan 2007 11:57:39 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/478285 ... that we had our Christmas last night on Christmas Eve. We always do, because that's the time my family always did it, so that's the time my daughter gets with us even if she isn't spending the entire weekend. But this time, it was a good idea for another reason: that dang fatigue. Again. After I took Tiffany home about 5:30 last night (we'd a...[Read Full Post] Mon, 25 Dec 2006 17:55:28 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/477125 ... for the fatigue part of Fibro to take its toll. Again. We actually had some fairly normal days since my last entry. I say fairly because I have to always allow for the fact that both Kenzie and I are in constant pain of some sort, her much more than me. But outside of that fact we had some fairly normal days recently, until this weekend. I practiced with the praise band...[Read Full Post] Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:40:38 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/475721 The Fibro struck again this evening. Yes, it's with us 24/7, but once in a while it makes its presence even more obvious. And tonight, when it did, it brought Kenzie and I another verbal classic for our "collection". She knew about 8:00 that she was going to "shut down", as she and I refer to the act of basically falling asleep at a time when ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 05 Dec 2006 23:18:30 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/473337 Yep, even with timing being a bit off for when my daughter would be here this weekend, Thanksgiving still took its toll. Especially on Kenzie. I picked up Tiffany at 11:00 Thursday. We picked up two DVDs, one she wanted ("The Addams Family"), one I wanted ("Cars"), came back home, and watched "Cars". I'm going to watch it again this weekend just f...[Read Full Post] Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:14:01 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/470979 Looks like we can forget what I said about my back. It's killing me now. I've been off my feet most of the time since getting back home at 5:30, and it only recently began hurting that badly, as the leg pain has gone the other direction and started to subside. That's when I remembered something Kenzie had said occurs with Fibro: we can have more than on...[Read Full Post] Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:17:29 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/467747 ... about the back not hurting. I left here for Kroger about 3: 30. I arrived there on foot at 4:15. By the time I had gotten the shopping done and got back home, it was 5:30. Two hours on my feet. My legs were hurting more than they had in a long time. THAT I expected. They hurt all over, but especially on the inside of the thighs. But my back didn't really st...[Read Full Post] Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:52:56 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/467742 Now that I know a lot more about the Fibromyalgia that [Link To User kenzie] and I have, it sometimes makes me wonder if MY periodic back pain is due to the Fibro, or an actual problem. I've had one form of it off and on for years. It kicks in when I've either been standing in one spot too long (1/2 hour max on that one), or walking too long ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:13:19 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/467645 Yep, that's what I said. My legs have been bugging me since about 11 this morning, and if I sit "too long" without getting up and working them, my knees add their little 2 cents to the arguement. Trouble is, that 2 cents feels like a lot more than that. And the fatigue is starting to show itself when I try to sit and study for an insurance ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:45:02 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/465005 Yep, that's what I said. My legs have been bugging me since about 11 this morning, and if I sit "too long" without getting up and working them, my knees add their little 2 cents to the arguement. Trouble is, that 2 cents feels like a lot more than that. And the fatigue is starting to show itself when I try to sit and study for an insurance ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:45:01 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/465004 The title says it all for us for the last couple weeks. My legs have been bugging me most of my waking hours the last couple weeks.They would start slowly, picking up the pace as the day progressed. Many days, just walking around the office was highly uncomfortable by the end of the workday. Sometimes I'd have a pain shooting down the outside of one ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 21 Oct 2006 10:30:54 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/463307 The last 24 hours were one of the busiest time periods we've recently had. But it was all a great pleasure. Problem was, all that activity caused us to use up all our "spoons" and then some. But we both agreed it was worth it. It started with my daughter's soccer game at noon Saturday, which they won, 7-0. Literally right behind that, we went to a four-hour Pra...[Read Full Post] Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:59:33 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/458532 That's right. At least one thing is consistent with me for the moment. And that is that I can, so far, always count on the Fibromyalgia killing me with leg pain starting about an hour after I cut the grass, and continuing for the rest of the day. It MAY back off a little as the rest of the day passes, but there are no guarantees for that part. The on...[Read Full Post] Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:56:20 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/457076 Yep, you read it right. Yesterday was Kenzie's turn, today was mine. She ran out of energy between 6:30 and 7:00 last night and laid down for a nap. She woke up at 8:30 this morning. That's about 14 straight hours of sleep. She called me at work when she finally got up. And she had a killer headache at that point too. My turn was at work this m...[Read Full Post] Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:35:39 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/454801 Yep, you read it right. I started cutting the grass about 9:30 this morning. Having problems with the extension cord (the mower is electric) kept me on my feet a bit more than usual, and that didn't help my back LOL. The spool I keep it wound on finally broke and I had this pile of cord to unravel. A few extra stops to clean out the bottom of the mo...[Read Full Post] Mon, 04 Sep 2006 16:42:37 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/452651 Thought I'd stop by and update this before the Fibro catches up with me in some form. Right now I'm having one of my best days. Not much pain. That will change before bedtime. My legs were killing me at work today, and I know they'll be at it again before bedtime. Kenzie has the fatigue problem again. She's napping. Wants me to get her ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:15:16 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/451860 Hello, all! Yes, I know it's been a month since I posted here last. Little stuff getting in the way, which is nothing new to any of us; it's part of daily life. . Problem was, many of those things that were going on also added to the stress level a bit, and to the Fibro. The biggest problem was a really hot problem at work. A very stressful si...