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/2010/12/22/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/2010/05/29/changing-the-brainrewiring-the-braintraining-the-brain-managing-fibromyalgia/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2010/05/29/changing-the-brainrewiring-the-braintraining-the-brain-managing-fibromyalgia/#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 14:03:06 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=927 “Every man (sic) can, if he so desires, become the sculptor of his own brain”, Santiago Ramon Cajal I have before me books, newspaper clippings, magazines that speak to the phenomenal advances that are occurring in the area of brain science and remapping the brain. Just this week I have read in our Canadian newspaper [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2010/05/29/changing-the-brainrewiring-the-braintraining-the-brain-managing-fibromyalgia/feed/ 2 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2010/03/15/the-sand-mandala-trying-to-overcome-the-suffering-of-fibromyalgia/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2010/03/15/the-sand-mandala-trying-to-overcome-the-suffering-of-fibromyalgia/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:50:54 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=780 ” At the museum a troubled woman destroys a sand painting meticulously created over days by Tibetan monks. The monks are not disturbed. The work is meditation. They simply begin again”, Susan Griffin I have recently had the honour of watching Losang Samten, a Tibetan scholar, develop (over days) and then begin the dismantling (in [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2010/03/15/the-sand-mandala-trying-to-overcome-the-suffering-of-fibromyalgia/feed/ 8 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2010/03/12/fibromyalgia-and-pacing-oneself/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2010/03/12/fibromyalgia-and-pacing-oneself/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:41:23 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=767 “If you can anchor yourself to a ship of tranquility, you won’t be tossed about by the waves of stimulation”, Ted Zeff I recently asked my spouse what lessons he learned from his father. His reply was how to ‘pace’ himself; to be cautious and not overly frenetic. His father lived to be 90, was [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2010/03/12/fibromyalgia-and-pacing-oneself/feed/ 10 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/06/13/fibromyalgia-and-treatment/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/06/13/fibromyalgia-and-treatment/#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:09:46 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=69 “What I am looking for is not out there; it is in me”, Helen Keller The idea that fibromyalgia can be ‘cured’ through medications is erroneous. Drugs such as Neurontin or Lyrica can sometimes be effective to control the symptoms in some people with fibromyalgia some of the time. Is this really treatment or merely masking the [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/06/13/fibromyalgia-and-treatment/feed/ 7 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2007/06/18/meditation-freeze-frame-and-fibromyalgia/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2007/06/18/meditation-freeze-frame-and-fibromyalgia/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:13:10 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2007/06/18/meditation-freeze-frame-and-fibromyalgia/ “Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom”, Buddha Since there aren’t any standardized ‘scientific‘ medical tests which can be done to diagnose fibromyalgia, it stands to reason that there isn’t a cure, and there aren’t [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2007/06/18/meditation-freeze-frame-and-fibromyalgia/feed/ 0