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Coping with Fibromyalgia at SuiteU

© Tamara Peters

If you've ever wondered what the Coping with Fibromyalgia Course at SuiteU was all about - now's your chance to find out through an interview with the course instructor Carol Wallace, Ph.D.

Please tell the readers about yourself, and how you came to teach the Coping with Fibromyalgia Course at SuiteU - also, how are you able to manage your Suite duties, cope with fibromyalgia, and everything else that you do?

Actually, I was asked to write this course - and part of the reason for that is the wonderful group of fibromites who now live at the Fibro Friends topic.

The SuiteU management was aware of the group and its interaction and how helpful it was. But at the time, there was no active fibro topic and so no really evident perfect teacher for the course. But since I am an editor, although for gardening, and since I have fibro - I must have seemed like the logical choice.

I think someone noticed that I had done several articles on ergonomic tools and aids for people who are aging and/or have disabilities.

Anyway, they were on a tight deadline and just knew all the others participating in the Fibro Friends would be able to help. And if you look through the course, you can see what a huge help everyone was, contributing tips and advice and personal experiences that make anyone reading them know that they are not as alone or weird as some people seem to think we are.

I guess I manage my Suite duties by not having a life. ;-) Let's see - I'm a senior managing editor at the Suite - and a member of the Academic Advisory Board for SuiteU - but SuiteU is my chief responsibility as SME - so I have two titles basically for one job.

Then I write my Virtually Gardening topic - but that, too, has become a lot like dropping in on old friends. And I'm teaching two stenciling courses - but that is for fun.

I think the key is that for most things I have learned to pace myself. If I get tired, I stop for a bit. The cats are always at my feet wanting something, as they force me to take frequent breaks. And since my other main job is as a freelance writer that's simply more computer time with the same cats to keep me moving.

How did the Coping with Fibromyalgia Course come about?

I think I answered that above. Except that it began it 2001 as a sort of beta test for SuiteU in general. I

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