Name is Ali and I am a 58 yr old Mum and grandmum. Always been a stay at home Mum doing part time jobs to fit around kids. Always been a childminder, nanny/housekeeper, mentor, lay counsellor and of late helper of elderly people with a little housework and companionship.
Member of local am dram mostly as theatre organisor or stage manager (I do not act) I was ever one of those people who joined a lot of committees and organised charity events etc. Had to cut down on that now, couldn't stage manage a fart in a paper bag these day!!!r !
Have four grown up children and one 12yr old grandson.
Hub is a counsellor and supervisor of counsellors and I am very proud of him. He started college in his early forties and has since got a degree and a whole raft of qualifications and is now out on his own with a practice after taking early retirement from his day job.
As a counsellor he sometimes comes across patients with fibro (I can give him plenty of input there)
I am bit of an old hippy, you would find a lot of interesting clutter and books in my house.
Have been diagnosed with fibro for about five years now but it took a long time and a lot of trips to docs and clinics to get here.
I am a poet and I believe that writing down what is in your head is sooooo important. I have had two years of counselling therapy myself and cannot recommend it highly enough.
My motto for life is now "IT DOESN'T MATTER, DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF"
battling with all the usual symptoms - exhaustion, elevated pain, low moods, fibro fog, yada yada yada lol i'm sure you and everyone else on here will know exactly what I mean as its been a long cold winter. Hope your feeling ok, hanging in there, keeping warm and muddling through 
Am i being oversensitive?
Please can someone enlighten me, I feel like I am going insane 
Warning 365 days on ESA your money will be stopped. Are you all aware of this
Am I expecting too much?
IBS I HATE YOU ARGHHHHH :(
