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Growing Old with FibromyalgiaMy eyes peel open like the lens covering a camera;
my limbs feel like it has been raining bricks in my sleep.
I rise, a soldier climbing out of a foxhole
after a 42 day battle.
I stand, a baby calf learning to walk.
How old am I today?
My body needs more sleep
addicteed to the 5 year old mattress,
but I can't satisfy my urges.
It gets harder to breathe.

Nauseas consumes every breath,

a cactus stuck to my chest,

feathers tickling air in my lungs.

My arms, blood replaced with lead,
attempting to do the morning routine;
put in contacts, scrub the teeth, brush th hair.
When did I beomce so decrepit?
The reflection in the mirror

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This is for Fibromyalgia Awareness Week.

This will be part of the I Know Fibro Photo Collage. I asked *PotterShareCares if I could get my step-dad to contribute a photo in my place, and they said yes. My step-dad, Don, has fibromyalgia himself and he is the one in the picture that you see here. He's very positive about his fight against fibromyalgia.

I didn't take this picture myself. My parents live fourteen hours away, so they kindly put it together and e-mailed it to me. All credit goes to them.

See how green it is in the background? It wasn't that green when I left to go back to the city. *shakes fish*

Fibromyalgia Awareness Week officially ended last Sunday, but was extended due to busy schedules and chaos. Read more about that here. If you still want to participate in some of the activities, you have until May 25, 2008.

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*kaikaku May 11, 2011 General Artist

Thanks, this is inspiring!

~GhoulinaLynn Sep 2, 2010 Hobbyist General Artist

Amen!

~moofied1 Mar 12, 2010

Featured HERE!

Will remove if you disapprove!!

~jeswise Oct 8, 2009 Hobbyist General Artist

Me too.

!Studio-Snafu Sep 23, 2009

_{What a strong message, and a strong guy! Kudos to him!}

~Rain7777 Jul 26, 2009 Hobbyist General Artist

Go your step-dad! That is such a positive msg to send! ANd it really gives me hope that I will win my own battle against it.

Thank you

~underObLiVioN Sep 10, 2008

sweet pic

does he have it pretty bad?.. my mom used to have it a bit i think.

if you get a chance, check out OPC-3.. if your into natural herbs and things... its like this extract of grapes seeds and other hardcore antioxidant stuff.

i know you don't know but just though i'd throw that out there!

`TerrorCookie Sep 10, 2008

Yes, it's very severe for him. But despite that he's very pleasant to be around and a great person. I don't know how he does it!

He said he has tried everything, but I'll mention it anyway. (:

Thanks!

~underObLiVioN Sep 11, 2008

alright cool, and your welcome

`TerrorCookie Sep 12, 2008

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