Dear Monday, Nobody likes you

It's been cold, but I think my body is finally acclimating to the weather changes, or at least I'm trying to think positive. I'm feeling pretty good considering the crazy cold and rainy sleety insanity going on just outside the window. It makes me very thankful I have a nice cozy blanket on my lap and a roof over my head.

I had a nice weekend with my husband's side of our family and celebrated one of our niece's birthdays. I'm lucky to have such a wonderful family and I'm so thankful for every single one of them. It really lifts my spirits to spend time with such positive and loving people. I'm extremely fortunate to have loving kin all around me.

I feel like I have 88 million things I should be doing right now, but no energy to even think about what needs to be done first. It's amazing to me how fast the house can go to heck and how fast the laundry piles up if I'm not doing stuff every single day. There IS, ONLY TWO, of us in this house. I would really like to adopt a child or foster one, but at this point I'm not sure I could keep up the pace. I'm hoping this cymbalta kicks into high gear soon. The Doc told me that it could take up to 4 months until I'm feeling the full affects of it though.

This week we are getting brand new reclining chairs for our living room and I can hardly wait! All my life I've lived with 'hand-me-down' chairs and couches. I've never been so excited about getting anything new ever. hehe These chairs have heat, and vibrating massage, (which isn't that big of a deal to me, because i prefer deep tissue to make any progress,) and the best part is the power reclining feature. I won't have to jolt my body every time I want to recline back or try to get out of the chair. I think this is going to be really good for me and help me feel a lot better, because compared to what I usually have to sit in, this new chair will be heaven!

Symptoms and Pain Levels (1 - 10 being the worst)

• Actually my whole body is at about an even 7, ... everything, my normal list including face, fingers and toes. It all hurts pretty evenly today. 
• I'm also cold
• my skin has been so dry and ichy
• craving sweets as usual :-P
• nausea  
• extreme fatigue
• extreme thirst and dry mouth
• random pin pricks, usually in my thighs 

Helpful Links


 The Fibromyalgia Expert - Finding Comfortable Furniture
http://fibromyalgiaexperiment.com/2011/09/16/finding-comfortable-furniture/

Fibro-Pedic - Advertisement but worth checking out!
http://www.selectabed.com/fibropedic.htm

Pro-Health - A doctors advice for dealing with the physical tasks of daily life
http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?libid=15287

Everyday coping strategies for coping with Fibromyalgia - Yahoo article
http://voices.yahoo.com/everyday-coping-strategies-fibromyalgia-5909248.html