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. 

The Ultimate Instagram Directory for Fibromyalgia

Welcome to the Ultimate Instagram Directory for Fibromyalgia!
Looking for a comprehensive list of Instagram accounts focused on Fibromyalgia? You’ve come to the right place!

We’ve gathered a wide range of amazing Fibro-focused profiles, all in one convenient spot. Whether you're here to connect, learn, or spread awareness, we hope this directory makes it easier to find and support the Fibromyalgia community.

Don’t forget—following, liking, and commenting on these accounts helps raise awareness and keep the conversation going on Instagram!

If you have not been included and would like to be just let me know your instagram name and url in the comments. 😉

1.	fibrobloggers
2.	My Several Worlds
3.	Carrie Kellenberger - Fibro Blogger
4.	Helen's Journey - Fibro Warrior / Blogger / Poet
5.	Fibro & Photos with Dale Rockell
6.	Morning Cuppas with Glenys
7.	Pain: Chronic / Words: Iconic (JanetJay.com)
8.	the_disabled_diva
9.	windys journey
10.	sue.ingebretson
11.	danneuffer.cfsunravelled
12.	Hello Fibro Blog
13.	Living Creatively With Fibro
14.	CocoLime Fitness
15.	Melissa N Reynolds
16.	Turning pain into strength
17.	Alisha Nurse

18.  Fibromyalgia National Health Organization

19.  Beverley Butterfly xx

20.  Fibro Farm House 

21.  Orkney Fibromyalgia Sufferer

22.  Fibromyalgia Girl - Charlotte Neal

23.  Fibromyalgia Society

24.  Fibromyalgia Memetherapy

14 Fibromyalgia articles for you to read

 WELCOME! 

Here you can discover 14 fascinating articles on Fibromyalgia that provide valuable insights and support. You will find honesty about living with this condition, encouragement to keep going, and understanding when you feel like you cannot. 

We are helping to raise Fibromyalgia awareness and hope you will too by sharing this post so that more people can find helpful information about living with Fibromyalgia.

While you are here you may want to check out last months Fibro articles at the fibro blogs of many great writers. 

1. Dear Stranger…

2. Complex Sleep Problems and Fibro

3. A short story about diagnosis

4. A Creativity Life Lesson For What Others Think Of Fibro

5. Life lessons & perspective from the season of SPRING! (Keep growing spoonies, life isn't over!)

6. Don't let them dictate

7. Some more to add to the mix

8. What is hypermobility spectrum disorder?

9. Changing SSA to Harm the Disabled

10. NYTimes Acknowledges Chronic Pain Epidemic

11. For World Poetry Day, 6 poems about (& despite!) the fibro experience

12. What Is Normal Anyway?

13. Pacing Through the Pain: My First parkrun

14. Cromer New Year's Day Fireworks & Fibro Pain

From Fibro Friday in March week 538

With many thanks to This Fibro Chick,

 Susan Pearson, 

Melissa Reynolds, Dale Rockell, Helen's Journey, Glenys Robyn Hicks, Johanna Sr, Janet Jay, and Sarah Warburton.

Find out more about these fabulous sharing and caring bloggers at their Fibro blogs by clicking on their names above. 

Sixteen Sensational Fibromyalgia Articles for you to read

 WELCOME!

Here you will find many interesting Fibromyalgia articles written by those living with Fibromyalgia.

1. Best Fibromyalgia articles of 2024

2. Shades Of Autumn

3. Last months Fibro link up

4. Why (and how) to track symptoms

5. How To: Dating With Chronic Pain or Invisible Disabilities

6. Managing Fibromyalgia Through Journaling

7. Over A Week Of Grey Skies Takes It's Toll But Benefits Creativity

8. Fibro & ME Living in a void

9. Meditation combined with nature scenes helps fibromyalgia

10. Flare & Flourish

11. Another Awful A&E Experience With A 20 Hour Wait For A Bed

12. Pushing My Fibro Limit For Creativity And Paying For It

13. Why Is Evening Activity So Painful?

14. Chronic Pain Pillows: Your Ultimate Guide to Every Type

15. The Silent Battle: Living with Fibromyalgia and the Fear of Asking for FMLA

16. Maybe I should have rephrased it

From Fibro Friday in February week 537

With many thanks to Dale Rockell, Melissa Reynolds, Janet Jay, Sarah Warburton, Flare & Flourish, Invisibly Me, This Fibro Chick, and Glenys Robyn Hicks. 

