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/2012/04/04/fibromyalgia-chronic-fatigue-and-childhood-trauma-abuse/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2012/04/04/fibromyalgia-chronic-fatigue-and-childhood-trauma-abuse/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:24:41 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=1439 “I have a strong sense that fibromyalgia may well be based on extremely early and probably preverbal trauma that often is difficult to document in a patient’s clinical history”, Robert Scaer As I noted in my book and on several blogs, childhood trauma seems to have resulted in the development of an overly sensitive, highly [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2012/04/04/fibromyalgia-chronic-fatigue-and-childhood-trauma-abuse/feed/ 2 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2012/03/14/fibromyalgia-and-pelvic-floor-exercises/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2012/03/14/fibromyalgia-and-pelvic-floor-exercises/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:11:59 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=1411 “Pelvic floor issues can make you feel very vulnerable, depressed and as though you are aging fast”, Michelle Kenway Exercises in general are the bane of those of us with fibromyalgia and I have not been able to find books that address specific instructions regarding those which will not cause further pain. QiGong, TaiChi, Feldenkrais [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2012/03/14/fibromyalgia-and-pelvic-floor-exercises/feed/ 2 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2012/03/04/fibromyalgia-and-bladderpelvis-issues/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2012/03/04/fibromyalgia-and-bladderpelvis-issues/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:39:34 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=1400 “The pelvic floor and bladder muscles work together but in opposite fashion. As one contracts the other relaxes. This occurs by reflexes sent between the two muscles and is governed by our brain and nervous system”, Kelli Berzuk It appears that most blogs I write nowadays focus on the brain and that lively ( but [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2012/03/04/fibromyalgia-and-bladderpelvis-issues/feed/ 0 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2012/02/26/fibromyalgia-and-pelvic-floor-disorders-incontinence-frequency-urgency-prolapses/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2012/02/26/fibromyalgia-and-pelvic-floor-disorders-incontinence-frequency-urgency-prolapses/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 13:51:39 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=1340 “There’s a one in three chance that any woman reading this book has a secret: incontinence- the problem of being unable to always control her waterworks”, Pauline chiarelli This knowledgable  Australian physiotherapist writes about such issues as incontinence, frequency, urgency, prolapses and bowel issues, all concerns of people with fibromyalgia. I highly recommend searching for [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2012/02/26/fibromyalgia-and-pelvic-floor-disorders-incontinence-frequency-urgency-prolapses/feed/ 0 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2011/12/27/fibromyalgia-and-hope-for-the-new-year/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2011/12/27/fibromyalgia-and-hope-for-the-new-year/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:25:36 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=1323 “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tunes without words, and never stops at all”, Emily Dickinson I have been reading the several contrary views on the issue of gratitude, that is, should a person feel gratitude for what is good in one’s life or does that turn [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2011/12/27/fibromyalgia-and-hope-for-the-new-year/feed/ 4 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2011/12/04/fibromyalgia-and-happiness/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2011/12/04/fibromyalgia-and-happiness/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:37:32 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=1298 “The many different categories of happiness and suffering can be divided broadly into physical pleasure and suffering; and mental pleasure and suffering. The latter, the experiences of the mind, are more important than those of the body”, The Dalai Lama The  book by Dr.Rick Hansen exemplifies all that I have written about in the past [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2011/12/04/fibromyalgia-and-happiness/feed/ 2 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2011/10/09/fibromyalgia-and-soundsnoises-misophonia/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2011/10/09/fibromyalgia-and-soundsnoises-misophonia/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:25:17 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=1271 “One of the greatest sounds of them all-and to me it is a sound-is utter,complete silence“, Andre Kostelanetz There is a new (at least to me) term called “misophonia” (Wednesday, September 7, 2001 , Life section, The Globe and Mail) in which sounds can cause severe reactions in people ( article written by Joyce Cohen). [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2011/10/09/fibromyalgia-and-soundsnoises-misophonia/feed/ 15 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2011/09/28/fibromyalgia-and-night-time-traumas/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2011/09/28/fibromyalgia-and-night-time-traumas/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:15:37 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=1266 “In my age, as in my youth, night brings me many a deep remorse. I realize that from the cradle up I have been like the rest of the race-never quite sane in the night”, Mark Twain My father died at 93 last week. My mother, also 93, is in a state of extreme shock [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2011/09/28/fibromyalgia-and-night-time-traumas/feed/ 0 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2011/08/23/hope/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2011/08/23/hope/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:35:11 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=1259 “My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world” , Jack Layton   Yesterday, the Canadian leader of the New Democratic Party died at the age of 61 years. He was my hero. His [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2011/08/23/hope/feed/ 0 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2011/07/26/linking-together-the-causes-of-fibromyalgia/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2011/07/26/linking-together-the-causes-of-fibromyalgia/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:54:17 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=1243 “The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously and is the trigger point for the fight or flight response “, Daniel Goleman. Just as I figured several years ago…it wouldn’t take long before others would finally give up searching for viral/bacterial/hormonal or other CAUSES for fibromyalgia and agree [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2011/07/26/linking-together-the-causes-of-fibromyalgia/feed/ 11