Raising Awareness of fibromyalgia

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. 

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. 

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. 

Oxygen Therapy. Dale gives us an update on this interesting therapy and his challenging week with a fibro flare and a therapy session. 

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 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.

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

Fibro Friday week 515

 WELCOME to Fibro Friday a link-up all about Fibromyalgia. It starts every Friday and runs almost all week. 

You will love these links if you are looking for alternative treatments and ideas for managing fibromyalgia and other chronic pain conditions. 

This week we have articles about sleep and chronic illness, spiritual and mindfulness practices, motivational tips, alternative treaments such as CBD oil, oxygen therapy and foot reflexology, disability pride, nutrition benefits and being old. 

While you are here please take this opportunity to have a look at previous week's link-ups.

	1.HOW PAIN CAN EFFECT YOUR SLEEP PATTERNS is full of interesting facts about sleep when you are living with chronic illness. 2. A Purposeful Path Through the Fog of Fibromyalgia describes how to align your daily life with a spiritual path.  3. Conquer Chronic Pain & Fatigue: 10 Expert Tips to stay motivated and lead a fulfilling life even when living in constant pain.  4. Increasing Social Activity For Wellbeing And Inspiration talks about the challenges of increasing social outings and activities when living with fibromyalgia. 5. The body scan and fibromyalgia: The What, Why and How of The Body Scan Meditation including a video and a book suggestion about this mindfulness practice. 6. Oxygen Therapy Update - Week Two is a sharing of personal experiences of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) sessions. It describes what a session is like and the improvements that have happened.  7. Foot Reflexology for Chronic Pain & Fibromyalgia descibes this alternative treatment and how it treats chronic ain.  If you have ever felt like you are walking on shards of glass all the time, or your feet and legs are swollen it will be useful to read this article. 8. Top Qs about Invisible Illnesses & Disability Pride Month answers some of the top questions people with invisible illnesses, including chronic pain and mental health issues, ask about disability pride, disability rights, and disability. 9. It doesn't take much is about looking after your health through eating nutritious meals with the extra motivation of doing it for your twin sister. (Both twins have fibromyalgia and other chronic conditions. 10. The only perk of being old. Find out what it is here. (At least for those living in Australia.  11. Breakthrough Study: Anarti’s Ayurvedic CBD Oil Shows Promising Results in reducing inflammation.

Fibro Friday week 514 - Fibromyalgia articles for you

WELCOME to this weeks Fibro Friday. We are so glad you could call in today, in your busy schedule, to find out more about Fibromyalgia. We hope you find something of interest to you. Remember that there are many other weeks of Fibromyalgia articles here where you will discover amazing information written by those living with it.

1. Tips for Dating Someone with Fibromyalgia. Things that can help you if your partner has fibro.

2. Fibromyalgia and Love: The Ultimate Guide to Physical Intimacy! by Thom Byxbe.

3. Chasing The Woodland Light - a metaphor for fibro life in the fibro community by photograher Dale. 

4. Oxygen Therapy Update - Week One where Dale is documenting his experience with 20 sessions of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in an attempt to reduce fibro symptoms.

5. HEALTH AWARENESS DAYS, weeks & for the month of August 2024 by Blogger Bar.

6. Migraine Relief Without Medication: A List of Stuff To Help Your Headache. This is the ultimate guide to stuff that might make migraines more manageable compiled by Janet Jay.

7. Chiropractic for fibromyalgia. Melissa explains how chiropractic care has helped her fibro symptoms including the big tangible result. 

 

This week's Fibromyalgia articles - week 511

Here are 10 excellent articles on fibromyalgia written by individuals who truly understand the condition. Discover some intriguing alternative treatment options you may not have explored yet. 

