#fibro humor

[witchy-fibro-hippie]

Fibro gangg 🤣

[spookietrex]

I got new compression gloves and ankle sleeves and I actually slept through the night for the first time in months.

My mobility aids now include:

- a purple foldable cane

-a blue walker with a glow in the dark dinosaur basket I made (2 wheels in front)

- a blue rollator (4 wheels)

- a blue wheelchair

Hell yeah! I can leave my house. I got a disability lawyer. My PCP confirmed she understands I can't work and is willing to help me get disability.

[bblackberrry]

"being tired all the time is not an aesthetic"

me who's chronically ill and still tries to romanticize life:

my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

[chamomile-coated-cat]

In a bar, getting asked to go home with someone :

Me : sorry but you can't afford me

Them : nah baby, I can afford you

Me, shows them medical bills :

Them, already getting out of their chair: yeah, I can't afford you

[volixia669]

Day 2 of Chronic Pain vs NaNoWriMo

Fibro and adhd won yesterday, though also I forgot to take my meds until later in the day. Still got roughly 400 words in!

Fibromyalgia is still putting up a heavy fight, bolstered by area weather patterns, but dammit, there shall be more words written today!

[earlgraytay]

I think that "Six Habits of Healthy People" you reblogged was supposed to be ironic? Like you're supposed to look at it and go "yeah, that's obviously not true" but the commentary there is that it seems like people do tell themselves they need to abandon their dreams, etc. in order to be happy. It's an unquestioned, unconscious false belief or thought pattern that you can find yourself stuck in without even trying to get there. You should consciously reject it, and probably actively need to do so to overcome it. Humor can often help there I think.

So I might be too charitable here, but I think whoever made that meme actually agrees with you? The notes do mostly seem to agree that it's sarcastic or ironic.

In the current political climate, I've seen enough doomer bullshit going around to make me think it was real. It Is Unethical To Be Happy And Means You're Ignoring The Grimness Of Reality, + etc.

I am not immune to getting Poe's Law'ed, and if I did snap at someone who was making a Joek... well, I'm sorry. I'm currently having a migraine AND a fibro flare and it's making me a surly bitch.

[renee-writer]

[another-suffering-artist]

When someone tells me I should be positive about my chronic illness:

[magicallymango]

you do not know the true nature of a wedgie until you use a wheelchair

[spookietrex]

Me filing for disability again: Hey guys, this time I can't leave my bed and my partner is literally doing everything for me. Like I can't walk more than 100 ft and that's with a mobility aid.

Disability: Prove it.

My therapist: Oh my God they're so miserable. They should NOT be working. Please let them focus on healing themselves because they had such a bad childhood.

My cardiologist: Yeah, that sounds smart. Let's work on managing stress first so we can manage your heart condition.

My neurologist(s): You should definitely not be working while you figure out what's causing these possible seizures.

My PCP: I don't know what they're talking about. They're making it all up. I know I diagnosed you with that heart condition, and that debilitating chronic illness (EDS) and fibromyalgia but NOW I'm going to edit your chart to make it look like you're making shit up. Hahaha you've never been diagnosed with PTSD! What are you talking about? I saw you walk once 8 months ago. You can totally walk without mobility aids now.

Disability: Clearly you just have anxiety and depression and are trying to get out of working.

[stardustedknuckles]

Me telling friends and family about my fibro diagnosis has just been like -

Folks without chronic illness/who haven't started their testing journey: I'm so sorry dude, you doing okay?

Literally every spoonie: OH MY GOD CONGRATS

[racheljustcant]

Y’know, treatments for my chronic pain are great and all, but taking me behind the shed and shooting me would be cheaper. I’ve made a pros-cons list and I think the second option is really in the lead right now.

[whatshouldwecallchronicillness]

When two brain foggy people try to have a conversation....

[sotosummarize]

Me talking to myself throughout the day.

[xxwhisper255xx]

If you’re in a lot of pain clap your hands 👏👏

If you’re in a lot of pain clap your hands👏👏👏

If you’re in a lot of pain

And it just won’t go away

And you need to use a cane clap your hands 👏👏👏👏👏

[purple-butterfly-and-sunflowers]

Me, who's terrified of narcotics: Ah, I'm feeling quite a bit better! Seems like my home remedies are actually making a difference!

The bottle of be painkillers I got for my surgery a week ago: Remember me? Remember how I had one more pill in me? Do you see that in here anymore?

Me: GoddAMMIT IT WAS YOU. YOU ARE WHY I FEEL BETTER I JUST CANT ESCAPE CANT I 😫