tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512327745848627452.post7004910032763137671..comments2024-03-24T14:25:25.667+01:00Comments on CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI: Carpe Diem #1779 Cliffs of Moher ... a tribute to Jane ReichholdUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512327745848627452.post-45718588086342446192019-11-14T23:11:32.782+01:002019-11-14T23:11:32.782+01:00Thank you for sharing your story. Jane had Fibromy...Thank you for sharing your story. Jane had Fibromyalgia in a very bad way, she was always in pain, but she came to her point of ending her own life, as the Fibromyalgia caught her sight too. She couldn't live without her eyes ...Chèvrefeuillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00848986700725789154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512327745848627452.post-70458773936922611382019-11-12T05:51:52.728+01:002019-11-12T05:51:52.728+01:00I didn't know that about Jane. I'm sorry t...I didn't know that about Jane. I'm sorry to hear it, and I understand.I have fibromyalgia too. Mine generally only provides me with low-grade pain, but it is widespread and constant. The thing that most people don't understand about low-grade chronic pain is that it's exhausting even though the pain isn't especially intense, because the body is always in a fight with itself. Also, doing things which would make a person who didn't have fibromyalgia a little sore for a day or two leaves me feeling like I've been beaten up with a baseball bat, particularly my arms and legs near the joints.<br />My son has fibromyalgia too. It isn't as common in men, but he postulated that it may just be that men have been taught to "play through the pain" so they don't say anything and it's underreported.<br />My mental illness is a constant struggle, but in some ways I don't believe that's what would push me to end my life if it ever came to that. It's an old enemy and we understand each other. The one thing that really made me consider suicide was when I had a bad injury to the median nerve in my left arm. The pain was so severe that I couldn't sit up for more than about 45 minutes at a time. If physical therapy hadn't helped, I'm not sure I could have gone on.<br />People who have never experienced severe pain don't realize that someone who experiences it constantly might come to a breaking point. For me, having lived with it for just a couple months, I understand from a physical as well as an empathic level now.Ornery Owl of Naughty Netherworld Press and Readers Roost https://www.blogger.com/profile/07596105116325246476noreply@blogger.com