How many person here suffer with Fibromyalgia ?????

Hello again

I'm very curious and trying to figure something out.  Before two years ago, I'd never even heard of Fibromyalgia and then I had never even check out symptoms and treatments until last winter when my pain mgt doctor diagnosed it.

I noticed that in the columns to the right, that FMS seems to be the most topic searched about on this site.

So How many of you others have FMS and is it in addition to another chronic pain or other illness or do you just have FMS.

Since I don't know anyone else with the illness and I'd not even known anything about it in the past, I guess I did not think that many people suffered with it.  It seems that my original thought is very incorrect and there are many people who do suffer.

Thanks for your time, I appreciate it.

Betty