{"id":1814,"date":"2026-05-01T19:30:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2026-05-01T19:30:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:00:45","slug":"may-is-lupus-and-fibromyalgia-awareness-month-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/?p=1814","title":{"rendered":"May is Lupus and Fibromyalgia Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yes, the month of May is Lupus and Fibromyalgia Awareness Month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Can you believe it is already May??<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So, if April showers bring May flowers, then May flowers come in the form of awareness of<br>these cruel conditions!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1817\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/?attachment_id=1817\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_20260501_064917_Facebook-scaled-e1777650527197.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"950,650\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_20260501_064917_Facebook\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_20260501_064917_Facebook-960x657.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1817\" src=\"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_20260501_064917_Facebook-scaled-e1777650527197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"650\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">I hope you all have to opportunity to speak about how Lupus and Fibromyalgia make you feel-and more importantly, that family and loved ones will LISTEN and desire to research these things to HELP you.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>God Bless-<\/p>\n<p>~The Fibro-Lupus Momma of Ten<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1815\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/?attachment_id=1815\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_20260501_064154_Gallery.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1434\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_20260501_064154_Gallery\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_20260501_064154_Gallery-960x1275.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1815\" src=\"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_20260501_064154_Gallery.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_20260501_064154_Gallery.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_20260501_064154_Gallery-595x790.jpg 595w, https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_20260501_064154_Gallery-960x1275.jpg 960w, https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_20260501_064154_Gallery-768x1020.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, the month of May is Lupus and Fibromyalgia Awareness Month. Can you believe it is already May?? So, if April showers bring May flowers, then May flowers come in the form of awareness ofthese cruel conditions! I hope you all have to opportunity to speak about how Lupus and Fibromyalgia make you feel-and more&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/?p=1814\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">May is Lupus and Fibromyalgia Awareness Month<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph40Aj-tg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1682,"url":"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/?p=1682","url_meta":{"origin":1814,"position":0},"title":"Feeling run-over, but with no regrets","author":"Fibro Momma of 10","date":"April 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday I did a thing and today I feel the affects of it. 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