Pain
Today I have decided to talk about a very personal and serious issue for me. I apologize in advance if I step on any toes, but I do have a disclaimer at the start of my blog site. I'm in the mood to be brutally honest and to wear my heart even more vividly on my sleeve than normal.
I have a condition called Fibromyalgia: read the descriptors, then what I have to say...
fi·bro·my·al·gia
[fahy-broh-mahy-al-juh]
–noun Pathology .
a syndrome characterized by fatigue and chronic pain in the muscles and in tissues surrounding the joints.
fibromyalgia (ˌfaɪbrəʊmaɪˈældʒɪə)
— n
a rheumatoid disorder characterized by muscle pain and headaches
Medical Dictionary
fi·bro·my·al·gia definition
Pronunciation: /ˌfī-(ˌ)brō-ˌmī-ˈal-j(ē-)ə/
Function: n
: a chronic disorder characterized by widespread pain, tenderness, and stiffness of muscles and associated connective tissue structures that is typically accompanied by fatigue, headache, and sleep disturbances called also fibromyalgia syndrome fibromyositis
also
A syndrome characterized by chronic pain in the muscles of soft tissues surrounding joints, fatigue, and tenderness at specific sites in the body. Also called fibromyositis , fibrositis .
Science Dictionary
fibromyalgia (fī'brō-mī-āl'jə) Pronunciation Key
A syndrome characterized by chronic pain in any of various muscles and surrounding soft tissues (such as tendons and ligaments), point tenderness at specific sites in the body, and fatigue. Inflammation is absent, and the cause is unknown.
Word Origin & History
fibromyalgia
1981, said to have been coined by U.S. rheumatologist Mohammed Yunus, from L. fibra (see fiber) + Gk. mys (gen. myos ) "muscle" (see muscle) + -algia. The earlier name for the condition was fibrositis .
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
People think that they need to see a bone protruding from the skin in order to believe another person actually has pain... I find that so offensive... and close minded.
Another frustrating point:
People are always telling me to milk the system and to take the easy route in dealing with my pain. Here are their brilliant ideas: get a handicap parking sticker, ask for disability, lie to my doctors so that they give me medicinal marijuana. Seriously????
I am, however, annoyed by a few of the people that I work with who are ignorant to the idea of this type of pain that I have. Because of my pain I park out in front of my store, sometimes even closer on bad pain days. A few people have their two cents worth that they feel they need to throw at me about that. Again, ignorant. On the other side of the coin, they like to make comments about how I behave on my bad pain days... like I can help how active I am. Really? Sometimes my pain meds react a little intensely when combined with a really bad pain day... What happens? You guessed it. More comments... Ugh... Will it ever end?
Today I have decided to talk about a very personal and serious issue for me. I apologize in advance if I step on any toes, but I do have a disclaimer at the start of my blog site. I'm in the mood to be brutally honest and to wear my heart even more vividly on my sleeve than normal.
I have a condition called Fibromyalgia: read the descriptors, then what I have to say...
fi·bro·my·al·gia
[fahy-broh-mahy-al-juh]
–noun Pathology .
a syndrome characterized by fatigue and chronic pain in the muscles and in tissues surrounding the joints.
fibromyalgia (ˌfaɪbrəʊmaɪˈældʒɪə)
— n
a rheumatoid disorder characterized by muscle pain and headaches
Medical Dictionary
fi·bro·my·al·gia definition
Pronunciation: /ˌfī-(ˌ)brō-ˌmī-ˈal-j(ē-)ə/
Function: n
: a chronic disorder characterized by widespread pain, tenderness, and stiffness of muscles and associated connective tissue structures that is typically accompanied by fatigue, headache, and sleep disturbances called also fibromyalgia syndrome fibromyositis
also
A syndrome characterized by chronic pain in the muscles of soft tissues surrounding joints, fatigue, and tenderness at specific sites in the body. Also called fibromyositis , fibrositis .
Science Dictionary
fibromyalgia (fī'brō-mī-āl'jə) Pronunciation Key
A syndrome characterized by chronic pain in any of various muscles and surrounding soft tissues (such as tendons and ligaments), point tenderness at specific sites in the body, and fatigue. Inflammation is absent, and the cause is unknown.
Word Origin & History
fibromyalgia
1981, said to have been coined by U.S. rheumatologist Mohammed Yunus, from L. fibra (see fiber) + Gk. mys (gen. myos ) "muscle" (see muscle) + -algia. The earlier name for the condition was fibrositis .
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
People think that they need to see a bone protruding from the skin in order to believe another person actually has pain... I find that so offensive... and close minded.
Another frustrating point:
People are always telling me to milk the system and to take the easy route in dealing with my pain. Here are their brilliant ideas: get a handicap parking sticker, ask for disability, lie to my doctors so that they give me medicinal marijuana. Seriously????
I am, however, annoyed by a few of the people that I work with who are ignorant to the idea of this type of pain that I have. Because of my pain I park out in front of my store, sometimes even closer on bad pain days. A few people have their two cents worth that they feel they need to throw at me about that. Again, ignorant. On the other side of the coin, they like to make comments about how I behave on my bad pain days... like I can help how active I am. Really? Sometimes my pain meds react a little intensely when combined with a really bad pain day... What happens? You guessed it. More comments... Ugh... Will it ever end?
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