When I’m having a bad fibro day the thing I hear the most often is “just rest”. It’s probably what I say to someone else when they are having a bad fibro day as well. For some people they might need a phone answering service at their job or hire someone to help with the heavy housework a few hours a week. Just think about whatever the most stressful part of your job or day is and figure out if there’s a way to get rid of it.

It’s one of those things that is easy to say but very difficult to do. I don’t know that it actually helps fibromyalgia but it does seem to stop the spiral that can occur from doing too much. Does resting make you feel better?

I was kidding with someone who had fibromyalgia after I had given hugs to everyone else in the room. I said “this is how you hug with fibromyalgia” and did an air hug where our skin wasn’t even touching. The burning sensation on our skin can make it pretty difficult to even find solace in a hug. Do you still hug?

I was looking up skin problems that can also occur with fibromyalgia and was quite relieved that there is one that I don’t have. I usually focus on more basic factors with this disease, like how many people can work? What’s their mobility like and do they need walking devices or have they had surgery where they needed a knee scooter rental? Some of the symptoms are just plain weird though.

I read forums where different people were complaining of their skin itching from the inside. They had tried all sorts of allergy tests and treatments to no avail. I wondered if this was similar to the burning sensation on the skin that so many patients describe, but it really isn’t an itching sensation. It sounds like a minor inconvenience when compared to the rest of the pain but I can only imagine how frustrating this would get over time. Anyone out there who experiences this, I am so so so sorry.