"You Learn Something New Everyday" my god daughter recently said to me. After almost two decades of dealing with my Fibromyalgia, I can say that is so very true.
I recently saw a fibromyalgia study post online that really caught my eye. It was a person getting a deep looking neck massage, and l couldn't even imagine how with my pain that would be pleasant. I was literally thinking in my head that I would smack that person for even touching my neck. I noticed that this fibro study ad had a ton of comments so I decided to see what other people were commenting. To my surprise they were all saying the same thing about not being able to get a massage like that (EVER) due to fibromyalgia.
A little back story about me. I also injured my neck and back, so I had surgery on my neck and always thought my neck pain was from my injury only. It wasn't until I read other people's comments that I realized most of the people commenting had neck pain too but had not injured their neck. I learned that day that my neck problems were not just from my injury but also this horrible disease that has been attacking the rest of my body. I also learned from my fellow fibro warriors that I am not alone and that so many people like me just want to get through their day with a little less pain. I also learned from reading their comments how very blessed I am to have a mother who was able to create a topical pain rub to help me with my fibro pain.
We are lucky to learn something new everyday, and we should pay attention more to what we learned each day. I learned I enjoy reading other people's comments about their experience with fibro or other invisible illness, and will do this more. We Pain Warriors are really some funny people even though we might be having a bad day, and laughter really does help.
Until next time... Proud Fibro Warrior
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