My Fibro Body
Now Featuring Surprise Bruises & The Fabulous Inflatable Leg I would love to say I wake up each morning feeling refreshed, energized, and ready to conquer the world… but that would make me a liar and honestly I’m too tired for that level of fiction. Instead, I wake up and discover that my body has launched yet another episode of “Guess What’s Swollen Today?” — a game no one asked for, no one enjoys, and yet fibromyalgia hands out free subscriptions to all of us. The Bruise That Appears Out of Thin Air Fibromyalgia has this fun party trick where I go to bed completely fine (and by fine I mean “not currently crying”) only to wake up with a bruise the size, shape, and emotional energy of a small country. No injury. No explanation. No memory of fighting a raccoon in my sleep. Just… blue. And not even a normal bruise-blue. No, no. My body doesn’t do “normal.” It’s more like: mythical creature white, crime-scene yellow, dramatic blue, and then the bonus round: FIERY RED RASHES circl...