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A safe supportive community for people living with chronic pain & invisible illness to share understanding and real experiences.

My hope is that together, we can help each other through the difficult days and find more good days than bad 💫💜

24/08/2026

Literally no sleep… just pain…

23/08/2026

Does anyone else find that even being asked to make plans can make you hesitate?

Not because you don’t want to go… but because you immediately start thinking, ‘I’m feeling shocking today.. am I going to be the same tomorrow’.. or, ‘I have no idea how i’m going to feel that day’..

That’s the part of Fibro that makes planning ahead so difficult.

I can feel what I call ‘manageable’ or ‘normal for me’ when I agree to something, but that tells me absolutely nothing about how I’ll feel when the day actually comes.

And then there’s the worry of having to cancel. Letting someone down. Changing arrangements. Or feeling like you have to explain yourself all over again…

So sometimes I don’t commit until the last minute. I know that can be frustrating for other people because they have lives and plans to make too, but sometimes it feels easier than saying yes and then having to back out.

It’s strange how something that used to be as simple as putting a date in the diary can now involve so much thought and planning..

Do you find yourself hesitating before making plans too💜

22/08/2026

Happy Saturday 💜

I think sometimes when you’re living with Fibro, it can be really easy to focus on everything that’s difficult .. the pain, the tiredness, the plans that have changed or the things you haven’t been able to do..

So today I thought we could turn that around a little.

What’s one thing you’re grateful for today?

It doesn’t have to be anything massive. Maybe you’ve woken up feeling a bit better than yesterday. Maybe you’ve managed to get out for a while, had a quiet morning, spent time with family or friends … or maybe you’re simply grateful that today feels a little more manageable.

For me, I think it’s important to notice and acknowledge those little things when they come along, because with Fibro, we know how quickly things can change.

So what’s yours today? 💜

LESS ALONE. MORE UNDERSTOOD.

21/08/2026

This week might not have gone the way you’d hoped… it hasn’t gone the way I’d hoped either.

Plans may have changed and you may not have been able to do everything you set out to do, but that doesn’t mean you’ve failed.

Living with Fibro means adapting as you go. Sometimes you start the week thinking it’s going to look one way, and by Friday it’s turned out completely differently.

Maybe you’ve had to change plans, slow down or simply accept that some things will have to wait….

And that’s okay.

We’ve made it to Friday — and that deserves recognising too 💜

20/08/2026

One thing my consultant said to me years ago has always stuck in my head.

I was trying to explain what happens when my pain gets really bad and he compared it to that spinning wheel you get on a computer.

You know the one… when the computer hasn’t actually stopped working yet, but it’s struggling to process anything because there’s just too much going on and it’s just stuck.

I remember thinking YES. That’s exactly what it feels like..

Everything is still there. I can hear people, I know what’s going on around me, but it’s almost like my brain is can’t work properly because the pain is taking over.

Another time, after I’d blacked out, he described it as my brain basically doing Ctrl + Alt + Delete, shutting things down and needing a reset..

I know they’re only analogies, but sometimes these really simple descriptions make far more sense than all the medical jargon and explanations.

And I think that’s one of the hardest things about Fibro… trying to explain to someone else what something feels like when they’ve never experienced it themselves.

Has anyone ever described Fibromyalgia in a way that made you think, YES… that’s exactly it?

Or have you got your own way of explaining it? 💜

19/08/2026

Yesterday I talked about pacing and how much I’m trying to get better at it.

But I think what I didn’t really say is how much I still struggle with the emotional side of it.

Because even when I feel like I’ve done everything right, I’ve planned, rested, I’ve paced myself, I’ve had a few better days, Fibro can still completely catch me out.

I’ll start thinking I’m getting somewhere and then out of nowhere, it just changes.

A wave of pain and suddenly I’m back to square one again.No warning. No clear reason. Just a complete shift in my body, then comes the guilt.. I’m letting people down..

And I think what I’m finding hardest at the moment is not just the symptoms themselves, but how quickly things can change. It can make you feel like you can’t trust your own progress, even when you know you’re trying your best.

So today I really wanted to open this up a bit more and hear from you.

What is your biggest challenge with Fibromyalgia at the moment?

