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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 [...]

Our ME/CFS Story.

Sunday, May 11, 2008

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About five years ago our son who was 17 at the time, came down with mononucleosis, an illness common in his age group and one that his doctor assured us would be gone in 4 to 6 weeks. He was graduating from high school and looking forward to starting university in the fall. An honours [...]

My Fibromyalgia Story

Saturday, May 10, 2008

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I used to be a very active, capable person. I loved physical activity, skiing, windsurfing. I worked full time as a chemist; teaching and supervising research studies at University. That is until I reached my mid-thirties. After three surgeries in three years and the birth of my second child I began to suffer from an undiagnosed [...]

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