Author: Brandi Clevinger

I’m Brandi, the writer of Being Fibro Mom (www.BeingFibroMom.com). I am also the Family & Fibromyalgia program director for the non-profit organization, International Support Fibromyalgia Network. Being Fibro Mom was created in 2013 with the hope of helping fibromyalgia sufferers become fibromyalgia thrivers and advocating for parents enduring the hardships of fibromyalgia. Be sure to join my closed Facebook parenting group, Fibro Parenting, for the support you need as a parent living with fibromyalgia.

Disclosure: Mamas Facing Forward is providing links in this post an Amazon Associate. If you choose to purchase after clicking the link, we may receive commission at no extra cost to you. Any funds we receive go towards providing more resources for moms and moms-to-be living with chronic illness, so thanks for using our links! There are so many feelings involved with a chronic illness such as confusion, anger, guilt, and being a burden. It may sound like these are the feelings of someone living with a chronic illness, but really those can be the feelings of the children with…

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There are so many resources available to patients online, but hearing from another patient offers a particularly clear window into what life is really like with chronic illness – as well as unique advice earned through experience! The Mamas Facing Forward Featured Advocate series will connect you with real parents who are living with chronic illness – and share all the ways these parents find to keep facing forward! This article originally appeared on Being Fibro Mom and is reprinted here with permission. If you have an article you’d like us to consider for this series, please email us at…

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