Originally Posted by ~Christina

I have 5 tattoos and all were done after diagnosed with Fibro/ CFS and none of them caused a Fibro flare.

what did you get, christina?

pretty much same as yesterday today

no plans

@raging vortex ... One's a fairy and the other is a black heart.

Thanks for crossed lizard fingers, @lizardlady.

Howdy @~Christina.

Hope all are faring pretty well today.

Safe Journeys!

Originally Posted by Pfrog

@raging vortex ... One's a fairy and the other is a black heart.

Thanks for crossed lizard fingers, @lizardlady.

Howdy @~Christina.

Hope all are faring pretty well today.

Safe Journeys!

you don't have one of a frog?. lol

doing pretty well today just doing nothing, so as usual wondering why I'm awake (I know the answer, it's because I can't sleep. but yeah)

[childofchaos831]

We have 5 tats also and don't distinctly remember any of them triggering a flare.

[lizardlady]

The voice of personal experience sure out weighs my guess about getting a tat causing a flare. Thanks for the input ladies.

showered today and had a healthy fruit salad for breakfast.

did nothing for my mood (never does), and increased my fibro pain, but oh well: it's done for another week

in quite a bit of pain this evening.

plus: I had a mcdonalds (biggist portion of nuggets you can get, and ate them way too quickly), so the complete oppositte to the fruit salad

Originally Posted by lizardlady

The voice of personal experience sure out weighs my guess about getting a tat causing a flare. Thanks for the input ladies.

My personal experience includes wishing I'd never got them within three months of getting them.

I researched removal and talked to a couple of people that had already had it done.

The process is more painful than getting the tattoo in the first place, so ...

[~Christina]

Originally Posted by raging vortex

what did you get, christina?

Hey.. My first I got about 8 years ago. My Dad and I always had a thing about dragonfly's . Anyway my daughter and I wanted to get one in honor of him.. We both wanted a different style , I got mine on the underside of my arm. She got one on her foot.

The next was right on my collar bone.. " Inhale the future Exhale the past. and I got a Semi colon between my thumb and index finger.. It became all the rage. I got mine before that, I had stumbled across Amy Beul's story a year or so before.. I was devastated when she did end her life, She brought talk of suicide to the masses.

I also have a tattoo on my left wrist the bottom side of a simple bird, It represents that I have wings and can weather a storm

My late tattoo is on my right wrist also under side that says " Balance" and its also a reminder that I strive for finding balance in my life..

They are all ones that I had planned, None were done on a whim.. they all each have great meaning to me.

None of them caused a Fibro flare for me, I mean my fibro is always bad , but none caused a flare ...

I had a few more tattoos planned but with psoriasis there is a chance it could cause a psoriasis plaque..

yesterday I started clearing out some of my old, scratched and useless cds

I got rid of about 2 bags fuln

not bad. going to do some more later today

this afternoon I sorted through more of my cds. I can't believe I still have so many.

came across a cd my brother gave me before he passed away

has the fun lovin criminals on. baught back so many memories for me.

[lizardlady]

Raging vortex, I hope they were happy memories.

[lizardlady]

For once I'm being sensible taking care of myself. I worked my butt off (oh if that were only true) the last few days. I was going to Mom's today. I decided to stay home and do stuff inside today, give myself a chance to rest.

Pfrog is in a very dark place right now ...

I have an appointment with my therapist Friday.

Possible trigger:

When you go to bed every night praying to a god you no longer believe in to let you die in your sleep so you don't have to wake up to yet another day of excruciating physical pain, and all the while you're battling the demons and dragons of anxiety, depression and PTSD, and you find yourself so overwhelmed by the uncertainty of it all that you're constantly breaking down into crying jags throughout the day ...

I promise to be present for that appointment.

[lizardlady]

Oh Pfrog, I wish there was something I could do for you hon. (*(*(*(*Pfrog*)*)*)*)

Just showing you understand and care, @lizardlady, is something enough ...

Thank you.

Originally Posted by lizardlady

Raging vortex, I hope they were happy memories.

it sounds so old now.

before I had it on that cd I found today, I had the single of it. it's only from the 90's, but still. sounds so old!

mixture of good and bad memories

[~Christina]

Pfrog... I am so sorry your feeling this way... But I truly understand, But hold on , Things will improve

I really want to invest in a new laundry basket.

that's the next thing... getting too low now for me to get to it

had to deal with that today. ow

Thank you, @~Christina ...

Holding on ...

Tight!

so far today (it is now 20 past 2), I have eaten breakfast and watched a programme on shoplifting

that is all I have done all day. my life is so dull

Update ...

ADA Meeting this Friday.

I've already decided if I cannot continue to work from home, I will apply for disability.

I can't hardly walk anymore anyhow so it's time I face that sad fact!

Not about to return to campus and try to negotiate my way through throngs of people that could care less about my health status.

Not to mention being at increased risk for severe illness or death if I contract Covid!

Our governor just rescinded all local efforts to implement required masks in public, and I'm sure our University will follow suit.

In the meantime cases have surged over 50% in our area, overwhelming the hospitals to the point they're having to divert patients elsewhere.

Pfrog is exhausted physically and mentally and just doesn't have the energy to push herself through anymore.

I'm done!

[lizardlady]

(*(*(*(*Pfrog*)*)*)*)

I believe a lot of people are worn down by ongoing events. Some days it feels like the danger from this virus will never end. Add that on top of daily struggles with medical problems and it's overwhelming.

I hope your school will let you keep working from home until you CD an retire.

Originally Posted by Pfrog

Update ...

ADA Meeting this Friday.

I've already decided if I cannot continue to work from home, I will apply for disability.

I can't hardly walk anymore anyhow so it's time I face that sad fact!

Not about to return to campus and try to negotiate my way through throngs of people that could care less about my health status.

Not to mention being at increased risk for severe illness or death if I contract Covid!

Our governor just rescinded all local efforts to implement required masks in public, and I'm sure our University will follow suit.

In the meantime cases have surged over 50% in our area, overwhelming the hospitals to the point they're having to divert patients elsewhere.

Pfrog is exhausted physically and mentally and just doesn't have the energy to push herself through anymore.

I'm done!

hope you get some good results on friday. let us know how it goes