Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
comes but once per year (May 12). However, our endeavor to promote
awareness must continue every day.
Things you can do:
- Give a lecture in your community
- Ask your local Medical School if their first year students are taught
about fibromyalgia and how to recognize it.
- Hand fliers out to your co-workers explaining the basics of
fibromyalgia so they'll get an idea of what you deal with on a daily basis
- Develop some type of communication system with your family and
co-workers for when you're having a bad day so they will know, if you are
edgy due to pain, that it's not their fault. Perhaps you can create a
chart with a scoring system. For example:
I'm having a good day and I'd love to chat or go out (pink)
I don't feel my best but I won't bite off your head if you talk to
me. A gentle hug would help (gray)
I have moderate pain - proceed with caution (yellow)
I feel really rotten and I'm not responsible for how I react to the
"urgent" thing that needs my attention right now. Enter at your
own risk! (red)
