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I have a condition called "Fibromyalgia" that is basically my brain making my body feel pain. It's also known as "Chronic Pain" and it absolutely fucking sucks...
This was a pic I took one night when I could not sleep due to the extreme pain my body was in. I felt like I was on fire all over my body. Agonizing. At the time, heavy opioids were the only thing that kept the blaze at bay, but left me drugged up badly.
This picture was one of 124 of 148 pics that Flickr's servers ate for unknown reasons. Flickr found the pic, but not the journaling with them - their stories. As such, I re-introduce them here as distant memories.
I am in serious pain again tonight. Now my body likes to make it seem like I have severe arthritis. I can barely move. The drugs I take now though aren't addictive opioids and allow me to have a form of life back, albeit not able to work...
At least the fires have been put out. Now I just need to heal the brain more...and treat brush fires as they appear.
I wouldn't wish this upon anyone.
Like the journaling from the original photo said, I want my life back. Being stuck in pain is just existing, not living...
I love you all...
I'll be ok someday..
- Katherine