Fibromyalgia awareness from people living with fibromyalgia

We are sharing what people living with fibromyalgia want others to know about this often misunderstood chronic pain condition.

There is a significant lack of understanding about fibromyalgia, what causes it and and just how many symptoms there are including fatigue, stiffness, joint pain, nerve pain and all over muscle weakness and pain. We are focusing on how it affects people living with it. 

The following quotes and images are from some of the members of our FIBRO CONNECT facebook group and what they wanted to share about fibromyalgia in just a few words. 

What you will see is that fibromyalgia affects men and women, young and old and that these people consider themselves both fighters and thrivers. Fighters because they are fighting a daily battle with a pain condition that has no cure and thrivers because they maintain a positive attitude. They have many coping strategies and they know that staying positive is one of them.

They hope to raise fibromyalgia awareness each and every day and not just in Fibromyalgia Awareness Month which is May every year. 

Thank you for taking time to read these quotes about Fibromyalgia. 

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Fibro Friday week 369

 WELCOME and thank you for dropping in! This is the fibromyalgia link up where you can start building a connection with a wider community of people who have fibromyalgia. 

Every week many fibro bloggers share their articles here and you can read the ones that interest you by clicking on the numbered links below. 

Don't forget to let others know about this link up so we can spread awareness of fibromyalgia far and wide. 

Fibromyalgia information at Fibro Friday week 368

WELCOME to this week's fibromyalgia link up... glad you could drop by.

This week we are tapping into the power of the supermoon, with the image, which shone bright and could be seen all around the world.  Let's spread awareness of fibromyalgia around the world by joining in and sharing.

 

Pinterest Tips and Tricks: Pinning More Often

If you are a blogger, trying to get more readers to your blog, then join in here each week to get some ideas and find out what I am experimenting with. This week I am investigating simple to apply pinterest ideas to increase traffic.

WHAT I'M TRYING ON PINTEREST THIS WEEK:

I read the following on buffer and I'm going to give it a try ie PIN MORE OFTEN.

Pin more often, and space out your pins

Perhaps the best change we’ve made to our Pinterest engagement of late is to pin more often.

We’ve gone from pinning once or twice a day to pinning 10 times per day.

As a result, we’ve seen 150 percent more engagement on Pinterest.

So I am currently buffering 5 pins a day and usually 1 of them is a brand new fresh pin. I also reshare pins of other fibro bloggers... about 3 to 5 a day. Now, trying this new strategy I will be pinning 10 pins a day. As I write this I wonder how long I will be able to maintain this. Of course scheduling with buffer is what allows me to do this and I love it and honestly find it quite addictive. It speaks to that part of me that likes to feel organised and feel like I'm achieving something. But what I am thinking is that initially I will increase my pins to 7 a day which may be a bit more manageable for me. Then if I am coping I will increase to 10 per day.

Space these pins out across the day, and make sure you pin in the afternoon and evening, as those are the best times for pin engagement. ~ Social Media Examiner

I will also be taking on board the above advice about when to pin and checking out the times for the part of the world where my main audience is coming from.

I also use Canva for creating images which is what will enable me to create more fresh pins easily. I love doing this and find it quite relaxing.

I will be checking my stats and letting you know how I go with getting more traffic. After all that is the whole point of the exercise - to get more traffic back to this site and to see if increasing pins allows me to get more traffic through Pinterest.

PINTEREST MONTHLY ENGAGEMENT ON BUFFER

I would love to know how often you currently pin on pinterest? Do you pin regularly?

JOIN IN WITH ME

Also if this experiment is something you might give a try please let me know. Maybe you might decide to pin on a more regular basis or increase the number of pins you currently share. Let me know in the comments so we can check back in with our results.