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Disclaimer

This blog is not a substitute for medical advice and serves only to help you to be your own advocate. Please seek out medical advice from your family physician and/or your medical team to recommend tests & treatments. What may have worked in my instances, may not works for others.
Please do not claim the information on this website as your own, when writing papers or sharing information online, please acknowledge my work accordingly.
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fibromyalgia awareness day 2021

5/12/2021

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Book list in the library and try out a new empowering playlist,
​on repeat for today is Imani Coppola. 

The Bee

Have you wondered why you've seen a bee or two on my website and/or blog? Here's my reason: The bee symbolizes community, brightness, and personal power. Follow the bee to discover your new destination. The "Bee" I'm following is bringing me to a bright new future, making new friends as I go along this healing journey, and going towards my goal of becoming a Fibromyalgia Coach. I feel the love and support of my family, my friends, my classmates, and my teachers. The community that I've been working within has been online but I still feel a special connection to my peers and colleagues.
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Fibro Flare reminders

Today ended up being a bad fibro flare day, I guess I used my hands and arms too much during school and getting my workspace organized, I was reminded that I have preventative measures that I neglected lately. 

​In a previous post about my favorite products, I talked about the products I use for fibro flares (preventative and during a flare). Click the photo below to visit that post. There's links available to each product.
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My favorite products

1/21/2021

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I wanted to share my favorite products I use on a daily bases for my self-care and products that ease my pain during recovery from a flare or daily pains.

Daily routineS

Last summer while I was working with my own fibromyalgia coach, she recommended that I add a night time routine to help ease myself into a better sleeping habit. Part of my night routine was to wash my face and put on my favorite face cream Superberry Hydrate + Glow Dream Mask from Youth to the People. In December, I added a morning routine to help prepare me for my college class(es). I would wash my face and put on Tatcha The Dewy Skin Cream. For Christmas, I got the eye creams to add to my routines. For daytime, I have Tatcha The Silk Peony Melting Eye Cream and Kiehl's Powerful-Strength Line Reducing & Dark Circle-Diminishing Vitamin C Eye Serum. For nighttime, I have Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Eye.
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Flare
Survival Kit

When I was enrolled in IFIC's Fibromyalgia Advisor program last summer, we had to prepare a "Flare Survival Kit", to be honest, I struggled with this assignment because I didn't have "pain relief" medicines or really knew which topical creams were available. It surprises most people when I tell them I do not take a prescription for pain; I was never offered pain relief from my GP and she retired her practice in the fall of 2019. I was temporarily seen by another GP, he didn't "believe in fibromyalgia" and wasn't helpful to my wellness, he also closed his practice in the spring of 2020. I have been without a physician in my medical team for a year.
Last week was my intake appointment with the naturopathic clinic. I look forward to working with a doctor who cares and knows how to care for a fibromyalgia patient.
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Every night before I fall asleep, I use Yves Rocher Anti-Fatigue/Anti-Tiredness Foot Soothing Iced Gel & Yves Rocher Light Legs Fresh Gel. I just discovered these Yves Rocher products this month and I love them very much, I don't hurt as much in the morning.
My favorite pain relief topical cream is by Mind Body Matrix. I was gifted a sample size bottle last summer when I joined the International Fibromyalgia Coaching Institute. I was so pleased that I felt immediate relief in my back, neck, and shoulders (or wherever else, I had applied it for pain relief). It is a pricey item, but I believe it is worth the cost, for it's an alternative to prescription medication that I don't have access to.
I use an essential oil called Worry Not, I apply it at bedtime on my wrists, breathe in the aroma and peacefully fall asleep.
If I have a headache, I use a frozen eye pillow created by KrumaCreations, either on the back of my neck or over my eyes.
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