What the Hell is Fibrovid

You probably saw the heading and thought, what the hell is Fibrovid. Hence, the name of this blog. I am quite deliberate witht the naming of things as you will learn from my writing. In a nutshell I was diagnosed with Long Covid in March of 2020. In November of 2023, they started throwing around the possibitly of Fibromyalgia. March of 2024, Fibromyalgia was confirmed by a rheumatologist. Add a dash of some other vestibular and neurological shit, voila, fibrovid was born. It's easier to say and most people just give me their pity face and say with shoulders hunched, "Sorry." They don't want to hear about it whether they know what it is or not. Hell, most of my family don't understand what I have. Neither do most of my doctors. People ask me how I am feeling every day, but you can tell when someone asks how you're feeling if they mean, "Hey, how ya feelin', buddy?" or, "How have you been doing? What's is going on? Do you want to talk about how your body and your brain are doing and how that makes you feel? Or we could just do small talk if you want." So, I usually say, "I'm OK." I figure the emphasis on the OK should give them enough of a clue as to how I'm really doing. BAH!!! I don't know who the hell I think I'm kidding. That OK is met with a "Great!!" 98% of the time. My mom and my bestie, Krissy, are the only ones that read between my lines practically every time. Most everyone else has no idea how good I am at hiding when I am dying inside. So, we go along pretending I am just a scatterbrained stoner now. Don't get me wrong I do have to maintain outlook of life similar to Jeff Spicoli using his same methods, but I am a functioning human being. Without, my body has difficulty functioning on any level that requires movement of any sort. Without cannabis I am in 24/7 pain, I am unable to stay awake, stay focused, or maintain conversations. Personally, I believe the Long Covid settled not in my Central Nervous System (CNS) like I have been diagnosed or in my Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) which is a possibility, but in my Endocannabinoid System (ECS). Unfortunately, there are not any doctors or researchers in my area that are able to help me. So I will do the research on my own and will continue to use cannabis medicinally. I will eventually have a page dedicated to the ECS on here to explain it in more detail. Basically, it is like the switchboard in our bodies. Scientists have known about the ECS for about forty years now, but due to the stigma surrounding Cannabis and the misclassification of it, we missed out on a lot of years of scientific and medical research on it. You can thank greedy politicians and lobbyists with deep pockets for that one. Oh, and a certain asshat by the name of Harry J. Anslinger.