Hello and welcome to Living Creatively with Fibro. If you are living with Fibromyalgia or a similar chronic illness, and you are looking for hints and tips about how to retain some organisation or creativity in your life, you have come to the right place.
If you have a spouse or loved one and are wondering how best you can support them, and the impact the condition may have on your life, you are also in the right place.
Let’s explore this life together.
The Most Recent Blog Posts
Fibromyalgia
What if the King had Fibromyalgia? Truly Unthinkable
I look at some of the the Truly unthinkable issues that could arise if the King had Fibromyalgia, and one positive.
One of the most important subjects I talk about is Fibromyalgia. However, it is worth a look even if you have a different chronic illness, after all there are so many overlapping symptoms.
Fibromyalgia alongside
Fibromyalgia is a syndrome, so basically a set of symptoms. However, there are many other symptoms that are not officially under the umbrella of Fibro, but regularly occur alongside. In this category, we are going to explore them.
Fibromyalgia and Covid-19
Discussing Fibromyalgia and Covid19 and some of the experience of having both.
Spoonie Lifestyle
When Everything Collides
2023 has been a difficult year. I'm not sure how much of it can be put down to Fibromyalgia, either. If I'm honest, I don't know if there will be anything in this post to help or inspire you. But as you are kind enough to read my posts I thought it was probably time...
Sometimes I just want to talk to you about living life with a chronic illness. Rather than talking about the condition, you’ll find these in the Spoonie Lifestyle section
Creativity
One of my main hobbies is crafting, the core is Cardmaking, but I also enjoy a spot of adult colouring and diamond painting. Where possible, I share tips to make crafting easier if you are living with Fibromyalgia too.
Are greetings cards dying in the UK?
For probably thirty years or more, I have been a card maker. Some of my earliest blog posts were sharing my card making. It is interesting looking back at my earlier makes. I was particularly happy with the mash-up I shared in that post. I think my creativity comes in...
Organisation
Sacrificing Spoons for Sanity
It is time to continue with my large organisation and decluttering project, and today I bit quite a big chunk and found myself sacrificing spoons for my sanity, but I am pretty impressed with the progress I made, come and see the results.
One of the biggest hurdles I have to overcome is organisation. I actually love being organised, but when space it limited you have to be creative.