When I was first diagnosed with fibromyalgia, I was so angry that it had taken so long to find what was wrong with me, yet I was happy that "it" finally had a name. There are so many people who know us and quite often a surprised to find that we have "it". They they start telling how that thier sister has it, a cousin of your aunt has it, and five people in your Church have it. It amazes me at how many people I know that has fibro or chronic pain sydrome. I'm a firm believer that we have "it" not because of something we've done, but something we have eaten, drank,lived next door to, or had a tooth filled with. I'm convinced that Aspartame is horrible for people--yet every person on the planet ingests it almost daily. I believe Fibromyalgia is an autoimmune disorder, I believe there is a virus involved and that not finding a cure is going to make the pharmacutical companies that sell Cymbalta, Lyrica, and all the drugs on the market to treat the various maladies associated with Fibro (sleep,depression,pain), are going to be very rich.
Okay, I'm going to get down from my soapbox (carefully) and go take a nap.
May 12th is National Fibroawareness Day-make sure you wear a shirt or pin or something to help others understand what we go through!
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