Friday

Fibro Friday week 392

 WELCOME to this week's fibromyalgia link up where we share articles from fabulous fibro bloggers who live with fibromyalgia and try to raise awareness of this chronic pain condition.

This week we are highlighting Sue Ingebretson who has been blogging at Rebuilding Wellness since 2009. She was one of the earliest members of Fibro Blogger Directory and has many interesting posts including Remarkable Healing Benefits of Therapy Dogs for People with FibromyalgiaFibromyalgia Peach Paradigm and Fibromyalgia Symptoms Multiply – Here’s Why. 

Now it's time to Scroll down for this week's posts, to join in and also to share some of the articles too. Thank you.

Fibromyalgia link up Fibro Friday week 392



Fibro Friday week 392 - fibromyalgia link up

Fibro Friday week 391

 WELCOME to this week's Fibro Friday blog link-up for information about fibromyalgia. 

Sharing your article about fibromyalgia here will help others understand more about fibromyalgia. Also your post will be shared on social media around the world. Each week I share previous week's links to over 23,000 fibro followers. 

Visiting the links here will help you learn more about fibromyalgia from others who live with it. Rachel Barclift is one of these bloggers who often joins in here. She runs a series on her blog called Mindful Mondays and uses journaling and original artwork on her site. Some of her creative posts include a poem called The Dark Traveler, Drawing your Fibromyalgia Character and Music Therapy for Fibromyalgia

Fibro Friday week 391- Fibromyalgia link up



Fibro Friday blog link-up week 390

WELCOME to this week's Fibromyalgia link -up where we share information about this chronic pain syndrome which has a multitude of symptoms. The butterfly is often used as a symbol of fibromyalgia as it shows both fragility and strength and represents the people living with it. 

We have many of these strong fibro warriors writing their stories and sharing them here each week. This week we highlight Katie Clark whose goal is to help others while helping herself. She has posts on the emotional health aspects of chronic illness including her interesting experiences with Unlearning My Chronic PainYou’ve Gotta Be Kidding! Looking Back at Childhood Fibromyalgia Symptoms and EMDR Therapy: Rewiring the Fibro Brain.

It would be wonderful if you could share a link to your fibromyalgia story here this week. If that is not possible we would love you to visit some of the links here and have fun finding some new fibro friends. 

Fibro Friday blog link-up week 390


Fibro Friday blog link-up week 390

Sunday

Blogging when you have chronic illness conditions

Claire shares 6 tips she has learned from blogging, over the last few years, when living with multiple chronic conditions.

Blogging when you have chronic illness conditions - 6 tips
As many of us with health issues will know, working a traditional job can be a challenge with long hours, commuting and the difficult aspects of a work environment. Now I didn’t ever imagine I would be blogging with chronic illness (and about chronic illness!) back in the day when I was still at my previous job, but I almost can’t imagine not doing it now.

Blogging has flexibility as one of its main benefits. It can be done from your sofa or your bed, at whatever time of the day works for you and in your pyjamas if you wish! All of which can make it a great choice for those with chronic illness for whom a 9-5 job would be impossible, or really problematic. Aside from the financial aspect, it also helps us become part of the chronic illness community and personally I find it motivating to have my own little project. I hope this post on blogging with chronic illness is interesting, and has a few helpful tips too!

Some things I have learned recently about blogging when you have chronic illness conditions:

1. Have a rough schedule, but a flexible one – I try and do one chronic illness post a week and one new recipe. This is the ideal, but if it doesn’t happen due to symptoms, then I give myself grace over it. Staying up until midnight to finish a post is rarely a good idea and may have you feeling even worse the next day.

One way to help prevent fatigue and still be consistent with social media is to schedule your posts. There are lots of ways to do this such as the scheduler within Pinterest, or Tailwind. 

2. Pace yourself – I work blogging around other necessary tasks. Doctor’s appointments, medical admin, life admin, and catching up with friends and family come first, blogging comes second. Make sure you take breaks, take your meds at the right times(!), and have time away from your computer screen.

3. Find your niche and one that you are passionate about – if you don’t love what you are writing about then you simply won’t write! Or at least find it tedious to do so.

4. Make some chronic illness blogger friends! I am very fortunate to have quite a few such friends now and it is so lovely to be able to bounce around ideas, ask for advice or simply gossip about anything but blogging! To my two favourite blogging friends (both beginning with S!) – I love our group chats, and you both make me smile so much 🙂

5. Consider monetising your blog – if blogging is a passion of yours and you have a degree of readership, then it can also help your finances. And we all know that the chronic illness life is an expensive one! Working with an ad company is one way to earn money, you can use affiliate links or work with brands on paid posts. I can’t promise you it will earn you millions, but it should at least cover the costs of hosting, domain, photo editing etc.etc.

6. Promote your posts! While you may get lucky and get good SEO without ever promoting your post, it is fairly unlikely. Sharing your posts will get it out there, and social media is key in my opinion. Pinterest is my best referral platform by a long shot, but I also share on Twitter and Facebook and I have a weekly round-up of new posts and a few older ones on my Instagram stories each Sunday.

READ THE FULL POST AT Claire's Blog 'Through the Fibro Fog'. It's titled 

Blogging with chronic illness

Claire from Through the Fibro Fog

Claire has been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, dysautonomia, hEDS, MCAS, and interstitial cystitis. Her blog 'Through the Fibro Fog' offers tips and tricks for living with chronic illness, as well as simple but delicious low histamine recipes. Please visit her blog

Blogging when you have chronic illness conditions by Claire