http://womenandfibromyalgia.com Living with an Invisible Dis-ease Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:14:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2010/02/20/fibromyalgia-and-science/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2010/02/20/fibromyalgia-and-science/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:25:16 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=735 “Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood”, Marie Curie I recently heard a presentation from a distinguished scientist speaking about fibromyalgia. The audience seemed to be mostly comprised of people with fibromyalgia. He referred to fibromyalgia as a ‘terrible disease’. My immediate reaction was not very positive as I [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2010/02/20/fibromyalgia-and-science/feed/ 21 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2010/02/07/autismadhddyslexia-and-brain-wiring-fibromyalgia-and-brain-wiring/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2010/02/07/autismadhddyslexia-and-brain-wiring-fibromyalgia-and-brain-wiring/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:34:12 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=728 “One of the problems in understanding sensory issues is that sensory sensitivities are very variable, among individuals and within the same individual”, Temple Grandin I have recently heard interviews on NPR with Dr.Temple Grandin, one of the leading experts in autism. Unfortunately I don’t have HBO so did not watch the movie of her life [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2010/02/07/autismadhddyslexia-and-brain-wiring-fibromyalgia-and-brain-wiring/feed/ 19 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/05/09/fibromyalgia-goodism-self-sacrificegiving-yourself-away/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/05/09/fibromyalgia-goodism-self-sacrificegiving-yourself-away/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 12:00:48 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=48 “Self development is a higher duty than self sacrifice”, Elizabeth Stanton As I read more and more about brain mapping and how to change the pain mappings in my brain I am reminded about how intensely I wrote in my book regarding the highly sensitive person (HSP, according to Elaine Aron). This is the ‘empath’, the [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/05/09/fibromyalgia-goodism-self-sacrificegiving-yourself-away/feed/ 6 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/04/12/is-fibromyalgia-a-psycho-somatic-disorder/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/04/12/is-fibromyalgia-a-psycho-somatic-disorder/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:58:13 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=45 ” Trust one who has gone through it”, Virgil Writing those words, in fact, even thinking about the title makes me feel uncomfortable! Who wants to be labeled as one whose pain is thought to be “JUST in your head” implying it is not real? But, before we go off into a tailspin about that specific demeaning-sounding word, I [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/04/12/is-fibromyalgia-a-psycho-somatic-disorder/feed/ 8 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/04/16/the-winter-of-my-discontent-new-spring-promise-for-fibromyalgia-and-strengthening-machines/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/04/16/the-winter-of-my-discontent-new-spring-promise-for-fibromyalgia-and-strengthening-machines/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:07:44 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/04/16/the-winter-of-my-discontent-new-spring-promise-for-fibromyalgia-and-strengthening-machines/ “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ’I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do” , Eleanor Roosevelt So now [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/04/16/the-winter-of-my-discontent-new-spring-promise-for-fibromyalgia-and-strengthening-machines/feed/ 0