Fibromyalgia Pain - thepersistentbutterfly

What does that mean?

It means that I am just a normal person whose life has ups and down same as anyone. Sad days, happy days. Emotional days and steady days. I am just your average Jolene who has a life she is trying to live each and every day.

It just so happens that I also suffer from a multitude of chronic pain issues. Like in every joint.

Today I am also suffering from eye problems. The whole time I am typing this my eyesight is blurred. I wear bifocals now and I am constantly moving my head up and down looking for a clear row to see through. Not every day is a bad eye day, but today is.

Fibromyalgia sufferers can have problems at any time on any given body part. From the head to the toes. Random pain. It can last for one minute or one hour…or longer. It is a part of the condition.

How do I handle this?

Well, I was diagnosed in 2015. Click here to take you to my story. My life is busy. Unyieldingly busy. Is that even a word???

I have a husband with blood cancer, two sons in Marine Corp boot camp, one son in the Navy, and a family bluegrass band that is still kicking after the boys departure and variety of farm animals to take care of. I home school, and have for over 22 years. I love my busy life! I have a great family! But I also have Fibromyalgia.

Today is a wet, cold, dreary fall day. I used to love these days. I still do, to a degree, but the pains these types of days bring me is not lovable.

On top of that, my basement began leaking (again) and the morning was spent using the shop-vac and trying to find the leak. Add that my girls are at their sisters and my hubby and I are the only ones home!

My body aches! So does my husbands. His condition makes him tire way too easily and energy, for him, is scarce.

I consider myself to be a relatively happy person. My life can be difficult with the constant pain from Fibromyalgia, but if I can find the happiness in a situation, it is better for everyone in my life.

If I am around people who are gloomy, it does nothing to help my pain. In fact, it aggravates it. I try not to let other’s moods effect me, but they do.

No where is it written that life is easy because you have no physical pain. No where is it written that life is easy because you don’t.

For some chronic pain sufferers it is downright hard to live daily. For others, the hardships are of their own making because of their negative attitudes and non-acceptance of their pain condition. And still others seem to have that effervescent joy no matter what pain they are going through. They may have continuous pain that no one can see, but their smile would never make you think they are suffering at all. I am not speaking of a fake smile, either. I am talking about a genuine, honest to goodness smile that radiates from within. You know the type. You probably also know the opposite type I described above.

Now, the question is, which type are you?

I want to be the type of person that people could scarcely tell how badly I hurt…and mean it.

I recently went to Arizona for eight days. I went for many reasons, but while there, I secretly wanted to wake up one morning and have all the pain be gone. You know, due to the fresh air, the climate, the fact that I had no obligations or stress to speak of…maybe one of those reasons would cause my Fibromyalgia to just evaporate and drift away on the peaceful winds of the mountain air.

Unfortunately, I am not able to report this to have happened.

Instead, I was reminded that I DO have Fibromyalgia and it is NOT going away.

The change in atmosphere did me good in other ways, but I still had to pace myself, take Ibuprofen as needed, and rest often. But through it all, I did my best to smile…a genuine smile, which I did have readily available.

Acceptance of the medical condition you have is vital to how you will get through each day.

My prayer is that you find peace along your journey and discover the smile that is waiting to rise to the surface of your face!

May Jesus help you find your way to Him…and that smile!

God Bless-

~The Fibro Momma of Ten

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I consider myself to be a relatively happy person. My life can be difficult with the constant pain from Fibromyalgia, but if I can find the happiness in a situation, it is better for everyone in my life.