Falling Off The Fibro Cliff

It's been about 2 months since my last post because I fell off the Fibro Cliff and have been in a continuous flare. I had a wonderful time at Disney World with the family but I should have stayed home. I pushed myself and exposed myself to cold, drafty weather. Then I returned home and plunged back into my daily routine with no time set aside to recuperate first. I celebrated my birthday, attended several Mardi Gras parades, traveled back home to Chicago and am celebrating the 6th birthday of one of my granddaughters.

I'm starting to pull myself back up the side of the FM cliff via utilizing various Fibromyalgia management tools from my FM Toolkit. It's difficult to hang on because one of the components of Fibro management, effective pain medication, is elusive for me. Since moving to New Orleans, my new Fibro doctors and I have not been able to find an affordable, effective, nonaddictive prescription combination. Last August I participated in a Functional Restoration program and did pretty well.

The problem is that the pain of Fibromyalgia seems to be self-perpetuating. If I am sedentary, my pain increases. If I am overactive or push myself too much, my pain increases. If I don't exercise, my pain increases. If I exercise too hard or too much, my pain increases. The secret to managing the pain is finding that balance. I try not to be sedentary, I try to exercise but not having an effective medication to deal with sleep disorders and to take the edge off the pain has made it difficult to regain my footing and climb back up the side of the Fibromyalgia cliff.