When doctors and researchers routinely scratch their heads over aspects of fibromyalgia (FMS) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS or ME/CFS), what hope do we have of improving our lives?
That's not a rhetorical question. What's the answer? Our best hope lies in EACH OTHER -- the more we share our experiences, the more we learn about our illnesses and how to live better with them.
You have 3 new opportunities to help other people and to learn from them as well, through the Readers Respond opportunities now attached to these articles:
- Coping With FMS & ME/CFS
- Developing Better Coping Skills
- Exercising With FMS & ME/CFS
- Work Accommodations That Help
Read the articles, then click on the link at the bottom to share your experiences and read comments left by other people.
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I've learned a lot from these responses, and I hope you will as well!
Adrienne,
Can you please help me…I have recently been diagnoised w/ Fibro after two years of suffering. I have a high stress job that requires me to be sharp, fast and multitasking. I hurt, have brain fog badly, that it is interferring w/ my job. More importantly, I need an answer on how to handle the follow: When I tell someone what I have, I get two comments 1) you look just fine (they don’t believe anything is wrong with me. 2) Oh that is just what doctors tell you when they don’t know what you have. Can you please give me a good repsone, when I get that. Now I just say I am fine and don’t want to talk about it.