1. The Single Focus Of Medical Professionals By Dale Rockell at Fibro & Photos. "The point of this post is to share the reaction of the Dr when I mentioned that my theory was that my challenges with my vision was a symptom of my central sensitivity/Fibromyalgia." 2. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Update & Schedule For Intensive Sessions Some background information on these therapy sessions to reduce fibromyalgia symptoms.  3. CAN SPINAL CORD STIMULATORS HELP YOU TAKE FEWER PAINKILLERS?… explains the advances in spinal cord stimulators to help people with back pain. By Blogger Bar at Back Pain Blog UK.   4. 8 Ways Chronic Pain Changes You ~ "There are many ways chronic pain changes you, but today I’ve decided to focus on eight basic facts about life with pain." From Carrie at My Several Worlds.  5. My Diagnostic Nightmare involves increased symptoms, including extreme fatigue, strange blood test results, visits to many specialists and the E.D. and no diagnosis. Johanna describes her experiences and writes a letter to the Emergency Department that she visited.   6. The Healing Power for Men: Navigating Fibromyalgia expounds on how fibromyalgia affects men and has stories of how the healing power of love helped men with fibro. From Thom Byxbe's research Desk.  7. The Healing Power of Love: Navigating Pain with Compassion explores the ability of love to heal when one partner is living with Fibromyalgia.  8. Chiropractic has helped my chronic pain Melissa shares how chiropractic treatment has helped her pain symptoms over the last eight months.   9. Not any time soon is about the experience of a family, living with multiple chronic illnesses, all catching RSV -which is Respiratory syncytial virus.  10. Fibromyalgia Relief and Ancient Chinese Medicine: Tai Chi, Acupuncture, and Tui Na an indepth article written by Dr. Paula Bruno, Ph.D., L.Ac. Thank you to everyone who joined in at Fibro Friday week 511 sharing your wonderful sites and raising fibromyalgia awareness. We love visiting all the fibro blogs.  If you would like to join in and share a post of yours about fibromyalgia you can do so each week at the Fibro Friday link up.

Fibro Friday week 506

 WELCOME to week 506 at the Fibromyalgia link up. 

So pleased you are here to visit these links and find out more about Fibromyalgia.

It is great to see different fibro blogs, from men and women with fibromyalgia, represented here this week. 

1. Pacing Is Like A Freight Train at Fibro & Photos

  

2. Conquer Chronic Pain & Fatigue: 10 Expert Tips! 

 

3. Love in the Face of Pain: Navigating Fibromyalgia Together! at Thom Byxbe's Research Desk

  

4. 5 tips for the newly diagnosed mama with fibromyalgia at Going My Own Pace

 

5. Fibromyalgia Art Therapy Interviews on My Several Worlds  

6. Twenty Tips for Newly diagnosed Fibromyalgia Sufferers at Back Pain Blog

7. Bereavement One Year On at Creative Fibro

  

8. You Can't Boycott Medication at Adventures in Motherhood

  

9. Where Does it Hurt? at Mandy and Michelle

  

10. All about the health condition Fibromyalgia & my sufferer story

  

11. Understanding Internal Tremors in Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS

at FND HEALTH  

If you would like to join in our latest Fibro link up please go HERE 

Latest fibromyalgia blogger articles

You can gain deeper insight into fibromyalgia with these informative articles. People living with fibro share their personal experiences, shedding light on the ways this chronic pain condition impacts their lives and those around them. This week we have four articles on food and many other helpful subjects including recent fibromyalgia research, how to handle the holidays, and using a symptom tracker and foods.

10 Health Awareness Days for January 2024 

This includes both global and UK awareness days at Back Pain Blog UK. Have you heard of Blue Monday or Paget's disease?

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How To Use Your Symptom Tracking to Plan Your Day and Pacing Well.

Melissa vs Fibromyalgia explains how to plan your day using pacing.

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Fibro And The ‘Y’ Word!

Dale talks about his exeriences with yoga including the benefits he sees and how to begin. 

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Baking Cookies with Fibromyalgia... Or Not is about the difficulties and decisions of baking cookies and keeping up family traditions.

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How Chronic Pain Warriors Handle The Holidays is a friendly letter style post about one persons thoughts around how they view and also manage the holidays, her wishes and memories and how she sees herself. 

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Biology of Blessing

Did you know that ''sending a blessing benefits both the bless-or and the bless-ee. It has a transformational effect on both you and the recipient.''

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When Everything Collides

Is where Susan talks about the difficult year she had in 2023... a death in the family, perimenopause symptoms, deression and grieving.

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10 Surprising Health Benefits Of Tea Drinking

''Black, white, green, oolong, rooibos, flavoured, herbal. Loose leaf or bagged. Milk and sugar or straight up. Tea comes in many varieties and the steps to crafting the perfect cuppa have been hotly debated for years. Black tea is the UK’s most popular type and confers the most benefits, but however you take it, you’ll be glad to know there will be at least a few extra perks besides the comforting taste. Here are x surprising health benefits of drinking tea. Put the kettle on, grab a cuppa and enjoy!''

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The Unyielding Majesty of the Lion’s Roar

In this article we find out about the lions message for humanity.

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Fibromyalgia and the Current State of Research

''Despite its prevalence, fibromyalgia remains a complex and poorly understood condition with no known cure. However, significant research efforts are underway to unravel the mysteries of this chronic pain syndrome. Here’s a snapshot of the current state of fibromyalgia research.''

