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My personal journey with Fibromyalgia

Sunday, January 11, 2009

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This is a brief outline of my battle with the above diseases. I am a 65 year old woman, now a retired teacher. I was sent by my family doctor to a rheumatologist to determine what was wrong with me. He had been my family doctor for 30 years and couldn’t determine [...]

Poem for Hope

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

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Do you have CFS or a similar illness? Listen ,you are not alone I am of them. The positive thing about this illness is… I rediscovered one of my interest The joy of writing poem.   You don’t have to be ashamed No one is to blame It just happened suddenly It felt your life is taken away.   At first ,they thought I have MS I went [...]

ME/FM Story by: Doris Fleck

Monday, September 1, 2008

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by Doris Fleck      As I drove out of Vancouver on a warm sunny day in mid-February, I felt so unwell that I considered turning around and going straight back to bed. It was the third time in six weeks I had come down with flu-like symptoms, but this time they seemed more intense.      At 25 [...]

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