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Diamond Point, NY
November 1, 2016
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Members used creative potato metaphors to describe how fibromyalgia transformed their lives, with many expressing feelings of being chipped... Read more

Members used creative potato metaphors to describe how fibromyalgia transformed their lives, with many expressing feelings of being chipped away, mashed, overcooked, or left soggy and unrecognizable from who they once were. Several members shared vivid imagery of losing flexibility, purpose, and careers, with one hospital worker describing being chewed up after years of dedicated service and another reflecting on no longer feeling limber at 46. A recurring theme was the sense of profound loss mixed with dark humor and solidarity, though one member offered hope by comparing themselves to a potato that keeps sprouting buds and fighting back against the disease.

A MyFibroTeam Member

Well it made it soggy but the potatoe keeps getting buds so it's fighting the rotten fibro back.

November 1, 2016
A MyFibroTeam Member

as hard as an over cooked microwave potato because my body does not feel that flexible and limber anymore.

November 4, 2016
A MyFibroTeam Member

I am personally grateful for your post. Not sure if it's the fibro fog or just the fact that I'm 46 years old and getting up there in age. At times I find myself overlooking the exact words that I would like to use to describe my affliction. You hit the nail on the head for me with that one. Flexible and limber. I want to do my best to remember that when I need to explain why I am the way I am or how I am at the moment. Thank you so much and gentle hugs to you.

November 6, 2016
A MyFibroTeam Member

@food fibro= the potato had gone bad. That excessively wet, stinking, wilted piece of what was.....

November 1, 2016 (edited)
A MyFibroTeam Member

First it pulled away my skin, then thew me in the pot of boiling water after stabbing me with a very sharp knife. Then took me out and mashed me.

November 1, 2016

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