[Read Full Post] Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:28:31 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/450771 Greetings again, all! I just wanted to take a second and suggest a short item for you to read if you want to understand at least in part, how Fibromyalgia effects Kenzie and I. Keep in mind that the story I'm suggesting here is actually written about a girl with Lupus, which is far more serious than Fibromyalgia. But it will give you a good ide...[Read Full Post] Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:14:23 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/444410 Yep, it was. We all know the old phrase "It's been one of tnose days...". Well, for Kenzie and I we can now officially take that idea up a notch: it's been one of those MONTHS with us. Good and bad. Here are the highlights, in no particular order. Derek's girlfriend Allison came back up to visit a couple weeks ago for a special anniversary date in their ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:03:40 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/444397 That's right. Found that out again first hand this week. For once, I had a couple pretty decent days in a row. Minimal pain, even at night, though its presence was still noticeable. It felt great to be relatively free of pain while walking, especially since I try to walk about a mile each evening as part of my exercise program in dealing with the dia...[Read Full Post] Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:41:30 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/434468 Yes, you read it right. Today has been one of the days that's "lousy" from start to finish. It really started yesterday (Saturday) afternoon. The weather this entire weekend has been cloudy, chilly and damp with periodic showers or storms. Weather like that will almost always set off the pains of Fibro in some form, at least in most fellow patients Ke...[Read Full Post] Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:19:47 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/432731 Yep, you read it right. Last Thursday, my stepson's girlfriend moved back to Memphis (Derek will follow in a few months). Helping them get everything packed and loaded in the rented truck wore Marilyn out. She called me a little before I would have called her (at 4:15, to say I was heading home from work) and she said she was going to crash for a while. She was exhausted. ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:32:21 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/431225 Sorry it's been a week since my last entry. Had a lot going on around here and at work. Upshot of it all is that both Kenzie and I had a variety of aches and pains that ran the gammet from being barely noticeable to extremely painful. On her side, she had a few days where she ended up 'shutting down' and needing to nap during the day, with one day whe...[Read Full Post] Mon, 29 May 2006 00:35:07 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/429177 IF nothing else, Fibromyalgia sure gives a person a look into how fast time passes. On the days when we really hurt, the time seems to drag by. And yet, before we know it, another week has gone by. Sheesh. Well, once Kenzie and I had a chance to talk after getting back from the airport last week, it looks like our suspicion was confirmed. The cabins th...[Read Full Post] Sat, 20 May 2006 07:43:12 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/427086 Today's entry has to be early. I didn't do as bad so far today as I thought I would. It was in the low to mid 50's for my daugher's soccer game this afternoon, and very damp. But my knees didn't really bug me this time. Go figure. But then, with Fibro you can't figure. Let's put it this way: with Fibromyalgia, in terms of how ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 14 May 2006 16:00:47 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/425881 That's what Kenzie and I are wondering now. She and her son Derek are in Colorado for her niece's wedding. And Thursday night, when she called, she said that the thin air at that altitude, and the dryness in the air seem to make a difference in at least one of her pains - her back. They'd arrived there on Wednesday evening, so they'd been...[Read Full Post] Fri, 12 May 2006 23:28:09 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/425572 Greetings again, all! Today was a bit weird for me, and one that hurt Kenzie a bit. For some strange reason I have no chance of figuring out, my legs hurt me more this morning than they did this afternoon. That's backwards from the usual routine. They're bugging me more now, but it's 9:34 PM. Sheesh. We'll see what they do tomorrow. A...[Read Full Post] Mon, 08 May 2006 21:47:20 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/424574 It doesn't feel like two weeks since I was last here. Sheesh. Some days flew by (usually the ones with the least pain), and some felt like they took forever, either from the pain or the fatigue. I was actually so worn out when I got home from work this past Friday night (5/5) that I actually took a nap right off the bat, had Kenzie get me up at 1...[Read Full Post] Sat, 06 May 2006 17:03:58 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/423945 Hello again, everyone. I said in my last entry that we'd see how my energy level was when I got back from the reunion committee meeting. I think the excitement of the bull session and the memories that came up for all of us to share gave me a second wind of sorts. I only ran out of "spoons" about an hour ago, and it's 1:40 AM. After I se...[Read Full Post] Sun, 23 Apr 2006 01:41:51 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/421188 ...in a while. It's been a roller coaster. Some days it's been time constraints, but most of them it's been either pain or fatigue, both from the Fibro. Had a couple days where I virtually hurt all over at once; arms, legs, back. And a few evenings where I didn't have the energy to write (type), only to read. The mouse doesn't take much energy...[Read Full Post] Sat, 22 Apr 2006 15:30:41 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/421095 In recent entries here, I commented on how, on a small number of days, Kenzie would end up taking a nap that was basically unplanned when the Fibro kicked in and sapped her energy. Today was my turn, for only the second or third time in many months. I was at work this morning from 9:00 AM to noon. I got home about 1:00 P.M. after a drive that told me MY...[Read Full Post] Sat, 01 Apr 2006 19:03:12 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/416729 ... it hit the fan. Starting shortly after noon, and growing since then. My arms, legs and joints all hurt. Still do. This might be short just because I might have to do what Kenzie has done a few times recently and simply crash early. I feel like I'm out of energy, or close to it. And one of the proven things about Fibromyalgia is that your body dra...[Read Full Post] Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:45:24 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/415680 Last night, Kenzie and I crashed at the same time. We both ran out of energy about 12:30 this morning. That never happened before. But I wasn't knocking the extra time together. For some reason, it took longer than usual for the pain in my legs to subside last night. And that concern turned out to be justified this morning. My legs have bothered me...[Read Full Post] Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:53:55 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/415256 You read it right. My nightly leg pain and muscle tightness is back. It's 11:05 PM, and they've been bugging me for about 2 hours, maybe a little more. I've already taken the Nortriptylene, and when it kicks in I'll be heading to bed so I can take full advantage of the relaxation I get from the medication. Kenzie had a fairly decent day ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 24 Mar 2006 23:17:14 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/415055