May's Fibromyalgia link up

WELCOME to Fibromyalgia Awareness Month and the link up for May. Participate anytime to share your link and help spread awareness about fibromyalgia.

Do not forget your post will be promoted in many ways, after you add it here: 

•  as part of a group post on Fibro Blogger Directory where readers will be taken directly to your site rather than via inlinkz
• as an individual post on X in a few weeks to over 17 thousand followers. 
• as an individual post on tumblr in a few weeks. 
• possibly on Pinterest at Fibro Bloggers Directory where we have over 45.4k monthly views.

WHAT'S HAPPENING on the fibromyalgia blogs lately?

Check out the latest updates from our fibro bloggers! Find out what the fibro blogger community is up to. 

Here is a round up of the latest happenings from many of the fibro bloggers who are members of the Directory. You can find the complete list of fibro blogs here. 

Mandy has been brave enough to post Widow's Reality: My Love Story ~ God's Love.

Melissa has written a book of fiction 'Mindfully Yours, Ella' and the main character is living with chronic illness.

                                                     

Dales' YouTube Chanel, Fibro & Photos, is fairly new. He has 8 videos. Please subscribe. 

                                                     

Caz  has written about policy changes in the UK that affect those with chronic illness and disability. 

                                                     

Glenys give us an update on her chronic life living in Australia and thinking about the wider world.

                                                     

Suzanne has updated her site, CocoLime Fitness and it looks great. 

                                                     

Sarah W has written Exercise-Induced Migraines: How Pushing Through Flu Derailed My 10K Training Plan

                                                     

Janet Jay has written Chronic pain patients reveal hidden truths to a future doctor. 

                                                     

Michelle is resuming her Turning Pain into Strength podcast with a variety of interesting guests. 

                                                     

Melinda has an interesting article about What Science Says About the Link Between Fibromyalgia and Migraine Episodes

                                                     

Helen writes about her experiences with weighted blankets here

                                                     

Carrie Celebrates turning 50! in 50 for 50! Half A Century Birthday Edition

                                                     

Ria writes about her new symptom of Tinnitus in Will I never be able to enjoy silence again?

                                                     

One of Beverley's latest posts is Becoming More Active With Chronic Illness. 

                                                     

Cynthia, The Disabled Diva, is active on X.

                                                     

Susan Pearson has written about Complex Sleep Problems and Fibro.

                                                     

Lee Good (that's me) has a post about Muscle Relaxant Medications for Fibromyalgia.

                                                     

I hope I have missed any Fibro Bloggers who have something recent they would like to promote. If I have please let me know in the comments below.

Five fabulous fibro bloggers

We are celebrating five outstanding fibro bloggers from the Fibro Blogger Directory this week! 

These courageous writers endure chronic pain yet continue to share their journeys to empower others and help them understand more about Fibromyalgia. 

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Beverley has been blogging at Blooming Mindfulness since 2016. She has many chronic illnesses including Fibromyalgia, anaemia, chronic fatigue, depression and general anxiety disorder. Despite all of these, and being a carer, she has a very positive outlook. You can catch up with her through the many lovely videos she has created chatting about her life as a disabled vintage witch!

I blog about my experiences and give tips and tricks to help and inspire other disabled people. I also hope to raise awareness and compassion from able-bodied people wanting to educate themselves.

I hope my posts and videos help you, but I am not a doctor and though I trained as a nurse I cannot give personalised help and advice. 

Here are some of her fibromyalgia related posts:

• How to self soothe when life seems totally overwhelming.
• Let's talk about Mobility Aids.
• Frustration with Fatigue.

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Helen blogs at Living whole: Neurodivergent lived experience with a side order of chronic health. As well as Fibromyalgia, POTS, Autism and ADHD and Ehlers-Danlos hypermobility she writes about being a highly sensitive person and...

what it is like to live as a neurodivergent adult female with chronic health conditions whilst trying, very hard, to impart some of the breakthroughs and many positives of increased self-understanding that have come out of the journey.

I aim to offer is a resource comprised of relatable experiences and clues in the dark for other people exploring their health status as I have had to do…and, in fact, as all of us with chronic conditions such as ME/CFS are forced to do for ourselves given these conditions are still so widely misunderstood, stigmatized, under-researched and generally swept under the carpet.

Her fibro related blog posts include:

• Weighted blankets revisited. 
• Cervical instability at the core of Fibromyalgia 
• “You’re looking really well”: The curse of the invisible disability

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Susan's blog is Living Creatively with Fibro where she has been blogging to help others understand more about Fibromyalgia and share the creativity that helps her in her life.

In 2016, I started the blog “Living Creatively with Fibro.” The first reason was to chronicle my journey. Then as time passed by I realised that there was so much that was unknown or misunderstood about Fibromyalgia. Even within the medical community. So I wanted to help the “Spoonie” community get the word out.

Although I write quite a lot about Fibromyalgia and Spoonie Life. That does not define me, and so I write about how I live with Fibro too.

Her fibro blog posts include:

• Adaptable Working When you have Fibromyalgia
• Fibromyalgia and Itching
• Complex Sleep Problems and Fibromyalgia

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Bethan blogs at Hello Fibro Blog. She has been suffering with chronic pain since she was ten but was not diagnosed with Fibromyalgia till many years later. She was in her early 20's when she started blogging. 

I started this blog to come to terms with my diagnosis but also to raise awareness and help others with similar conditions know they are not alone. I have found an amazing community of bloggers and the chronically ill that support one another through everything 💜

Some of her interesting Fibro posts include:

• Tips on Pacing when you Live with Chronic Illness
• Fibromyalgia: Old Before My Time ( a poem)
• What It’s Like To Be A Young Adult With Fibromyalgia

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Dan blogs at CFS Unravelled - Opening the Door to Recovery from ME/CFS & Fibromyalgia. He is a former Physicist who used his scientific training to research Fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, and POTS when he was ill with for 7 years. His main goal is to educate and assist patients and their healthcare providers in understanding these conditions. His blog is full of video interviews including experts in the field. He believes that...

despite the fact that there is no panacea cure for these disorders, full recovery is absolutely possible. 

His fibromyalgia related posts include:

•  How Flares and Relapses Fuel Your Healing Journey with Raelan Agle (video)
• What is Recovery from Fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, POTS or related syndromes? (video)
• Choosing the Right Fibromyalgia Treatments

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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 Fibro blogs.

April's Fibromyalgia link up week 539.

WELCOME to the Fibromyalgia link up for April where you can call in each week and add your fibromyalgia related articles. We welcome all fibro bloggers whether they are members of the Directory or not. 

Leave your link to help raise Fibromyalgia awareness and we will raise awareness of your blog. 

Sharing a post is easy. Just click on the blue button below that says Add your link. Where it says Name add the name of your post.

Thank you for joining in.