Why FibroDuck is travelling the world
Raising awareness for Fibromyalgia and M.E./CFS, while making you smile along the way.
We are happy to support all charities working for Fibromyalgia and M.E./CFS sufferers
People with fibromyalgia and M.E./CFS were almost always hard-working and fiercely independent people. Now that they are ill, their pain and fatigue prevents them from living the lives they had before. Tasks that used to be easy are now very difficult, and many people cannot do the things they once enjoyed and took pride in. They often have to rely on others, and often stress about what goes undone.
We picked a duck to represent people with fibromyalgia/M.E./CFS because having these conditions makes them feel as though they are operating in an unfamiliar world – like ducks out of water. A duck on land can still get about and do things, but not as quickly and fluidly as it would in the water.
The dots on the duck represent the painful muscles and joints experienced by people with fibromyalgia.
So, the challenge is to draw attention to fibromyalgia by sending in pictures showing the duck in places a duck wouldn’t usually go, and doing things a duck wouldn’t normally do.
This fun campaign has now been running since 1st September 2009, Patients often ask what research is being done into this devastating illness. The truth is, very little. Even the tiny research budget allocated to ME/CFS in most countries dwarfs that allocated to fibromyalgia syndrome.
So, we decided to take action. The Fibroduck Foundation is a new charity dedicated to fundraising specifically for research into fibromyalgia, and is run jointly by Fibroduck and The Rambling Duck.
