Fibromyalgia Symptoms

my doctor thinks i have fibromyalgia. he thought of this when i gave him a little sketch of my body with crosses where the pain appears. with so many crosses the diagram looks a little like it has been used for target practice. "have you heard of it before" he asked. i'd heard the name but did not know nothing about it.

at the moment i'm still not totally convinced. although i do match a lot of the symptoms. it does seem to be quite vague. usually i have a mix of a lot of general aches and pains with some stabbing and shooting pains which can last a few seconds or for longer.

some reports seem to relate fibromyalgia to a lack of deep sleep. the doc gave me some pills to dull the pain and hopefully give me some restful sleep. normally i'm not one for taking any pills but i've tried quite a few things that haven't worked yet so i'll try these pills for 6 weeks and see.

the first few days have turned me into a pretty useless zombie and dulled my mind, so for anyone that knows me that is the reason. everything seems a little more bland though which is not a good feeling.

Stark Lighting

while visiting the Glasgow School of Art degree show last week i noticed a strange looking chandelier light. a first i thought it was made by a student, but on closer inspection i thought that they might have picked it up in a junk shop and cleaned it up. not so; while surfing ebay, goodness know how i came across the same lurid coloured light fitting. what are the chances of that? (well with me, probably higher than your non lighting geek). this would certainly add a je ne sais quoi to your room.

sold by seller design.plus the "gypsy rain" kronleuchter ceiling light is ideal for those situations where you want something fun and serious at the same time; a kind of baroque meets teletubbies feel.

another seller has the same light for sale with the name Starck in the description. it does look like something that Philippe Starck is bonkers enough to create, but i don't think it's his design. don't know if kronleuchter German for chandelier (babelfish doesn't think so) or a company name. maybe someone can enlighten me?

the work of a graphic designer caught my eye too. Dai Williams had on show a beautiful picture of what i think was a plane coming into land, shot from below. the lights were trailing like something from close encounters.
Dai also had a piece entitled everything i learnt at art school. checkout the show next year if you are in Glasgow because sadly it has finished for this year.

Star Wars Crazy

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