In September you can join in with Fibro Bloggers Directory on promoting understanding of pain that people with fibromyalgia experience.
If you have a post about pain please share it here (in comments) so we can compile it into a resource for everyone to understand the types of fibro pain that exist.
On twitter you can share your tweets about pain under #fibropain or you can retweet our tweets.
On facebook, tumblr we have picture quotes that you can share and use in your posts.
Onpinterest we have fibro boards already and have started a new one called Pain Awareness. This is a community board which means you can post there. Please have a look.
We hope you are inspired to help others so they can get real stories about fibro pain from real people.
We live with so many strong feelings when we have chronic pain conditions like fibromyalgia. Writing poetry and pouring out our emotions onto the page can be very therapeutic. It also leaves something that other people can relate to and find connection and comfort in. We hope that you can find some solace here amongst the many pain-related poems.
Kim from I Tripped Over a Stone wrote this poem of strength to Fibromyalgia. Please visit her blog for more of her Fibro journey told from her heart.
Fighting Fibromyalgia shared the poem below about Fibromyalgia asking for understanding. Please visit her blog for uplifting quotes and to read the poem clearly.
Nikki at Brainless Blogger wrote 'It Took' about Fibromyalgia. (below) She has written other poems which you can read at her blog.
I look into the mirror and I wonder I remember who you used to be Are you still the same?
I look into the mirror and I wonder Do you still want the same things? Are you still the same?
I look into the mirror and I wonder Are you still motivated and ambitious? I remember that you used to be Are you still the same?
I look into the mirror and I wonder Is this the same person that walked a half marathon? I remember when you did that Are you still the same?
I look into the mirror and I know
The pain has changed you but… You are still the same You are still caring and loving You are still passionate and giving You are still ambitious and productive
I look into the mirror and I see you Not Fibromyalgia!
The loneliness of this disease
just claws within my soul
and makes my pain
so much to bear --
a mean and nasty foe.
But the wisdom of those
simple words
console me through tough times
and soar within my soul like
birds
with love and joy divine! Visit her site to read the whole beautiful poem.
And part of the poem that inspired this post:
Isn’t it strange, how nature makes you forget, That terrible pain you have and continually get. It comes in waves when you least expect it, And you think, please stop now and give me a rest for a bit. Read the rest at Back Pain Blog
Don't Tell Me that you understand, a poem by Joanetta Hendel
My bones are getting old and tired And worn out oh so fast I’m only 56 years old I thought these bones would last
But no, they’re breaking far too quick So what’s a girl to do But drink her milk and take B12 And other vitamins too
Instead of staying up all night I go to bed at nine No more a shot of whiskey Metamucil does just fine
I wheeze through my aerobics class I huff going up the stairs I worry about incontinence And wear Depends in pairs
It’s too late now, but I sure wish I’d purchased stock in Tums I’d think about how rich I’d be Each time the heartburn comes
I hear my doctor bought a boat From what he’s earned off me He named her Patient Pamela And took her out to sea
I hope these bones decide to last At least a few more years Although they snap and crackle and pop And leave me often in tears
There still so much I want to do So hang in there, bones of mine I’ll lie for you when people ask And say, I’m feeling fine
I’ll eat the veggies, drink the milk I’ll pop the B12 too Just to keep you bones around awhile For I’m rather fond of you! From Pamela Jessen of There Is Always Hope and originally shared on The Mighty.
A Spoonie Shower
A journey needs to be made
the need is undeniable but yet is put off able:
It’s such a long way to go and so many spoons to use
for what? Some temporary respite from the endless
spite of hyperhidrosis, must I? But I do.
Each pealed off layer of clothing
exposes new layers of exhaustion
and yes this very act of preparation
causes my pores to flow, ironic I know!
As I step into the flowing water
my eyes briefly close, a mistake
because my balance goes.
This jolt of reality triggers a reflex
my hand finds the railing where it grabs hold.
With my eyes open but unseeing
my mind departs and travels abroad.
The sensation of a rainforest transports me
tropically scented gel gives pleasure to the nasal cavities
as it travels to destinations within reach.
For a few fleeting moments,
I give in to the deluge.
The water washes away all doubt
why did I delay this for so long?
For the shortest minutes, I’ve vacated a Fibro life.
But then awareness prickles my joints
as the familiar ache resumes tenure
and the moment is passed.
I must leave the enclosure and
my life resume.
So begins the chores of swaddling,
futilely rubbing at the moisture
as the cleansing waters of verticle bathing depart
I do not recognise myself standing in the many shadows of you.
You, towering, all-consuming, ever present but hidden away, in plain sight. Yet I feel you in every part of me. Trying to become me.
Not all monsters lurk like you.
Once awakened, you thrive, clamour, steal, reverberate …through the length and breath of my mortal body, Silently leaving deadly, indelible traces of your mark, like on a cracked egg, ready to fall apart, any, anytime now, but still holding itself together as the lines spread and spread, Until I am finally broken.
Your crack lines emerge in places impossible. From earthen shell to the soul and heartland of me. Breaking, smashing, pillaging anything and everything, until I am nothing of my former self; nothing of possible Me(s).
But even broken things can be beautiful. With floods of tears and streams of blood I shall, I shall put me back together again. I emerge not the ‘Me’ that once was, was to be or had been imagined with dreams for the future. I rise as someone, something else entirely–Pained but persevering. Flawed but fluid. Broken but beautiful and believing that I shall conquer. I am and will be the ‘Me’ that never was imagined. I am the ‘Me’ that’s emerged from the ashes of pain. I will not fit your cardboard cutouts or your nicely stenciled stereotypes.
And I am not sorry.
To survive, I change. Constantly. As the monster morphs so will I – imperfect still, but ready to give bloody hell in all battles to come.
Connect with other bloggers by commenting on their blogs, visiting their blogs and following their blogs. This is advice that gets included in almost every post ever written on how to grow a blog’s visitors. This seems pretty basic to me but maybe some people just don't get it so I have written here, in point form, the benefits of visiting other fibro bloggers blogs both from how you benefit and how the condition of Fibromyalgia benefits.
WHY CONNECT WITH OTHER FIBRO BLOGGERS?
FROM YOUR BLOGS POINT OF VIEW:
Visiting other peoples blogs makes your own blog stronger:
Leaving comments gets you new readers.
Following "brands" your blog and gets you exposure.
Educates you on what makes a good post and a good blog.
Helps you see what topics are engaging audiences.
Helps you see what you have to offer that others don't.
FROM FIBROMYALGIA'S POINT OF VIEW:
Visiting other people's blogs:
Provides a united front.
Helps everyone see Fibromyalgia has many faces and voices; we are a large group, a strong group, a supportive group.
Convinces the world to see there are a lot of people connecting and talking about Fibromyalgia ( "maybe they are not crazy, maybe there is something to this, maybe we should listen, maybe we will do something about this!")
I have left the MOST IMPORTANT POINT till last: as chronic pain sufferers, visiting other's blogs helps us get a connection with others, we see other real people going through the same things as us and we do not feel so alone.
So whether you want to help your own blog get more readers or help the cause of Fibromyalgia please visit other Fibro Bloggers blogs. We have made it easy for you here - just go to the Directory and visit one or two (or more) a day. Thank you for your continued support.
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