Me vs. Fibromyalgia -- SPECIAL EDITION -- Marshall Field V: 6 Tips on Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain is brutal, unpredictable, exhausting and of course, really painful. Somedays it feels a tornado ravaged my body, leaving nothing but wreckage behind. Chronic Pain takes away my comfort. Chronic Pain takes away my energy and even my independence. But there is one thing that Chronic Pain cannot touch: my mindset. That being true, I decided years ago that keeping an optimistic, victim-free attitude would always be a top priority in my life. So when Marshall Field told me about his no excuses and no BS mentality with Chronic Pain, I felt the Fibro Warrior in me come to the front line. I closed out Part 1 with a fishing story from Marshall. Read it here if you haven't yet. It's a micro example of much bigger story. In a nutshell, Marshall doesn't let Fibromyalgia win- like ever- and especially when it comes to fishing. He dreams big, gets creative and remains resolute. Marshall said, "I just made up my mind, I wasn't going to let this thing radically change my life." Marshall and I talked about treatments that have and haven't worked over the years. We also agreed that experimenting outside of our comfort zone is a must if we were to have a good shot at finding relief. If the experiment is a failure, we cross it off the list and move on to the next thing. For example, Marshall experimented with Chondroitin and Lyrica but they caused him to flare up or as he says, "set off a four alarm fire." With those methods crossed off his list, he moves on to the next experi...
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