About Me

At the age of 12, I was diagnosed with Glandular Fever, I would go on at 16 and 18 to have it again.  I never felt full of energy and regularly would feel run down.  I often had pain in my body which couldn't explained.

In 2000, I became a mum to a beautiful little girl.  She was perfect in every way and she slept brilliantly.  But despite that, once again I was constantly tired and blood tests never showed anything.  So I just continued on, struggling with the tiredness.

In 2002, I became a mum again to a beautiful wee boy.  For 3 and a half years, he didn't sleep.  I became used to being awake at periods during the night and even when he did finally sleep all night, I didn't and I constantly felt shattered. 

In 2008, I upped my days at work for a short 16 week period.  By the end of it, I was on my knees feeling so tired, in pain and just had enough.

At the begining of 2009, I went to the GP.  I just felt terrible again.  It was a locum I saw and she wasn't the best but she sent me for bloods to be done.  I managed to get an appointment with my own GP, who suggested it may be a ME type condition and arranged another appointment for me.  At the next appointment Fibromyalgia was diagnosed and I was referred to physio.

The physio had no clue what to do with me, but referred me to a charity called the Thistle Foundation.  It was there that they gave me support through a Lifestyle Management course.  The course wasn't designed to cure me, but to help me learn how to put myself first, and stop the spiral down to chaos and not being able to cope. 

5 years down the line, I have a good online support group of lovely friends but I still get people who don't understand and comment on how I look fine and that there is nothing wrong with me.

I'm starting this blog as a place to be able to put my thoughts about Fibromyalgia and how it is affecting my life and family.