Thank you to all these excellent fibro bloggers working hard to help raise the awareness of fibromyalgia in their own special ways. We appreciate you sharing your stories, tips, news and research into this chronic pain condition.
CBD it's Benefits and Awareness Day 8th August. Barbara shares some info about CBD and its potential benefits in easing chronic pain in fibromyalgia. The article highlights the growing popularity of CBD products, which are now found in a wide range of everyday items from beverages to skincare. Once mainly embraced by cannabis enthusiasts, CBD is gaining traction in mainstream wellness for its potential to naturally relieve symptoms of anxiety, pain, insomnia, and other conditions.
Habits that help chronic illness. Melissa explains the wellness habits that she uses and the order in which she prioitises them to help her feel better when living with fibromyalgia and ME/CFS. The article discusses how living with chronic illness, particularly conditions like fibromyalgia and ME/CFS, reshapes the typical wellness order. For those affected, sleep and rest become the top priorities, forming the foundation for all other health goals.
Visiting the Pain Clinic includes Dale's positive experience when visiting the pain clinic, his realisations about what he is doing right to help reduce fibro symptoms and his recommendations for others. The experience reinforced the importance of self-management, preparation, and persistence—despite the physical toll the visit took...
Oxygen Therapy. Dale gives us an update on this interesting therapy and his challenging week with a fibro flare and a therapy session and a chance to catch up with others who are trying this therapy.
Fibromyalgia Explained: Thom explains Diagnosis, Treatments, and Coping Strategies for fibromyalgia and provides a comprehensive understanding of fibromyalgia, its symptoms, causes, and effective management strategies.
Fibromyalgia Pain: Thom explains his view for the urgent need for comprehensive understanding and empathy from the medical community not just about the pain of fibromyalgia but about the misunderstandings and lack of adequate research and treatments.
Finding Myself after Fibromyalgia. Johanna recounts her difficult journey with fibromyalgia, from mysterious symptoms and fear to misdiagnoses and failed treatments. She describes the emotions and symptoms and ups and downs after being diagnosed with fibro and the realisations she has had. |
Fibromyalgia: The Invisible Disease. This Fibro Chick discusses all the aspects of invisibilty in fibromyalgia including the importance of addressing this problem.The article also explores the emotional and psychological impacts of living with a condition that others may not understand or believe.
Top tips for the newly diagnosed. Alisha shares tips from her fibro friends from all around the world who have fibromyalgia so that if you are newly diagnosed with fibro you will not feel so alone.
A Coloring Adventure for Spoonies 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! 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.
A little time to slumber is a poem by Glenys R. Hicks about her day when living with fibromyalgia and other chronic illnesses.
From Fibro Friday week 517