The Daily Ow

If you ask me on just about any given day how I'm doing, 99% of the time I'll tell you about the pain I'm in. I was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia a nerve disorder that causes, among other things, widespread pain. Though the diagnosis was recent, more than likely I've had this for quite some time. There's no one certain trigger point that makes it go from annoying to full-blown; but some specialists have thought stress, illness and trauma are triggers. In some people, it could just be age. Fibro isn't the same with each person.

I'm tired. All the time. I'm in pain. All the time. What I don't like is that I've let that become who I am. Why do I have to tell the first person who asks me how I'm doing about my pain? I've let this become me. I welcomed this in and made it part of the family. I'm going to be in pain. That's part of my life now, that's a given. I'm really trying hard to get beyond that and say 'you know what, I was able to get some cleaning today' or 'I wasn't as tired today' and be happy about that. Sometimes it's hard to look beyond the pain and the negative towards the good things in life. I certainly have enough of those to be regular Ally and not FibroAlly. So. . .in the words of one Monty Python, I'm really going try to 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.' Very sage advice, don't you think?