I had a sore throat a few days ago, that same day I got a little papercut on the knuckle of my left pointer finger, I also had my right nipple barbell tear the piercing a hole a bit that morning.  Despite my best efforts to kill bacteria and other nasties in these areas, all three of them are raging away at me. My throat is painfully swollen up, the tonsils are huge with white spots on them. My finger is red and angry, hot to touch and oozing, as is the little spot around the piercing hole in my nipple. Tomorrow I have an appointment with my family Dr. so will hopefully see what’s up. I don’t usually get things infected… I’m careful. I wonder if it’s a sign of something underlying that’s systemic.  I always keep wondering if there’s something more than fibromyalgia going on here. I meet all the diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia… but I also have lots of additional symptoms that are non-fibromyalgia specific.

What’s wrong with me?

Everything?

I asked Wolfe if my mental or emotional state has changed much from his perspective with my illness, he says he’s noticed small changes in decreased memory and concentration. Which I’ve always had with my major depression, but it seems pain helps confuse and fog my head up a bit more. He says it’s the only part of my mental state he’s seen any change in, and other than that it seems clear.

So, at least I have the two most important things in the right place… my head, and my heart.

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