Ouch...

The past two nights I have had some pretty bad flare ups with the good ole fibro. For those of you that are a little unsure of what exactly fibromyalgia is..here it is a nutshell... PAIN.

The pain receptors in my brain are extremely heightened and constantly send pain signals throughout my body. There are "tender points" all over my body that swell and burn during a flare up. For some reason I have been dealing with flare ups in my lower body the past two nights.

It feels as if there is a fire in my hips, knees, ankles and feet. Every tender point in my lower body aches right now. I have to remember that it will pass and that this pain used to be all over and for months at a time. The diagnosis process will have to come in another note one night. I'm too short on words tonight to explain the exhausting ordeal. For now, I will be taking some pain medicine and resting my tired muscles.

As my fibro friends say "gentle hugs" to all.