{"id":741,"date":"2021-12-01T14:16:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T19:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.fibrocanada.ca\/?page_id=741"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:17:25","slug":"fm-patient-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/fm-patient-stories","title":{"rendered":"Fibromyalgia Patient Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Definition of Patient Story<\/h4><\/div>
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A patient story is their fibromyalgia experience in their own words.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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What are the benefits of Patients Stories?<\/h4><\/div>
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Reading these stories helps us understand living with a difficult and painful condition like fibromyalgia. It plays a role in our journey towards physical and psychological healing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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Guidelines<\/h4><\/div>
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All stories submitted shall meet FAC\u2019s Values & Virtues<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
e.g. accountability, Empathy, Kindness, Respect, Tolerance etc\u2026<\/p>\n

Stories should not exceed 500 words. Stories containing profanity, attacking healthcare professionals or breach confidentiality will not be accepted.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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Patient Stories Disclaimer<\/h4><\/div>
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Experiences are personal to the authors. We do not claim, and it should not be assumed, that everyone will have the same experiences. <\/p>\n

Stories appear on the FAC website as written by the patient, except for grammar and typing errors.<\/p>\n

The views and opinions in these stories belong to the authors and do not reflect FAC\u2019s.  Members voluntarily provide stories and are not paid.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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If you would like to submit your story, please, fill out the form below<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Fill out this form if you would like your story published<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Submit your story<\/h4><\/div>
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Patient stories share personal experiences of living with fibromyalgia, offering unique insights into the challenges and triumphs of the condition. These narratives are important because they raise awareness, foster empathy, and provide hope and support to others facing similar journeys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20897,"parent":0,"menu_order":223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-741","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}