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Phila, PA

I recently saw that the fibro color has change from purple to cranberry color I want to get my first Tatoo of a butterfly and need the right color. Did anyone else know this!🏵

November 21, 2016
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Members exchanged views on whether fibromyalgia's awareness color is purple or cranberry, with many noting that while the National... Read more

Members exchanged views on whether fibromyalgia's awareness color is purple or cranberry, with many noting that while the National Fibromyalgia Association officially adopted cranberry as a standalone color to distinguish it from the many other conditions represented by purple, most community members still embrace purple as the traditional symbol. Several members shared practical tattoo considerations, including warnings about potential reactions to red and pink inks for those with sensitivities, suggestions to combine both colors or use a rainbow to represent multiple conditions, and personal stories of existing purple butterfly tattoos. A recurring theme was warm support for individual choice, with members encouraging the original poster to select whichever color felt most meaningful while celebrating the shared symbol of the butterfly.

A MyFibroTeam Member

Purple Ribbon - This color is a symbol of pancreatic cancer, domestic violence, religious tolerance, animal abuse, the victims of 9/11 including the police and firefighters, Crohn's disease and colitis, Alzheimer's, rett syndrome, cystic fibrosis, lupus, fibromyalgia & epilepsy, chronic urticaria (hives), Chiari malformation

November 21, 2016
A MyFibroTeam Member

Marci62 id be careful with getting any red or pink ink if you have reactions to a lot of things. Red coloured inks cause problems for a lot of people x

November 21, 2016
A MyFibroTeam Member

And the Cranberry Ribbon is for Fibromyalgia and TMJ

November 21, 2016
A MyFibroTeam Member

The disease of Fibromyalgia has a stand alone color of cranberry, this is from the National Fibromyalgia Association. Purple is still for the awareness of Fibromyalgia. The Fibromyalgia Association changed the the color because so many other diseases share the color of purple they wanted Fibromyalgia to has its own color so it would not be seen a Lupus, RA, Alzheimer's, Pancreatic Cancer, Crohn's Disease, Animal abuse, Cystic Fibrosis, Thyroid Cancer,ADD(Attention Deficit Disease, Sarcoidsis Awareness, and Religious Tolerance.
As you all can see the list is many, they want Fibromyalgia to been alone so their is no confusion. So they changed the color to Cranberry which has no other disease with it ,it is calls a stand alone color. See my other post in regards to this!

November 29, 2016
A MyFibroTeam Member

I google it and it came up with the responses I posted above. Also the Fibromyalgia Treatment Group in Idaho's site lists both

November 24, 2016

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