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Karen Lee Richards

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posted 10/03/2009, comments (8)

H1N1 (Swine) Flu Vaccine Risks

Every year the question of whether or not you should get a flu shot arises – especially if you have fibromyalgia or ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome). This year, with the swine flu pandemic making news headlines, there are even more questions about the controversial H1N1 vaccine. Below is a video in which Infectious Disease... Read more Chevron

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I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia 10-12 years ago.

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posted 10/01/2009, comments (8)

Fibromyalgia & Disability

Anyone here from Michigan recieving disability for fibro? I was denied because Fibro was not on list of disabilities,however judge did state he believed I was disabled. wish I would have kept paperwork,but threw it away in discouragement years ago. I have heard recently of people being approved due to Fibro,and thought about... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/29/2009, comments (6)

Narcotics and Fibromyalgia Pain Relief

I am very very happy to see that FINALLY someone did a survey that seems to have included the real or rather more severe FM patients. For so long I have heard the myth that says "narcotics won't work for fibro pain". Not true and could not be further from the truth. The survey results I found on this site is probably... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/28/2009, comments (2)

The Arrival of the Stigma

I can recall a night years ago when it first arrived. In bed, I tossed and turned. I would put my hands on pillows, postion them every way imagined, and hope the burning hell would leave them. The tingling would begin. The tingling would go into numbness and then swing into severe burning torture. The pendulum of... Read more Chevron

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Megan Oltman

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posted 09/27/2009, comments (10)

Stepping into a Fibromyalgia Diagnosis

Hi all - My first time shareposting here, though I've been doing a little question answering. I am a chronic Migraine sufferer, and for years I've been describing myself as "mostly recovered from Chronic Fatigue." But I've been wondering... why my body aches all over so often, and... why I have days when I am so fatigued I can hardly... Read more Chevron

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