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Fibromyalgia means surprises but I never expected the surprise I got today.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Today I had a baby shower to attend at Noon and our family’s first music engagement of the year began at 4pm. I knew my body should not do both,\u00a0 but the shower was for a dear friend’s daughter and I could not miss the music, so the decision was to do both and understand that tomorrow I would likely pay for this choice.<\/span><\/p>\n

I rested most if the morning (Well, okay, I rested after I vacuumed and cleaned a bathroom.) Then I drove 25 minutes to the baby shower. I got home in time to rest 8 minutes before piling into our 15 passenger van and heading to the music event.<\/span><\/p>\n

My adrenaline was still soaring three hours later and (after eating a buffet meal, mingling with oodles if people and holding a video camera for 20 minutes while the kiddos played) I went to sit down for the duration of the event when my body decided to\u00a0 lock up on me. Literally from the neck down I could not move. This was the second time this has happened to me in about a month.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s rather concerning because I was so locked up I could not even will myself to move. (And I was sitting at a large table with over 200 people in the room, trying not to look like I was in so much pain and trying to look normal). This has never happened to me in public before, either.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since I could not move, I tried to keep a pleasant look on my face, as I struggled internally to deal with this situation. The other musicians who played seemed to drag on as my pain increased.<\/span><\/p>\n

At my prompting with grunts, my darling daughter came over to try to rub my hands. It hurt. Tears stung my eyes and I said, “No more.” Instead I slowly began to move my fingers and then my neck and after a while I was moving enough to clap gently when it was over. My sweet husband helped me up from the uncomfortable folding chair I was sitting in and then out into the fresh air I went being guided by my two girls.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once home, I slowly made my way out of the vehicle, (determined to become one with a hot shower) when a car pulled in (bear in mind it was 9pm) and without a warning, my Sailor son jumped out to surprise his Momma!<\/span><\/p>\n

And surprised I was! He had only just gotten back from his first 6 month tour last week and told me he could not return home for several months!<\/span><\/p>\n

Needless to say, my ragged body went through the joys of emotion, complete with a newfound adrenaline surge enabling me to physically hug him as I cried from happiness to see my boy again!<\/span><\/p>\n

We all visited for another hour when this Momma had to go to bed!<\/span><\/p>\n

I am still in pain, still semi-locked up, but still happy!<\/span><\/p>\n

Fibromyalgia causes surprises from pain in areas on our body for no reason and life brings you surprises for no reason, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today I got both!<\/span><\/p>\n

So here is to my United States Navy Seaman and the wonderful surprise he gave his Momma! May tomorrow be another day with (perhaps) less physical surprises! (And may I be able to get out of bed and function!!)<\/span><\/p>\n

Blessings-<\/span><\/p>\n

~The Fibro Momma of Ten<\/span><\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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