We really hussled at Lumigrate to do our part with Fibromyalgia Awareness Days on Facebook today. We've made a lot of new friends ('Lumigrate Webucation' is our business page and 'Lumigrate.com' is our group on facebook) and were pleased to see them liking the 'Clip or Tip o' the Day' enough to 'Share' it so their friends could presumably be enlightened and entertained!
We created a new topic in the Forum area here for people to write about their Fibromyalgia Awareness Day experiences, and invite anyone to contribute or read. We hope that more people will start utilizing the forum areas for the other health topics as well.
We also have set up a couple of links to pertinent FMS Awareness areas -- one of Lumigrate's core intentions is to streamline the process of finding relevant and reliable yet progressive information on health topics. In spending a lot of time in the Facebook fibromyagia groups and discussion boards, there is a lot of good discussion going on which is good to see and I'm having sympathy for the people who are really struggling to look for good information, because I know how difficult it is when you are not feeling well.
I've encountered some amazing people and have started the ball rolling with a number of organizations, and I look forward to where we are on the next Fibromyalgia Awareness Day -- more people informed, more people aware, involved and getting better!
We look forward to the increasing discussions at Lumigrate and suggested there be a "think tank" from the active fibromyalgia 'elders' who can contribute what they have done to get better and that others can read and learn from. We are pleased people have used the forum area to tell their stories about fibromyalgia and might put that in a special area for people to read as well.
We're a work in progress, so progress it is! We're all in it together.
Live and Learn. Learn and Live Better! is my motto. I'm Mardy Ross, and I founded Lumigrate in 2008 after a career as an occupational therapist with a background in health education and environmental research program administration. Today I function as the desk clerk for short questions people have, as well as 'concierge' services offered for those who want a thorough exploration of their health history and direction to resources likely to progress their health according to their goals. Contact Us comes to me, so please do if you have questions or comments. Lumigrate is "Lighting the Path to Health and Well-Being" for increasing numbers of people. Follow us on social networking sites such as: Twitter: http://twitter.com/lumigrate [1] and Facebook. (There is my personal page and several Lumigrate pages. For those interested in "groovy" local education and networking for those uniquely talented LumiGRATE experts located in my own back yard, "LumiGRATE Groove of the Grand Valley" is a Facebook page to join. (Many who have joined are beyond our area but like to see the Groovy information! We not only have FUN, we are learning about other providers we can be referring patients to and 'wearing a groove' to each other's doors -- or websites/home offices!) By covering some of the things we do, including case examples, it reinforces the concepts at Lumigrate.com as well as making YOU feel that you're part of a community. Which you ARE at Lumigrate!
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Live and Learn. Learn and Live Better! is my motto. I'm Mardy Ross, and I founded Lumigrate in 2008 after a career as an occupational therapist with a background in health education and environmental research program administration. Today I function as the desk clerk for short questions people have, as well as 'concierge' services offered for those who want a thorough exploration of their health history and direction to resources likely to progress their health according to their goals. Contact Us comes to me, so please do if you have questions or comments. Lumigrate is "Lighting the Path to Health and Well-Being" for increasing numbers of people. Follow us on social networking sites such as: Twitter: http://twitter.com/lumigrate [1] and Facebook. (There is my personal page and several Lumigrate pages. For those interested in "groovy" local education and networking for those uniquely talented LumiGRATE experts located in my own back yard, "LumiGRATE Groove of the Grand Valley" is a Facebook page to join. (Many who have joined are beyond our area but like to see the Groovy information! We not only have FUN, we are learning about other providers we can be referring patients to and 'wearing a groove' to each other's doors -- or websites/home offices!) By covering some of the things we do, including case examples, it reinforces the concepts at Lumigrate.com as well as making YOU feel that you're part of a community. Which you ARE at Lumigrate!