fifty signs of FMS, and VENTING!!!

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Thank you for sending the fifty signs of FMS. I checked and I have 44/50.

Also, I think disequilibrium means dizziness. I don't know, but it makes

sense to me! Thanks again for sending this, I only knew of the 18 tender

points. I'm kinda angry because my family does not accept this diagnosis.

They are saying that FMS is what doctors " tag " you with when they think you

are a hypochondriac, or don't know what is wrong with you. Even now when I

HAVE a name to my " mysterious " problems, it still isn't accepted. Has

anyone else had this?

My family says that I'm using this as an excuse not to take care of Don. It

was soooo hurtful. I love Don very much, and wouldn't for the world want to

hurt him. I take care of him because I love him so much. I think that

because he has cancer, and there is such a fear of the word, and that FMS

isn't widely recognized, that they think cancer equals worse off. Make

sense? I take care of him, but I also have to take care of myself. I'm so

hurt that my own family would turn their backs on me because I dared to tell

them of my diagnosis of FMS. They think that I am jealous of the attention

Don is getting, and that I'm trying to " steal " the attention away. How could

anyone even think that. I'm sorry I've gone on, but it just upsets me so.

I'm only trying to do what is right for both of us.