It’s time for NERVEmber again. Can you believe how far its grown in the past 11 years? It’s amazing. We now have people doing off shoots of our project and helping us take it around the galaxy! Last year we were over 40 million interactions. I am hoping for 50 million this year! Its amazing to see all of the growth and love for this event. If you would like to learn more about the NERVEmber project go to www.nervember.org
NERVEmber® brings awareness to conditions that have nerve pain as a symptom. The International Pain Foundation host the OFFICIAL NERVEmber project events each year. Since its inception, tens of thousands of nerve pain patients and organizations have signed on to help promote NERVEmber. Did you know the color orange is the international color for chronic pain awareness. In over 150 conditions that do have nerve pain as a symptom, RSD is one of the most painful. Yet this condition is misunderstood, mistreated and often misdiagnosed. #NERVEmber is International Nerve Pain Awareness Month (including RSD, CRPS, Diabetes, Neuropathy and more). Each day during the month of #NERVEmber you can #GoOrange to help bring awareness to a condition with neurological symptoms. You can bring awareness to conditions like #RSD #CRPS #Diabetes by posting everyday with #NERVEmber @powerofpain #GoOrange. Using these tags will bring awareness to a condition near you.
This year and next I am the director of the event. With being sick with valley fever and the whole social distancing from the pandemic, this year has been quite slowly moving… but this is my birthday month. It is my favorite month of the year and I am just so proud of NERVEmber and all the people who are participating. This year we choose to use #FreezingFire because of the symptom of being cold even when its hot out… Most of the times we show orange to represent the fire… because it is much cheaper to print 1 color than multi… but fire is actually the simple of nerve pain. So this year being a virtual year we will be showing more of the colors of fire and the freezing aspects of it. We have also added the messaging to a mask background to represent this years project. I wonder if we will be needing to wear masks next year… is this going to be a forever thing or do we get to ditch them again except for those who are high-risk. Which I am,
For my birthday month I am raising funds for the International Pain Foundation. If you would like to make a donation you can at https://www.facebook.com/donate/704261543519372/ I am excited for all the good that has happened this year for me and look am starting to look forward and decide my goals and projects for 2021.This month I turn 48. One of my favorite numbers. This time around the sun will be shining bright like a Barby! Thank you to my husband, best friend, family and friends who helped me make it through to this time. What a hard year it has been! God bless you all! – Hope is True, Barby
