The Fibro Follies

Every now and again I’ll spotlight a new blog in this category “Elsewhere in Fibro-Land” - tell you a bit about the blogger behind the magic, and maybe highlight a few posts. In this way, we all get to know each other and further solidify our community. And I’m big on community. Hey - we gotta stick together.

Today’s spotlight finds The Fibromyalgia Experiment, located at http://www.fibromyalgiaexperiment.com. It’s written by a fabulous 24-year-old who calls herself Sarakastic (love it). She freely admits that’s not her given name but frankly I think it should be - her writing voice strikes the exactly right tonal mix of free-wheeling honesty and sarcasm (but the helpful kind, not the misdirecting, hateful kind).

Sara (for short hereonout) wrote in her About page: “What I really wanted was a job, to be able to work. I wanted to know how to manage my disease & still make my life work. This blog is to help other people with fibromyalgia realize their dreams and find work that they can do without sacrificing their health.” Sara’s focus, therefore, is on finding fulfilling work and managing our careers while still managing our fibro appropriately.

I’m just happy to meet another person over the age of 8 who likes to wear tiaras.

Favorite Post Snippets

Here are a few snippets from some of my favorite Sarakastic posts, together with links:

• Sara runs these experiments from time to time, to see what effect certain actions have on her career and her wellbeing. Here’s my favorite - the “Better Karma Experiment.”
• Sara finally rewarded herself with a little bling of her own - read about it here in this post.
• Sara writes about a topic near and dear to my own blogging heart - how (or whether) to blog during flareup days .

Sarakastic’s blog The Fibromyalgia Experiment is on my blogroll here at Fibro Follies, and also added to my RSS feeds at Bloglines. What a fantastic addition to the fibro-blogosphere!