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10 Foods That Cause Fibromyalgia Symptom Flare-ups

According to this article living with fibromyalgia can be made easier by following an anti-inflammatory eating plan. It lists the inflammatory foods to avoid so you can help reduce pain levels and improve nutrition.
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Why Omega 3 is so important when living with fibromyalgia?

Omega 3 is crucial for managing fibromyalgia. Read this article to find out its hidden benefits, foods that contain it and why flaxseeds in your diet can make a significant difference to your pain. 

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Sufficient to the day

A christian women's persective on ways to overcome the depression caused by living with fibromyalgia and other chronic illnesses. 

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From Fibro Friday week 483

1. 10 Health Awareness Days for January 2024
2. How To Use Your Symptom Tracking to Plan Your Day (Pacing Well)
3. Fibro And The ‘Y’ Word!
4. Baking Cookies with Fibromyalgia... Or Not
5. How Chronic Pain Warriors Handle The Holidays
6. Biology of Blessing
7. When Everything Collides
8. 10 Surprising Health Benefits Of Tea Drinking
9. The Unyielding Majesty of the Lion’s Roar
10. Fibromyalgia and the Current State of Research
11. 10 Foods That Cause Fibromyalgia Symptom Flare-ups
12. Why Omega 3 is so important when living with fibromyalgia?
13. Sufficient to the day

Ten new Fibromyalgia articles for you.

This interesting selection of posts are brought to you from people living with fibromyalgia.

Why Don't Others Understand Fibromyalgia? Dale is exploring the understanding of fibromyalgia from both the pespective of a person living with it and someone looking from the outside. Read it at Fibro & Photos A Circle is Round, and It Has No End This is an homage to friendship that Thom holds so dear.  Read it at Thom Byxbe's Research Desk. The Intimacy Challenge: Nurturing Deeper Connections An exploration of all the components that go into creating an intimate connection with another person. Read it at Thom Byxbe's Research Desk. Top Tips on how to Manage Arthritis Pain… Five plus suggestions for managing the pain of arthritis, which also relate to fibromyalgia from BloggerBar. Read it at Back Pain Blog UK. My best advice for fibromyalgia Melissa shares her 20 years of experience of coping with pain and fatigue. She provides information on interesting topics including the parasympathetic nervous system and neuroinflammation. Read it at Melissa vs Fibromyalgia. When an aspirin won't fix it Glenys talks about the sensitive topic of intimacy and libido when living with fibromyalgia and offers advice for married women with fibro. Read it at Australian Sacrificial Home Keeper. Chronic Daily Headaches & Fibromyalgia Sue lives with daily headaches and fibromyalgia and discusses different types of headaches, including silent migraines, and their causes. Read it at Fibro Daze What it is like living with Fibromyalgia? Thoughts from 17 people living with fibromyalgia.  Read it here at Fibro Blogger Directory. Tai Chi for fibromyalgia A report on a study into the benefits of doing tai chi for those with fibro. Read it at Fibro Files. Do You Need 10,000 Steps? Really? Sue discusses the accepted fitness norm of trying to achieve 10,000 steps per day and reports on some new research that may make many of us with mobility issues happy. Read it at Rebuilding Wellness. Thank you to all our wonderful contributors at Fibro Friday week 487. 1. Why Don't Others Understand Fibromyalgia? 2. A Circle is Round, and It Has No End 3. The Intimacy Challenge: Nurturing Deeper Connections 4. Top Tips on how to Manage Arthritis Pain… 5. My best advice for fibromyalgia 6. When an aspirin won't fix it 7. Chronic Daily Headaches & Fibromyalgia 8. What it is like living with Fibromyalgia? 9. Tai Chi for fibromyalgia 10. Do You Need 10,000 Steps? Really?

Latest Fibro Articles

These ten fibromyalgia articles are from people who live with fibromyalgia. We hope you enjoy learning what others with this chronic pain condition have to say.

End of year health update & 2024 goals 

This is an update of Melissa's big year with major surgery, more diagnoses, treatment and looking forward to the new year. Read it at Melissa vs Fibromyalgia.

Can You Truly Heal from Fibromyalgia?

Thom's uplifting and optomistic take on the topic of healing from Fibro. Read it at Thom Byxbe's Research Desk.

Fibromyalgia and the Current State of Research 

Here is a snapshot of the current state of research into Fibro. Read it.

It's All Going On Beneath The Surface

Metaphors for life with fibromyalgia from Dale Rockell. Read it at Fibro & Photos.

Can Acupuncture Help With Back Pain and Fibromyalgia?

This is Barbara's roundup of articles, research and her personal experience on the use of acupuncture in pain relief. Read it at Back Pain Blog UK.