Find out more about these fabulous sharing and caring bloggers at their Fibro blogs by clicking on their names above. 

Videos from fibro bloggers

Do you have a video channel where you share information about fibromyalgia we would love you to link it up here. 

Nine interesting Fibromyalgia articles at Fibro Friday week 536

WELCOME to the Fibromyalgia link up in 2025.

You can learn so much about Fibromyalgia here... suggestions for diet improvements, activities that may help distract you from pain, tips for protecting your mental health, communication issues and tips for blogging when you have any chronic illness. 

These articles have all been written by men and women living with fibromyalgia and also other chronic illnesses. If you explore their blogs you will find a wealth of information. 

	The Carb Conundrum: How one man is finding some reduction in his Fibromyalgia symptoms through dietary changes.
	The Surprising Benefits of Reading for Fibromyalgia: Why You Should Snuggle Up with a Good Book is Sarah's suggestion for escaping stress and includes choosing the right book.
	My plans and hopes for 2025. Beverley shares her goals for the year ahead which she sets as a strategy to help control her anxiety and achieve in small steps.
	Please Don't Do Me Any Favors Communication means clarity, both ways. Sometimes that's slow and clunky and sometimes doesn't exist at all. Johanna shares her experience of trying to communicate her needs.
	You're Doing All You Can, Now Chase Your Acorn. Dales neurologist shares his unusual prescription on coping with the challenges of fibromyalgia.
	A Distraction Of Safari Park Photography has some great photos of animals that look stunning in black and white.
	Protecting your Mental Health in Winter. This article explains the Why and How of mental health and Beverley Butterfly shares her tips for getting through the darker, colder months.
	When Fibro Forces You To Adapt To Stay Creative. Dale explains changes he has made to photographic equipment so he can manage to keep doing his photography when living in pain.
	Tips for Blogging with Chronic Illnesses. If you are considering blogging, these tips may help you.

Thanks for joining in at Fibro Friday week 536

Dale from Fibro and Photos

Sarah from Musings on Life with Fibromyalgia

Beverley at Blooming Mindfulness

Johanna at Adventures of Motherhood

The best Fibromyalgia articles of 2024

Here you will find interesting articles about Fibromyalgia on a wide variety of topics. All of these articles have been posted this year by fibro bloggers. 

Is Gabapentin for Fibromyalgia Safe? at Being Fibro Mom

Mom With Fibro: How I’m Pacing While Caring For My Toddler at Skillfully and Painfully Aware.

The frustrations of being a wheelchair user at Blooming Mindfulness

Exciting Results for Green Light Therapy for Fibromyalgia at Going My Own Pace

Fibromyalgia and Covid-19 at Living Creatively with Fibro

 
Coping with Chronic Illness when Getting Married at Hello Fibro blog

Making invisibility more visible as someone with hidden disabilities at Living Whole

5 Years: A Reflection On Life With Fibro at Fibro & Photos

When you got no spoons everyone has to help! at Australian Sacrificial HomeKeeper

Merlin The Happy Heathen: Art For Fibromyalgia Interview at My Several Worlds

Little Things My Chronic Illnesses Made Me Appreciate at The Disabled Diva

A day in the life of a Fibro warrior with Bettie G at Mandy and Michelle

The Best Type of Heat To Help You Feel Better at Pain Chronic Words Iconic 

How to get moving with fibromyalgia – Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 at the Invisible F

The Age Conundrum at Fibromy What?

Why Am I So Anxious? at Windy's Journey

Unique Symptoms in Men with Fibromyalgia at Thom Byxbe's Research Desk

Eyes and Fibromyalgia at Fibro Files

Couch to 5K with Fibromyalgia – an impossible mission? at Musings on Life with Fibromyalgia

Fibro Friday week 535

WELCOME to this week's Fibro Friday, the one and only fibromyalgia link up.  We are sharing links to articles written by lovely Fibro Bloggers. 

We'd love you to join in by checking out these links or a previous weeks.

