Darswords

I’m kind of frustrated and getting angry about all the people who keep bringing up all the other charities or issues that they want attention paid to and they get all bent out of shape that ALS is finally getting attention. I’ve heard the drought brought up and even it’s a white privilege issue but you know what? SO the FUCK what? Cancer always gets the attention. Stand up for cancer is coming up and there will be all kinds of whoopla about cancer or diseases like AIDS with the AIDS walk, both worthy but ALS has never gotten the attention… ever before and unlike Stephen Hawking most people don’t survive very long after diagnosis.

I’m watching someone I love with it now. Her partner and she struggle every day to get the care she needs and she needs 24 hour care. A year ago we thought it was arthritis…

Who is Fibro Warriors ~ Living Life?

Melissa Swanson started Fibro Warriors~Living Life Facebook page in September of 2012. In her quest for understanding and supporting fibromyalgia, she joined various online groups and Facebook pages. Quickly she learned how important it is to be able to talk with others who have been there/done that! More importantly, she believes in sharing information from verified credible sources. Fibromyalgia is real. Melissa also believes in the value of surrounding one’s self with positive people in order to create an environment for healthy coping and energy conservation.

Who is Fibro Warriors ~ Living Life?

My name is Melissa. I am a full-time working married sports mom of a very active 14-year-old daughter and a one-year-old Border Collie.
Throughout my childhood, I experienced many symptoms of fibromyalgia and myofascial pain…

I love Twitter. I love Twitter a lot more than Facebook, because the latter likes to make decisions without my consent. Also, if you have an author page, Facebook doesn?t show your updates to all people who have agreed to see it. No, they only do that if you pay! What utter bullshit.

So I hang out on Twitter much more than Facebook. Everyone and anyone can see your posts. You can see everyone?s.

As author, I?ve found Twitter very useful in a number of ways:

1. Twitter is the most important and foremost source of raw, up-to-date news. I?ve seen pictures of things happening live that were only ever covered in retrospect by the major news services. I?ve seen scandals unfold. I?ve seen original tweets that were later deleted. I have a column called ?News? and a bunch of news services go in there: A couple of science-related people…