It was rough going there for a minute

But, I got thru the second part of my three part educational plan, receiving an Associate's Degree in Broadcast Communications this past May. It didn't take me as long as I thought it might, and that's a good thing. All that walking to school (two miles one way!) just about killed me (and probably ruined my left knee forever).

The pain is being kept to a dull roar at the present time. I looked into that new precription drug for FMS, and I'm not sure I like all the side effects. With my luck, I'd have one or all of them. That's just the way my luck seems to work these days.

The good news is that I may have health insurance as soon as August, because I can get a policy thru the university I'm attending to work on my Bachelor's. I still have questions to ask about pre-existing conditions and all that.

I'm going to be moving closer to the university, so hopefully my commute will be much less. Gas prices hurt my bottom line, and the closer I can get to campus, or a bus line, the better it will be for me.

Hopefully, I'll go into a long period of normalcy as far as flares are concerned.

--MorelaterZ--

Swimming eases pain of mystery ailment-- study

From Yahoo News:

A small study seems to indicate that swimming eases the pain of fibromyalgia. The study didn't indicate if other forms of exercise, such as walking or aerobics, were as effective.

Okay... if they didn't compare other forms of exercise, how is this a valid study. Wouldn't a study of exercise and fibromyalgia include more types of physical activity?

But, read the article and decide for yourself.

Accupuncture? I swear I'm going to try that next!

I ran across a blog recently where the author had tried accupuncture with some success. I keep telling myself to look into it, but never really get around to it. Maybe it's the needles that put me off.

God knows what I'm doing now (self medicating with OTC drugs) isn't really helping me in the long run.

Has anyone tried that Lyrica that is advertised on TV as being for fibromyalgia? I'm kinda curious to find out more about it before I approach a doctor with the idea of me taking it.

I go weeks without pain or fatigue, so that has me thinking that I can do anything. Then I have a flare that lasts much longer than I think it should. I know that the stress from school caused the last one I had in November. That last semester was the toughest one yet, and made me realize that I have to get this under control somehow.

I need to do some research. Posts on this blog are woefully lacking in usable information. Right now, it's just me complaining. LOL

LaterZ--