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Old Jun 24, 2020, 04:37 AM
Anonymous41006
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Originally Posted by lizardlady View Post
Have any of you ever heard the period between flares referred to as being in remission? I was reading an article about fibro that used the term. It struck me as odd. I looked up the definition of the word "a disappearance of signs or symptoms of a disease". I suppose that could be true, but my symptoms never totally go away. I tend to think more in terms of symptoms flaring and fading.
I find "remission" an odd description as well, @lizardlady.

I've often likened mine to being in a vice-grip.

Clamping down then letting loose.

Flare & Fade ... Squeeze & Ease ...

Way more accurate than all that medical mumbo-jumbo the "experts" use IMHO!

Thanks for this!
childofchaos831, lizardlady