1.	The Agony And Ecstasy Of Trips To The Coast
2.	Endometriosis, fibromyalgia & autoimmune diseases
3.	Lies the Fibro Brain Tells
4.	My Story of Recovery from Fibromyalgia
5.	Sleep Disorders Common In Fibromyalgia
6.	Are You There For You?
7.	My Disappearance From Life Thanks To Chronic Illness
8.	Navigating a "Bad" Day with Fibromyalgia - 6 Tips
9.	Symptom tracking for chronic illness and free download
10.	Feeling Disassociation, Battersea Photography, And Nightmare Trains
11.	Dear Stranger, A Letter From The Heart
12.	Top 7 Gifts To Make Chronic Pain Easier
13.	A Photographic & Fibro Challenge: City Of Codes & Lights Festival

Gift ideas for people with chronic illness designed by people with chronic illness

Do you have a loved one with chronic illness and you want to buy them a gift?

Do you have chronic illness and you are looking for some comfort?

You can support people living with chronic illnesses by giving gifts that they have created. 

Here you will discover thoughtful gifts and show you care both to the person who receives your gift and the person who created it who is also living with chronic illness.

A Coloring Adventure for Spoonies: This book is made for Spoonies by a full-time Spoonie who has been using art as a coping tool for chronic illness and chronic pain since 2009.

I've published the first coloring adventure for Spoonies! This is the result of a medical crisis from the summer of 2023 that I spun into something colorful. From chaos comes beauty! 

My Several Worlds Coloring Adventure for Spoonies offers pages of inky delight to remind you that you are strong, beautiful, and uniquely you. You are NOT broken!

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My Mindfulness Toolkit for Chronic Pain and Fatigue book

In this book, author, blogger, yoga teacher, and chronic illness thriver Melissa Reynolds share dozens of practices that you might like to add to your daily management plans. You will learn many practical techniques to add to your symptom management plans. To help you rest, relax and even strengthen your body. It includes worksheets to create your own flare plan, pain management plan and work management plans. It's a must read for the chronic pain and fatigue community.

Buy it on lulu

Buy it on Amazon

Watch Melissa talk about her new book in this six minute YouTube video

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Team Fibro T shirts and mugs by Dale Rockell: These are using Dales own unique smoke art designs created for those with fibromyalgia. 

I live with a chronic health condition called Fibromyalgia. This means living with chronic pain, sleep disturbance, severe brain fog, declined cognitive function and impact on my vision, among many other symptoms. Very little is understood about this condition, and how to support those living with it by the majority of healthcare professionals. From my Smoke Art I have created unique designs using the Fibro logo of the butterfly, to help raise awareness.

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Jump Start Program EASE INTO EXERCISING: an easy exercise program. This is a great place to begin if you are new to exercising or have not done so in a long time due to low energy and or chronic pain. This short, gentle program will help you get started on your journey to look and feel better by exercising safely using the Cocolime Fitness method. Here you’ll ease into moving more again through some fantastic stretching and gentle bodyweight toning routines!

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Soft Hugs for Mommy: Learning to Live with Fibromyalgia: a book about a loving family as navigating the challenges of Mommy's chronic pain condition. The family helps Mommy with her invisible illness by offering gentle hugs, thoughtful acts of kindness, and comforting words. The author and illustrator draws from their personal experience with chronic illness.

The book has a “Let’s Talk” section to open the conversation between parent and child. These questions, created with a child psychologist, offer a space for children to express their feelings about Mommy's illness. This book facilitates discussing other related conditions (such as Lyme Disease, ME, CFS, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, chronic migraine, chronic pain, and others).

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Chronic Illness Life Journal: Whether you're battling fibromyalgia, autoimmune arthritis, or any other chronic condition, this journal is a valuable tool for your self-care journey.
Embrace the power of chronic illness life journaling as a means to enhance your mental health and overall well-being. This beginner-friendly journal provides guidance and support, making it an ideal companion for those who are new to chronic illness life journaling.

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Other ways you can support those with chronic illness include:

• visit their blogs and read some of their articles
• follow and like them on their social media channels
• share this post so others can find it
• visit my Fibro Shop on Amazon which has gift ideas for those living with Fibromyalgia like the softest pyjamas and a cozy cuddle blanket.

Thank you for taking time to visit here today.