One of the side issues that really do not get addressed enough, I think, is hair. This is something that many people don't think about, they just wash their hair. It is an automatic thing. For those of us with Chronic Illnesses, like Fibromyalgia, it isn't that simple. It used to be. When I was in high school in the early to mid 80's, big hair days, it took about 45 minutes for me to curl my hair. I had thick hair and I spent a lot of time on it. I thought it was the only feature of mine that was good. It was so thick that when I put it up in a ponytail, the ponytail holder only went around my hair one time. Now, it can go around 4-5 times, depending, so hair has always been rather important to me.
Having a Chronic Pain Condition with no cure in sight, for me, makes something as simple as washing my own hair myself, really really hard. In fact. in the last 15 or so years, I have probably washed my hair myself maybe about under 25 times total. That isn't to say I do not get it done, I just do not do it myself. Currently, when I clean my hair I use the presoaped caps that you can buy at any medical supply store or Amazon.
Today, I went down to see a friend who has Fibro just like me and she washed my hair!! I mean with real shampoo and water! I have such thin hair now that it air dries rather fast. I had lost a lot of hair when my Anemia was out of control and I needed iron infusions. My hair was really straight, however, it grew back curly!! I love my curls.
The weird things you do not consider to be a bit of a how do I do this, challenge when you are in pain 24/7. It is figuring out the little things that make your life easier and hopefully not cause extra pain or fatigue or any other symptom to flare up.
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