The Table

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, yet again, but despite my best efforts, my sleep has been ridiculously scant and superficial for the pas...

The last few weeks have been interesting for me.  Don and I took the last two weeks of the year off work.  The first week, we traveled to Mi...

I came across this About.com article about how to keep fibro muscles loose, which can be a challenge.  Just thought I'd share it here fo...

The last time I had my vision exam, I got a new contact lens prescription and a new, light-framed set of glasses - after two failed trials a...

Fed up with my tight pants and unflattering photos like this one, Me and my gut on last July's Beercation I decided to get back ...

In the last several years, my body has become sensitive in myriad ways.  Among the latest is the fact that my skin becomes itchy and breaks ...

Dumb, silly moments will, though I cannot explain why, sometimes send me into a giggle fit that recurs for hours. What's on your mind...

For the past month or so, I've been experiencing an increase in pain daily pain in my left hip and lower back up.  The pain started up b...

Yesterday, I spent some time outside, playing with my camera, during what will probably be the last nice weekend of this year.  October in...

If financially and medically possible, I would love to retire at my current home, in "Native Suburbia". http://www.icode6.net/na...

Benia's Weekly Pills I just loaded up my weekly pill organizers for another seven days.  Here's a lovely photo of all the pills ...

As you may already know, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is one of the many coexisting conditions that I experience as part of Fibromyalgia. ...

Astrid. It's a task management application. There are enough options to help me manage it all and I love checking things off as done....

I just got through telling my fibro doctor last week that I don't want to treat my sciatic pain with medication because it's so unpr...

I have been growing my hair since 2007, my last Locks of Love haircut. This time, I was able to donate a 13-inch ponytail to this charity f...

My last post showed you how I look when my face gets all hot and red. I've been noticing that's died down a bit now, thankfully, th...

Last Sunday, after posting photos of my extremely hot and ruddy face on Facebook, I confirmed that the new drug I'm on, Savella, include...

Just hoping to leave a quick update here. I'm continuing to experience at least daily episodes of sciatic nerve pain in the back of my ...

I have been hurting in the hips and back, as well as my knee and foot for the past week. It seems to do whichever pain it feels like for th...

My fibro doctor, Dr. Wilkin just called in reply to my message from last week Tuesday. He may have been out or something last week because h...

A while back, I added what Blogger is calling "pages" to my blog. This is the top row of links to other content on my blog. They...

Yesterday I felt relatively "normal" (for me) and I think the brain zaps are pretty much through with me, finally. I am still dea...

Despite more violent thunderstorms last night and remaining awake since the 3am tornado siren, I felt like this morning was much better, sym...

That indescribable feeling of being uncomfortable in my own skin and being unable to find comfort that I have been getting in the evenings h...

I've been working from home again today and I noticed the brain zaps are getting less frequent, perhaps because I've been at the com...