Managing Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain: Why Love and Acceptance are Essential
How do we learn to open up to pain? To fear? It seems so contrary to lean into it. We protect it and fight against it. Avoid it, and push...
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Meghan the Spoonie Mom
Jan 192 min read
Swiss Chard-An antiinflammatory pain fighter
Swiss Chard is not a green you see on the menu very often. Spinach, kale, sure. But don't we all get sick of those sometimes? Swiss chard...
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Meghan the Spoonie Mom
May 12, 20235 min read
Today is Fibromyalgia Awareness Day. Let's make this invisible illness visible!
When I was first diagnosed with fibro, I had no idea what it was. Nor did anyone else. Any attempts at beginning to explain it would just...
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Meghan the Spoonie Mom
Nov 17, 20228 min read
Opioid Use for Fibromyalgia: Everything a Spoonie Should Know
This is a touchy subject, I know. Many chronic pain sufferers have been treated like someone with a drug problem and had their pain...
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Meghan the Spoonie Mom
Oct 31, 20222 min read
Treatment of Fibromyalgia
Purpose To examine the different treatment approaches for managing fibromyalgia, including pharmacological and other popular options...
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Meghan the Spoonie Mom
Oct 27, 20225 min read
ADHD & Fibromyalgia: Cognitive Problems May Be More Than You Think
October is ADHD Awareness month, and as someone with the disorder who has a child, parents, and relatives with it, I think it’s important...
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Meghan the Spoonie Mom
Sep 13, 20226 min read
9/11: The Power of Finding Positivity in Tragedy & Trauma
As I sit here on 09/13, it’s hard not to ignore the achy feeling in my calves. (Yes, four days later!) When I stand up and walk, each...
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Aug 29, 20227 min read
Being a Good Mom with Fibromyalgia: Yes, You Can!
What is parenting? What constitutes a “good” parent? Let's work this out. Is it schlepping all over town forking out hundreds of dollars,...
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Aug 29, 20228 min read
Chakra Vegetables
To revisit February's theme of chakras, I chose vegetable recipes to represent each energy center. Chakras, or "wheels" in Sanskrit,...
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Aug 25, 202213 min read
Inner Critic of the Spoonie: Fibromyalgia and Self-Talk, what we say to ourselves matters
We all have an inner critic—the voice of doubt. The voice persistently, loudly, and glaringly directs our attention and processing toward...
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