And in the beginning....the development of a blog by a woman in chronic pain...and more!!

As the Construction phase continues...Jewels of all Colors..honestly not what I wanted to start with now..but it's what we're stuck with for the time being...hopefully will develop into something you can sit and read...maybe with one fist under your jaw, holding your head up as you ingest some "mediocre" writing..blogging, ideas and findings on my part, as I venture out further into the vast spheres of information out there ...on this huge Highway to...???

This morning, as I turned over, hoisted myself up on my elbows and felt a new jabbing of pain...up through my torso...into the shoulders. Wonderful!! A "new" pain !! Not the typical knee pain I'm awakened by every morning. I search through my bag, feeling around for the "large" bottle which holds my Pain Medication..or , at least, THE main pain medication that I need to introduce into my body every day...twice daily!! Without it..I would be writhing in pain...so it's a part of me that will be with me forever. I accept that ...because it allows me to have some quality in life. Understand that every ones idea's of "Quality" however, differ greatly! With myself, Quality is a day that I can sit up after sleeping...and have my feet hit the floor within a five minute period, after working out some of the stiffness that may come with an 80 year old woman. As I reach the latter part of the fourth decade of life, I cannot imagine others my age, in general good health, ever beginning to understand this "type" of stiffness! But, with the medication, and a general good attitude about life...I can address this as Quality.

Living with a Chronic Illness, in my own case, the Diagnosis' list is comparative to a grocery list, so I limit it to simply Chronic Pain. That "name" addresses what most of the Disorders and Diseases generally all lend themselves to...Pain! It's much easier to explain to people that you are a "Chronic Pain Patient" than describe what Fibromyalgia is, or Anklying Spondyolitis is, and more. Much Easier! Fibromyalgia has finally made it's way out of the "Trash Basket" that it was assigned to by many Doctors in the last decade...and is more widely accepted now. I was diagnosed by a fabulously kind Rheumatologist at the University of Michigan back in 1997. She knew what she was looking for, I , obviously had all the symptoms she was checking on, and she made her diagnosis quickly and precisely. Not something that needed to be dragged out by blood tests, xrays and general poundings with those hammers they hit your knees with when checking responses!

I hope I am able to expand this blog into something you can turn to when in need of a smile, an acknowledgement, or general boredom! I guess we're all in for the ride!! Welcome!! Sit back and put your seat belt on...this could be an interesting ride!