I was bitten by a deer tick last September and never thought to get checked until I developed chronic fatigue and horrible body pain in mid October.  I was diagnosed with Mono, and two weeks later the doctor called me and told me that I had also tested postive for rocky mountain spotted fever, but it seemed to be in remission, so there was no need to treat it at that time.  She then went on to tell me that, since we didn't catch it and treat it, it could come back at any time, as well as trigger my mono again.  It also leaves me at a greater risk for developing fibromyalgia.  Since I got sick, I've experienced chronic widespread body pains, fatigue, depression, memory problems, and a few personality changes.  With all of this, there are no doctors out here who will even consider a fibromyalgia diagnosis.  I have no health insurance.  What is a person to do in this situation?  Sometimes I feel like crawling into a hole and dying, but mostly I just feel anger at the non-chalance with which the doctor gave me the news in the first place.  It wasn't her life being affected; why should she care? Now I'm paranoid about the RMSF coming back; I constantly check my temperature (I didn't have typical fevers the first time; I spiked from 99 to 101 for an hour once, but only that one time) and I get worried when I get overwhelmingly tired.  This is no way to live! I'm only 35 years old, and I need to be able to work to support my family, but between the depression and the fatigue and the aches, I am struggling just to hold a part time job. How do you get a doctor to take you seriously when a) you have no health insurance, and b) they think fibromyalgia is something old people get?  I hate living in such a rural, backwards place (southern Missouri).