Fibro Flare and Me

As the title says this post is all about a Fibro Flare experienced by Johanna including the why, when and what she did about it. Read it at Adventures of Motherhood.

Ya gotta laugh

An update from Glenys about her Fibromyalgia flare and how she is going with her household duties. Read it at Australian Sacrificial Home Keeper.

What are Glutens & How to start a Gluten Free Lifestyle

Many people living with fibromylgia find that going gluten free helps to reduce some of their joint pain and other symptoms. Here Melinda provides some basic information about the gluten free safe foods. Read it at Looking For The Light.

Living with the Limitations of Fibromyalgia

"This article explains post-exertional malaise and how flares crop up with too much activity. It also outlines my hard lines and boundaries in order to live successfully with fibromyalgia." From Carrie at My Several Worlds. Read the full article there. 

Interesting health articles I am reading this week

5 health related articles relating to fibromyalgia. Read it at Fibro Files.

Articles from week 486 of Fibro Friday

1.	End of year health update &2024 goals
2.	Can You Truly Heal from Fibromyalgia?
3.	Fibromyalgia and the Current State of Research
4.	It's All Going On Beneath The Surface
5.	CAN ACUPUNCTURE HELP WITH BACK PAIN AND FIBROMYALGIA?
6.	Fibro Flare and Me
7.	Ya gotta laugh
8.	What are Glutens & How to start a Gluten Free Lifestyle
9.	Living with the Limitations of Fibromyalgia
10.	Interesting health articles I am reading this week

Learn more about Fibromyalgia from Fibro Bloggers

 Learn more about Fibromyalgia from what Fibro Bloggers have written here. As well as round ups of experiences in 2023 you can find information on acceptance of pain, Living with P.O.T.S., The Flight or Fight response, Pets and Weight issues. 

End of Year Health Update and Lessons Learnt

Melissa provides an update on where she is at when living with fibromyalgia and endometriosis and more diagnoses, treatments she has tried, her surgery and her next big thing. 

Going With The Festive Flow

Dale describes his preparations for the holiday season and shares some beautiful night time festive photos from London. He is also a songwriter and guitarist and shares his newly written Christmas song in a video here.

Fibromyalgia and the Battle for Correct Diagnosis

Sue has gathered together some expert sources on the symtoms of Fibromyalgia and the difficulties of getting a diagnosis. 

A short Christmas note to the ones who are struggling.

Alisha shares her feelings and her thoughts at Christmas and some of the difficulties and losses of her year. 

Interview with a Chronic Pain Warrior (Book about Grief)

An open and honest interview with a struggling P.O.T.S warrior where she shares her journey to diagnosis and how her faith and family have helped. She offers words of encouragement for others living with chronic pain.

Merry Christmas 2023 & Happy New Year

A quick end of year post from Caz at Invisibly Me Blog which summarises her year and also gives some suggested Christmas and New Year reading for those with chronic illness.

What does acceptance mean when livng with pain?

The reasons for accepting pain and what hinders and helps our acceptance are discussed here by Julie, including some research done into the topic. 

What does it mean to accept your pain? That is a question that many of us have asked or been asked.

Fight or Flight Response Overactive in Fibromyalgia

Did you know that an overactive sympathetic nervous system, aka the body's flight or fight response, is overactive in Fibromyalia. Sue discusses this and if there is anything we can do about it. 

It is what it is!

Glenys shares her Christmas plans when her and her husband live with multiple chronic illnesses. 

Do You Buy A Pet Because It's Cute Or The Kids Won't Stop Begging? Beware!

Mel discusses her approach to deciding whether to become Pet Parents. 

Christmas Prayer For Fibromyalgia. 

A prayer for those with chronic illness including fibromyalgia written by Sue and also a link to a video of her talk at Cal State Fullerton where she shares tips on what to do about Fibromyalgia. 

Fibromyalgia and weight gain resources

A list of some of the sites and books that can help with the common Fibromyalgia problem of unwanted weight gain.

1.	End of year health update
2.	Going With The Festive Flow
3.	Music Therapy - I've Written A Festive Tune!
4.	FIBROMYALGIA AND THE BATTLE FOF A CORRECT DIAGNOSIS
5.	A short Christmas note to the ones who are struggling
6.	Interview with a chronic pain warrior (book about grief)
7.	Merry Christmas 2023 & Happy New Year From Invisibly Me!
8.	What does acceptance meanwhen living with pain?
9.	Fight or Flight Response Overactive In Fibromyalgia
10.	It is what it is!
11.	Do you buy a dog for it's cuteness?
12.	Christmas Prayer for Fibromyalgia
13.	Fibromyalgia & weight gain resources