#fibrosucks

[chronically-izzzzle]

[myalgicencephalomyelitiscfstom]

"Gut Microbes Cause Fibromyalgia-Like Symptoms in Mice: Transplanting gut bacteria from healthy people reduced pain associated with fibromyalgia in mice and patients, offering a potential therapeutic strategy"

Gut Microbes Cause Fibromyalgia-Like Symptoms in Mice

Transplanting gut bacteria from healthy people reduced pain associated with fibromyalgia in mice and patients, offering a potential therapeu

[peach-scented-chupacabra]

Accepting myself, even the parts that hurt me, has been a struggle. But I'm trying.

Edit : including an image description that mod bright at @accessfashion did!

[image description: a thirteen panel comic about chronic pain in the artist’s legs.

First, black text reads: “sometimes all of the pain just gets too much”.

Beneath the panel show a pale person sitting and holding onto their thigh with both hands.

Second, text reads: “and I begin wishing that I could just exchange my legs for better ones”.

Panel shows a red book labeled “legs”.

Third, text reads: “maybe I could have a mermaid tail instead”.

Panel shows the book open to pages that show a fish tail and a text bubble that says “so many options”.

Fourth, text reads: “it would be beautiful, and I could spend all my time swimming”.

Panel shows a pale mermaid swimming away, surrounded by sea life.

Fifth, text reads: “but then I wouldn’t be able to leave the water…”

Panel shows a pale centaur facing away from the camera.

Sixth, text reads: “a centaur body would give me twice the number of legs, and I go anywhere I want without a car”.

Panel shows the book with a rearing centaur, but fine print reads: “caution: can’t fit in small areas such as elevators and household doorways”.

Seventh, text reads: “I guess maybe not everywhere”.

Panel shows faun legs with a bubble that reads: “smaller than a centaur! Very nimble!”

Eighth, text reads: “goat legs would be smaller, and I could prance about”.

Panel shows a pale faun standing facing away from the camera.

Ninth, text reads: “but I don’t think I could handle all the extra fur…”

Panel shows snake tails with a bubble that reads: “slithering is the new walking!”

Tenth, text reads: “a snake tail would be really comfortable to sleep with”.

Panel shows a Naga curled up with their tail falling into their face.

Eleventh, text reads: “but I would probably get myself tangled up.”

Panel shows the legs book closed again, next to a boba tea and a cat’s paws.

Twelfth, text reads: “maybe I’m just too picky”.

Panel shows pale legs extended in a bathtub full of pink water.

Thirteenth, text reads: “or maybe I should accept my legs the way they are, pain and all”.

Panel shows the pale legs bent at the knee, a black cat curled up beside them, and two bottles of pills sitting beside them.

End description.]

[rainbowchihuahuabunny]

That chronic illness feel when you are in so much pain but you don't have the spoons to get up and get your pain medicine so you just lie there. In pain.

[sunshine-tattoo]

My fibromyalgia is kicking my ass today. Fuck.

[stars-and-branches]

[spencerrscardigans]

when the disability is actually disabling :(

[thatfibrolife]

The transition from abled to disabled, from skinny to fat, from mobile to immobile, from pretty to pity from health to pain from youth to fatigue from normal to...

Being a healthy-ish, beautiful teenager and then having your entire body change due to chronic illness is really difficult. And we don't talk about it enough.