SuzanneKeeneFrancis

Hello everybody Wishing everyone a happy day. :-)

I too am very clumsy and one of my first signals that I am heading for a flare up is that I start getting clumsier. At the moment I am not on regular meds but now that i work 25-30 hours a week I have started taking painkillers more regularly, and am having physio to keep me going.. But it never ends. I have had fibro for…

It shouldn't be a problem if their is adequate fibre in a diet. everyday people like me (ie not bodybuilders) with fibromyalgia don't eat enough protein if they follow the average diet plan. We don't go into the sleep mode where the body does its repairs so we can't restore muscle like other people. I have just started…

Not a morning person and am at my stiffest then, but will go for a walk around the block or two this evening around 10pm, Will have to bring a torch - this heat will bring out the snakes too!

Relationships are complex enough without this issue causing problems. I suggest that if you are both serious about each other then seeking counselling now will stop greater problems later. You and your weight are not problems to be solved - they are merely patterns of behaviour that have consequences to your health and…

Joining a fibro group is a great idea - because only we know how painful and difficult it is to eat and exercise properly

In many ways I know how you feel and it makes me remember my own flare up. I spent 10 years at home and lost my best friend at the height of the flare-up (and it turns out - my husband as well). Neither of them ever understand what Fibro though my husband did try. I fought hard to do art because it was the only thing that…

I work 25 hours a week as an Exec Assistant, and am technically enrolled in Honours programme at Australian National University, in painting workshop. I now walk 5 days a week because I have to go to and from work. However I have no energy and it's too painful when I try to paint, so I am on leave (again). I can't seem to…

FODMAPs are short chain carbohydrates and monosaccharides which are poorly absorbed in the small intestine, including fructans, galactans, fructose and polyols. The term is an acronym, deriving from "Fermentable, Oligo-, Di-, Mono-saccharides and Polyols". From Wikipedia! Where some people react to Salycilates, Amines and…

Thanks for sharing this low FODMAP recipe - I will try it out this wekend!