I've been going through my e-news letters from the several different pain groups and sites, that I'm happy to be a member of and ran upon one site in partiular and they had posted many responses made in the aftermath of the New York Times outdated and uneducated response made by an incredibly incensitive writer for the times that chose to use his opinion instead of facts to write his article on Fibromyalgia.
The articles are written by Lynn Mantinella the founder of the NFA and several well known doctors & facilites who have done a great deal of research in the field of Fm, there is even a response from doctors in the UK regarding Fibro, and I thought I'd share the address to the page with the articles with everyone here. I found they uplifted my feelings and made me feel like this article has possibly stirred many great supporters & physicians into a very positive reaction. Here is the link to the articles for everyone to read if they would like.
http://www.fmaware.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6835
Thank you
Betty

I don't seem to get my understander turned on, until later in the day.
It took me years before telling some one else than my family and now this.
it and continue to look like a lazy fat cow to the eyes of this world. I am lucky tho to have a fantastic husband who is understanding and loving . What else more do I need ? 
I say arthritis and muscular arthritis . Funny that goes in like a hot knife in butter. Usually after that they don't ask questions anymore. I learned the hard way. 

Betty,
Hopefully the article by Lynn Mantinella will rally both the Fibro sufferers and the medical community into a more public outcry for better treatment.
It would be great if the medical community would come out in print with an article that debunks Mantinella's piece.
I also think now that they are playing the Lyrica commercials on TV it will help start to get people finding out about it too ;
I , personally don't like the commercial but I feel that any good info out there about the condition will educate the public about it.