fibromyalgia

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Fibromyalgia is a medical condition characterized by chronic pain in muscles and surrounding structures, which are also unusually tender to palpation (pressing with the fingers). Accompanying the pain are other symptoms, including fatigue, dysfunctional sleep, headaches, numbness and tingling, joint pains, memory and concentrational difficulties, irritable bowel syndrome, irritable bladder, depression, a swelling sensation of the hands, and sensitivity to odours and cold.

Physicians refer to fibromyalgia syndrome {FMS} as "a chronic, painful, musculoskeletal disorder of unknown etiology."

The word fibromyalgia is derived from three latin words: "fibro" {meaning fibrous tissue such as ligaments, tendons, or fascia), "my" (meaning muscle tissue), and "algia" (meaning pain). Combined, "fibromyalgia" means pain that eminates from tendons, ligaments, bursae, and muscle tissue. Pain coming from normally functioning joints is called arthralgia. When there is swelling or damage to the joints, the condition is known as arthritis. People with some forms of arthritis may also have fibromyalgia, although that is not a universal association.

The above is an excerpt from
"The Fibromyalgia Help Book"
by Jenny Fransen, R.N. & I.Jon Russel,M.D.,Ph.D.

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The following poem epitomizes how just about everyone feels when they are finally diagnosed with Fibromyalgia.

by Rita Shaw {FMily member}
It is such a relief when you first find out
That the pain really does have a name,
And then you will ask (and everyone does),
"Just where can I place all the blame?"

Mo matter the limits, no matter the pain,
There's no evil. cruel "Master Plan."
It just simply happens, It just simply is.
You adapt, and you change what you can.

But even with knowing the best and the worst,
All the pitfalls the future could hold,
You still have a choice, you quit or you fight.
You determine the story that is told.

And every small step that we take, my dear friends,
Each battle that we slowly win,
Just credits the love and the caring we share
With the FMily that we call our friends.

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Here is a new and very intersting article on
CFS

A BRAND NEW THEORY
This is a very long article about a new theory on FMS, but is worthwhile reading every word.

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