Managing Coping
The Emotions of Parenting a Child with CFS
I was sitting in the solitude of my quiet home longing for that peaceful time to never end. I knew that we soon would be faced with the inevitable problems that school forces upon us each year. In the summers my family is fortunate enough to get a “little” break from CFS. My daughter has learned that while she needs to still limit her activity, she can get through a day without her wheelchair, or the headaches that dominate the rest of the year.
Coping With The Holidays
I have always had an emotionally difficult time coping with the �holidays�. Activities that others seemed to enjoy somehow left me feeling empty and blue. I�ve never been able to get into the �holiday spirit�, and just relax and enjoy myself. I�m still not really sure why this always happens to me; I just know that it does. I suspect that one of the reasons is that my expectations usually exceed the reality of what is.
P.A.C.E. – A Prescription for Coping with Fibromyalgia
I have come to realize, after dealing with fibro for many years, and talking with fellow FMers, that one of the more important aspect of coping with fibro (managing pain and fatigue) is the concept of pacing. It is a skill, while often difficult to put into actual practice, that can be learned.
Keeping Pace with Fibromyalgia
Pacing is a subject near and dear to all our hearts is it not? 
Due to several Fibro Friends’ discussions I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about this subject. I have noticed, for some time, a recurring theme in many of our conversations. Almost daily we’re all bemoaning the fact that we’ve overdone it yet again and are suffering the results.
Coping with Fibromyalgia at SuiteU
If you have ever wondered what the Coping with Fibromyalgia Course at SuiteU was all about – now is your chance to find out through an interview with the course instructor Carol Wallace, Ph.D.
The Fibro Friends Discuss the Holiday Blues
It’s that time of year again. The time when many of us, for various reasons, begin to succumb to depression. Rather than a sense of anticipation and joy – the approaching holidays, especially Thanksgiving and Christmas, may bring about a sense of dread and despair.
Coping with Fibromyalgia: One man’s perspective update
When we first met Steve Lloyd he was an angry, bitter, and depressed man. As a result of being forcibly unemployed, due to fibromyalgia and the lack of understanding of his previous employer, he was left with feelings of doubt about his self-worth.
Coping with Fibromyalgia: One man’s perspective
Women are much more likely to develop fibromyalgia than men (by a ratio of 4 to 1)� according to The Arthritis Society. The reason for this is unknown at this time. But, that does not mean that FMS is any less real for the men who suffer its devastating effects. To better understand these effects, and how they may or may not differ from the female experience, I decided to go right to the source.
