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11/06/2007 13:05
Janece
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 I have been diabetic for about 3 yrs. I was diagnosed this past week with Fibromyalgia. I was actually happy to finally have a name for something that has plagued me for 2 years now. My dad had Alzheimers and I was worried that at 41 I was getting it! The foggy brain I called it. The daily pain I can most days deal with. The fatigue is another thing all together.

I am here hoping I can find out as much as possible on this.
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11/06/2007 14:05
Snoopy30
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 Welcome to the group Janece. I too have both FMS and diabetes to name a few. You will find alot of information here and good friends.
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11/07/2007 09:39
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 Welcome! This site has provided a lot of support and great information! You'll have your good days and bad days like we all do! Good luck!
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11/07/2007 12:02
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 Welcome Janece, I too am new to this site. But I can tell you that a great book to get to start your research (or search) on FM is the Idiots Guide to Fibromyalgia (bad name for a book, but I've found it to be one of the best written books I've read so far). The lady who wrote it is president of the National FM Association. Its very imformative!!! The N.FM. Assoc website is pretty good too!

Still searching on ways to deal with the fatigue, I agree with you tho, somedays its worse than the pain.
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11/07/2007 12:08
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 Please check out our Important Links Post in medicine & Treatment

http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/fibromyalgia-discussions/ medicine-treatments/10021-important-links

There are direct links to several books that have made a profound difference in my own treatment & understanding of Fibromyalgia & its' co-morbidities & perpuating factors. There are also links to many websites (including NFA) with a lot of good information to arm yourself with.

As Fibro is so poorly understood by many health care providers you really need to be the team captain of your treatment.
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11/08/2007 15:41
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 mr s. has wonderful post, as usual, i have the book idiots guide to fibromyalgia, and fibromyalgia for dummies... haha (no pattern here, just look away...lol) but i found for my family that the dummies was the better one (oh that one was even better...lol). but they both are excellent. check out those sites above. And believe me, if you have ANY wonder, or question, we will be able to help, or steer you in the right direction, at least.

welcome!

pondering
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