Having fibromyalgia has changed my life, not for the better either. There are some things that I did before that I cannot do anymore. I cannot dance, it hurts my calf muscles. I cannot run it hurts those same muscles. Sometimes it hurts to write my name or to type on the computer because my fingers are stiff.
I do not breathe like everyone else does. I take short breathes like if I had asthma, but I do not have asthma. Some days it even hurts to breathe. The weather has a great deal to do with how I feel. Before weather changes my body hurts. It depends on the change as to how bad I am going to hurt.
Having fibromyalgia has affected the way I sleep. The bed has to be very soft. I sleep with soft pillows, usually one under each arm and one under the head. Since we have gotten a Temperpedic bed I have not had to put pillows under my legs to elevate them at night because of fluid retention. This has been a great change for me. Whether or not I have a good nights sleep depends on how I feel when I go to bed. And how I feel depends on the stress I am under. People with fibromyalgia do not get the deep sleep needed to allow the body to help heal itself; not without medication.
I do not get to go to all occasions we are invited to because I am hurting all over, that is with medication. There are so many little things that just make this not fun, but have to make the best of it and realize that there are others out there with worse things. It is all part of a thing called LIFE.
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