http://womenandfibromyalgia.com Living with an Invisible Dis-ease Thu, 10 May 2012 18:56:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2010/12/22/fibromyalgia-and-emotions/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2010/12/22/fibromyalgia-and-emotions/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:21:07 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=1071 “Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like emotions”, Joseph Roux It’s almost the end of December already and I missed writing a blog in November. Seems I was trying to recover from the many crises (or at least perceived crises) in my life. The physiotherapist (Nick) said my nervous system was “completely exhausted” and to rest. [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2010/12/22/fibromyalgia-and-emotions/feed/ 0 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/06/23/fibromyalgia-men-and-womensensitivity-and-empathy/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/06/23/fibromyalgia-men-and-womensensitivity-and-empathy/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:57:02 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=30 “Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it”, George Carlin To-day one of my favourite comedians died. I shall miss his humour and while I obviously agree with Carlin’s view that both men and women are from earth, I cannot be quite so cavalier about dealing with many known differences. Sensitivity and empathy, for example, [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/06/23/fibromyalgia-men-and-womensensitivity-and-empathy/feed/ 5 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/06/12/fibromyalgia-and-the-attempt-to-force-it-into-a-disease-category/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/06/12/fibromyalgia-and-the-attempt-to-force-it-into-a-disease-category/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:31:33 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=26 ” Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse” , Lily Tomlin I am weary. Try as much as I can, I cannot find many fibromyalgia researchers who are willing to stop this endless search for a medical cause of fibromyalgia! So many seem keen on trying to force the Cinderella slipper on the [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/06/12/fibromyalgia-and-the-attempt-to-force-it-into-a-disease-category/feed/ 11