Focus on Five

Focus on Five showcases five fabulous fibro bloggers here each week. This week we will shine a spotlight on five of our newest bloggers at Fibro Blogger Directory. Fibro bloggers are a unique group as they live with a chronic pain condition and still choose to write about it to help others. 

Sarah Warburton has been living with fibromyalgia since at least 2012. She can remember symptoms when she was growing up.  She blogs at Musings of life with fibromyalgia about her life with fibromyalgia in the United Kingdom, including things that lift and inspire her. Even though she lives with anxiety, chronic migraine, and spinal injury as well as fibro she is learning ways to manage her conditions rather than them controlling her. 

 

"Since being diagnosed with fibromyalgia, I’ve been on a mission to find ways to thrive and live a positive life by learning as much as I can about self care and wellness and putting these new skills into practice."  

 

Some of her helpful posts include Fibro, Anxiety and the Festive Season and 5 tips for Travelling by car when you have Fibro. You can also follow her tweets as SarahW @sswarbo  

 

Tash is the blogger at Bohemian Solitude where she is sharing her thoughts as an artist living beyond fibromyalgia, endometriosis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, migraines, and PTSD.  

 

"I am the artist behind Bnspyrd's Artist's Resources, I will be posting about my life, helpful advice & links, please join me on my journey."   

 

Tash was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2019, lives in South Australia, and is a freelance artist. She has some original, interesting poems on her blog as well as sharing her day-to-day life in posts like Introduction about my life as an artist and in chronic pain. You can also find and follow her on Facebook  

 

Shannon Murphy is a Canadian who loves to travel and is not letting fibromyalgia stop her from doing this. She also loves photography and nature and has combined her passions at Route 5976 - Fibromyalgia Travel blog. She writes about how she manages the daily limitations of pain and fatigue while still finding joy through traveling in Canada and around the world.  

 

In Travel Lightly she writes "These are my top three tips to travel lightly with fibromyalgia. Keeping in mind that a one size all approach to fibromyalgia does not fit all…find what works best for you within your limits. Hopefully my tips help to inspire joy, excitement and wonderment that comes while travelling near or far. "  

 

You can follow her tweets at Shannon Murphy @route5976fibro and also find her on Pinterest

Beckey Barton lives in  Stratford Upon Avon, in England and has started a local support group for fibromyalgia there. At her blog Whispers from Beckey she shares her busy life as a wife, mother, graphic designer, and high school governor living with chronic pain conditions.  She hopes that others can learn along with her. You might like to discover her idea for crafting when living with pain here in  My Secret Geek Revealed and says 

 

"I love life and God, laughter, singing and being creative; but I also face daily battles with my health, including Fibromyalgia, CFS, Scoliosis, and I won't bore you with the rest!"  

 

You can follow her tweets at Beckey Barton @BeckeyBarton and also find her on Instagram 

 

Susan E. Bisco has been writing for many years and blogging about fibromyalgia since early 2016. She is happily living on the northwest banks of the Mississippi with her life partner. Fibromy What? is her blog where she is known as DeeDeeDarkly. She discusses many topics including her exercise and diet and you must read Things to Be Sure Your Doctor Actually Understands: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. She explains her blog in her own words: 

 

"Hello fellow wanderers.  As you can see in my fine print disclaimer, this site is dedicated to the discussion of fibromyalgia, chronic pain, chronic fatigue… Sounds fascinating doesn’t it?   

Chicken or the Egg: In which we will explore which comes first – chronic pain or chronic fatigue? chronic pain or depression? chronic pain or sleeping disorder? and any other pertinent possibilities."

I hope you have enjoyed finding out more about these fibro bloggers this week. don't forget to call in next week to see who will be included in Focus on Five.