Fuck Fibromyalgia

The true account of a fibromyalgia warrior. Also: autism, ADHD, social anxiety, forever keyboard warrior

[pa3ch]

Who the hell has time for alone time anymore?

Anyone else like me where they're too busy surviving and sleeping in order to even get the time to practice self-care beyond the every day hygiene they're supposed to do?

[pa3ch]

Moment of appreciation for my service dog (still in training). I rescued him from a shelter in May of 2023. He was 6 months old and scared of everything but other dogs, but was especially scared of humans he doesn’t know. My intention was not to have him do service work initially. I started doing basic obedience with him and he fully learned the commands within the first month of having him. I started proofing those commands and working on boosting his confidence around people and his fear reactivity. I also started doing threshold work with him.

Fast forward to today where he is generally neutral towards people unless they try to pet him (which is fine, I advocate for him) and has been allowed by the hospital to be brought in on a leash for training purposes. He has come a long way and wanted to recognize all the hard work he’s done to get to this point. He’s currently working on tasking and focus work as his puppy “stupids” are clearing up and I am so proud of him and how smart he is for picking up his tasks as quick as he does. I’m tasking him for mobility stability, as he is tall enough and he alerts when my symptoms require me to rest (although, him pushing me into a chair or on the bed is not necessarily what I want him to do but I am working on that with him).

It is not easy training your own service dog and it is especially not easy when they are a shelter rescue, but this has worked for me and my dog due to hard work, consistency, routine, and LOTS of treats.

[pa3ch]

Scheduled an EMG to test my nerves…. First available was October lol

[mommyisdownwiththesickness]

Seriously, not to brag or anything, but I did make it out of bed today, even though I didn't want to move. I didn't want to get up, I didn't want to take my meds, and I just wanted to disappear today. Multiple Sclerosis makes me feel weak and tired most days, but I get out of bed, I take my meds, and they help me to have a fulfilling day!

[pa3ch]

There are days it feels like this for me and other days, it’s acknowledging the fact I’m still alive and feel like my 80yo great- grandma with no filter dropping f bombs everywhere.

[evilwriter37]

I'm so sick and tired of people thinking that disabled people are lazy. Like, I want to do the chores around the house, I want to go out with friends, I want a job. My body literally just will not let me. Having a job would probably kill me.

It's not fun hanging around on the couch or in bed all day, knowing there are things you want to do but can't.

Stop calling us lazy.

[pa3ch]

We aren’t lazy, we are sick and we won’t get better.

[bebsi-cola]

i think a lot of disabled people are scared of their health deteriorating. i know i don't get enough support for my current needs so another issue is scary. but i also think disabled people can verbalise these fears (to others at the very least) without making disabled people with worse health than you or with the conditions you're scared of getting feel like shit. don't call their lives a worst case scenario or a nightmare or your darkest fears. they're people. they don't deserve that from both ableds and other disabled people.

[painwillpass]

being disabled is being torn between wanting to be a hermit and live alone for the rest of my life to not burden anyone else with my problems and my needs but also knowing that there’s no way i can survive on my own due to the limiting nature of my disability

[bee-fox]

I think that it's really important for people to realize that being disabled is traumatic. genuinely. your body and brain feel like they are breaking down and wrong. you are in constant heavy stress from stuff like chronic pain. most disabled people i know have a somewhat regular emotional break down from the trauma of it all. and we are expected to just smile through it by society, to not be in the way, to not be an issue.

[pa3ch]

This^^

[pa3ch]

Thank you to everyone who got me to 50 likes! I appreciate you all 🥰

[pa3ch]

25 posts!

[pien-art]

really fun autism and chronic illness cycle 😀👍👍

[fibro-memes]

[whatshouldwecallchronicillness]

When someone asks me how I've been doing...

[fibro-memes]

[chronicillnesshumor-deactivated]

[chronicillnesshumor-deactivated]

[pa3ch]

Me on a daily basis.

[pa3ch]

Insurance sucks

Insurance: Won't cover the CT scan that I need to get done on my inner ears to ensure there is not an inner ear issue. They won't even take it as medically necessary LOL