National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day, May 12th

Each May, Fibromyalgia Awareness Day is celebrated around the world. In the USA, we call it National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day and it is OFFICIALLY observed on May 12th.

However, this year various organizations are celebrating National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day on Saturday, May 15th with events and celebrations and seminars. You name it, it's probably happening.

So take a look in your own community and find someone who is celebrating this special day of Awareness, a day designed to increase awareness and understanding of fibromyalgia—which we all know is a chronic pain disorder that affects 3-5 percent of the world population.

Participate in a Walk of FAME...get outside, and help the world become aware of fibromyalgia.

Sometimes the End is Really the Beginning

AND YET ANOTHER BLOG BITES THE DUST:

THIS IS A BLOG I STARTED AS MY DAUGHTER WAS DEALING WITH THE SELF-REALIZATION THAT SHE HAS FIBRO AND THE REALITY OF LIFE WITH IT. AND THIS IS MOST LIKELY MY LAST POST.

MY DAUGHTER, KALEN, IS ONLY A TEENAGER FOR 19 MORE MONTHS AND IS DOING AMAZINGLY WELL. AS A RESULT, I AM SO IRREGULAR IN MY POSTING ON TEEN FIBRO THAT I THINK IT'S BETTER TO QUIETLY CLOSE THE BLOG, BUT NOT DELETE IT.

MAYBE SOME TEENAGER, SOME TIME, SOME WHERE, WILL BE SEARCHING THE WEB FOR ANSWERS AND FIND SOME HELP IN ITS WORDS, SO I WILL LEAVE IT AS IS, I SIMPLY WILL NOT BE CONTRIBUTING ON A REGULAR (IF EVER) BASIS ANY LONGER.

MY BEST WISHES TO THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM FIBRO'S PAINFUL SYMPTOMS AND MY GREATEST HOPE FOR THEM AS WELL.

AS KALEN HAS LEARNED TO MANAGE HER LIFE AS SHE SIMULTANEOUSLY MANAGES HER FIBRO AND HAS LEFT THOSE DAYS OF DESPAIR BEHIND HER, I HAVE BEEN REMINDED THAT SOMETIMES THE END IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

NEVER FORGET THAT.

I LOVE YOU, KALEN, AND AM SO VERY PROUD OF YOU.

LOVE TO ALL,

JEAN

(YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND ME AT GIASOUTPOST.BLOGSPOT.COM)