It doesn’t have to be pain. It could be fatigue, sleep, work, relationships, guilt, brain fog, getting people to understand… anything at all.

I think it helps to remember we’re not the only ones feeling like this. 💜

18/08/2026

Fibro Facts Tuesday, Pacing

Today, I wanted to focus on, What is Pacing?

We had such a great weekend away celebrating my daughter’s 18th birthday, and I honestly wouldn’t change a thing 💜

But it’s true what they say… eventually it all catches up with you.

Which actually really fits for today’s Fibro Facts Tuesday, because I wanted to talk about pacing.

Pacing is something, even after 10 years, I’m still learning to get right, and I’m not sure you ever completely master it with Fibro.

You can be feeling relatively manageable, thinking you’re doing okay and not pushing yourself too much… and then suddenly the pain can hit from nowhere.

There isn’t always a build up or gradual warning that says right that’s enough.. Sometimes you feel okay until suddenly you don’t.

I knew a weekend away would take more out of me than a normal weekend at home. There was travelling, more walking, later nights and just generally doing more than I normally would..

But it was a special occasion and I was determined not to let anything hold me back 💜

Pacing doesn’t always have to be about never doing anything or constantly saying no because I’m frightened of how I might feel afterwards. It’s about trying to find that balance between managing my Fibro and still actually living my life. I was lucky this weekend, sometimes, as you all know, we don’t always get that choice, even when we think you’ve found that balance, Fibro has other ideas.

I’m definitely feeling it now, but that weekend was worth every bit of it.

How do you manage pacing? And do you ever find your symptoms suddenly hit you when you thought you were doing okay?

14/08/2026

A slightly different Friday post from me today…

Today is my daughter’s 18th birthday 🥹 and I honestly can’t quite believe I’m saying that!

We’re away for the weekend to celebrate and I’m really looking forward to spending some proper time together.

I’m hoping Fibro decides to be kind to me this weekend 🤞 because I fully intend to enjoy as much of it as I possibly can.

So this weekend, I’m hoping for good days, lots of laughs and some very special memories 💜

Hope you all have a lovely weekend, whatever yours looks like xx

13/08/2026

I just wanted to take a minute to say thank you.

To every single person who follows this page, likes a post, leaves a comment, shares their own experience or sends me a private message — it genuinely means more to me than you probably realise.

When I started Fibro Community UK, I wanted to build a real community for real people, with real experiences.

A place where we can talk about the things that are difficult to explain to people who don’t live with this. The good days, the awful days, the frustrations, the small wins and all the bits in between.

Some of the comments and private messages I receive remind me exactly why I wanted to do this. Sometimes someone will say, “I thought it was just me” or that reading somebody else’s experience has made them feel understood.

That means everything.

I’m still building this community and learning as I go, but seeing you being so open about your own experiences is exactly what I hoped this could become.

So whether you comment regularly, have messaged me privately, or quietly follow along and never say a word…

Thank you for being here. I really do appreciate every single one of you.

Fibro Community UK
Real people. Real experiences. Real conversations. 💜

12/08/2026

What advice would you give to someone who has just been diagnosed with fibromyalgia?

For me, getting diagnosed with Fibromyalgia wasn’t the end of a long journey to finally getting answers. In many ways, it was just the beginning of another fight.

I had to fight to get a diagnosis in the first place. Then I had to fight for treatment, fight to be listened to, and fight to get help with symptoms that were affecting my everyday life. And if I’m honest, that fight hasn’t really stopped…

So if I was talking to someone who has just been diagnosed, I think my advice would be: don’t be afraid to speak up for yourself. If something doesn’t feel right, say it. If something isn’t helping, go back. Ask questions. Keep asking questions. You are not being difficult — you need support. Don’t give up, keep going, and follow your gut.

I wish I could say that once you finally have that diagnosis everything falls into place, but honestly that hasn’t been my experience.

There are still times now when I feel like I’m fighting to be heard, fighting against what my body is doing, and sometimes just fighting to get through a normal day.

What advice would you give to somebody who has just been diagnosed?

Maybe it’s something you’ve learnt through your own experience that could really help someone who is right at the beginning of theirs 💜

If you’d like to follow my journey or connect, you can find me on Facebook and Instagram — I share more about my experience living with Fibromyalgia and the reality behind it all.

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