I moved...kinda

Most people have probably figured that I've taken a sabbatical from writing on this blog due to the fact that I really haven't written on this blog in months. I feel bad about that, but I've been trying to juggle my health & that means letting some things go. Maybe I'll pick it up again, maybe I won't. However, you can catch up with me on my blog The Fibromyalgia Experiment I still keep things updated over there.

My Own Holiday

After the holidays, I feel like I need a vacation. It's just the busiest, most stressful time of year. It's not that I don't have fun, I just need to rest after.

So I usually declare December 26th to be Sara Day. I can sleep in, watch movies, just recuperate. It helps me to keep from going into a horrible flare. It's something every fibromite should consider. Besides the fact that's it's just fun to have your own holiday.

Dr. Quinn was right

Yup, the fibro is just fine. Just as long as I stay inside. All winter long. I now understand why everyone on Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman is told to sit in a hot spring, or move to a dry & warm climate. It seems like there should be a better answer for this after all of these years. I keep hoping that I can make it in Utah, but maybe Dr. Quinn was right. Anyone else having trouble surviving winter?

Well I finally found the secret to good health

I've been feeling great lately. I sleep well at night, I'm much less stressed. What has changed? Well, I lost my job & it was the only work that I know of that I can do with such severe fibromyalgia. I'm looking for a new job, but I have a little money saved up so that means I have a little bit of time to try & find a job that won't hurt my health. It really makes me see how hard I've been pushing myself just by working from home & how it's effected my health.

A new record for me

Today was a new fibromyalgia record. I went to to a craft fair for about 45 minutes. Now, I'm as sick as if I had run a marathon. Even blogging is difficult because I'm so sick. Usually I at least have an hour or two outside the house before I get really sick. It's discouraging to think about all of the things I can't do, so I guess I won't think about that. It really drove home the fact that I have to work form home like I do now. I wouldn't be able to hold down a part time job. I really hope I'm going through a phase & things go back to normal.

Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound

I'm in the middle of a flare & here are the things that just seem completely impossible to accomplish. I mine as well just build a time machine while I'm at it.

Go downstairs to find breakfast
Wash one fork & one plate
Lean over, pick up the camera case, unzip camera case, hold camera, take a picture of jewelry, plug into computer, unload pictures, resize picture, put camera back in bag, put camera bag away
Blog for half an hour
Do the 8 minute ta bo workout

I know the fibro fog is bad when...

The other day I muttered something. I stopped half way through the sentence when I realized that it might be taken the wrong way. I wondered how to save it. Then I noticed that no one was surprised that I didn't finish the sentence. I guess they are just used to me forgetting words. I could just walk out of the room. That's pretty much the only benefit of having fibro fog, everyone has low expectations of your conversational abilities.