Email: angelabea@healthy-life-ways.co.uk
Tel: 01395 519366   Mobile: 07807234461

Living with Fibromyalgia

What is Fibromyalgia

Have you been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, or are you caring for someone with this debilitating condition?

If so, come and join a support group in Sidmouth; share your experiences and find out how to help yourself back to health and to a fulfilling life.

We will spend some time at each meeting to look at:

Nutrition, sleep, lifestyle, exercise.

You will have a chance to try out some of the ideas and share other things you have found helpful.

Each individual is different but this condition is treatable and improvement can be achieved, depending on your situation.

We will also look at other issues regarding a long-term illness:

State Benefits, psychological aspects, getting help when you need it.

The pace and content will be set by the whole group with guidance from Angela.

Refreshments will be available and social activities may evolve as we get to know each other better.

Angela Bea, who will focalize the group, is a qualified nurse, midwife and therapist.

She herself has lived with Fibromyalgia for a number of years and believes passionately that a holistic approach to this condition is the only way forward.

"Illness can become a path of learning for us. We can begin to understand why our bodies behave this way. Through knowledge and understanding we can start to change things ourselves."

Practicalities

• We meet on the first Friday of the month, between 10am and 12am in Twyford House, Coburg Rd, Sidmouth, EX10 8NF.
• There is an initial registration fee of £3 to cover admin. costs.
• For each session attended there will be a charge of £5.
• Refreshments will be served.
• Please ring Angela to register your interest, introduce yourself and ask for further details on 01395 519366.
• We look forward to meeting you and sharing our healing journey together.

Some of the Many Symptoms

1. Diagnostic tender spots, distributed evenly around the body, which feel like bruising when touched.
2. Poor sleep quality. Waking up tired.
3. Pain which moves around the body in the muscles, tendons and joints.
4. Lack of energy. Feeling as if you've got flu. Chronic tiredness.
5. Digestive symptoms. IBS, Bloating, constipation etc.
6. Itchy sore eyes. Variable focus.
7. Fuzzy head and forgetfulness.
8. PMT.
9. Depression and anxiety.
10. Sensitivity to smells, lights, noise.

Useful Links

Fibromyalgia Support Net

FibroAction

Fibromyalgia Syndrome

UK Fybromyalgia

Nutritionist Resource