So grateful for you all!

[Guest guest]

Hello wonderful people,

I just have to take a minute to write a " thank you " note. Normally I am a fly on

the wall in this group, but tonight I am going to write the gratitude that you

can't see in my heart.

I have been lurking on this group for over a year now. I reversed fibromyalgia

in 2002 and since then, I search the internet for others who have too. I have

found over 10. In doing that, I have found other people who have reversed their

other conditions such as ALS, cancer, depression, diabetes, Lyme's disease and

MS, etc. I have found that we all have common denominators. We all reversed our

conditions with physical and spiritual cleanses.

In my internet search over the years, I have come across many people claiming to

offer fibromyalgia support. This is the only group that really does. It is so

refreshing to lurk in here compared to other groups that whine and complain.

Other groups, in my un-politically correct opinion, enable fibromyalgia by

whining and only offering " gentle hugs " . I eventually have unsubscribed from

those groups because my spirit can't stand the negativity and whining.

Here is where my gratitude comes in. I want to thank each of you for reaching

out and supporting each other. For some members, this group is their only line

of support. When you know that fibromyalgia isn't " all in your head " and you

have people who ignorantly tell you that it is, you need to surround yourself

with loving supporters who can get you through day to day and sometimes moment

to moment.

You not only offer emotional support, but emotional advice. This disease is

emotionally debilitating as well. When you can't think straight, you can't work

out your problems. It is quite depressing when you keep making mistakes. I love

that you are here for each other encouraging one another on.

This is a great group of intelligent people. I love how you use your lives as

experiments to see what works and what doesn't work. When our medical field

wants to give one-size-fits-all answers, we have to be our own advocates and do

the homework to find the solutions. You are such an attractive group because you

don't give up and you keep pressing on when the doctors and experts aren't much

help.

I love your intelligence because you read the studies, you know the difference

between synthetic and natural products, and you know which foods have which

reactions in your bodies.

You have quite a database here. I refer fibromyalgia patients to this group all

the time. On fibromyalgia awareness day this year, I hosted a teleseminar

celebrating 9 years of being fibro free. In the resource section, I gave the

link to this group. This is a group I trust and that I can safely refer

sufferers to when they need help, support and answers.

Thank you for being fighters! Thank you for being strong! Thank you for never

giving up! Thank you for sharing your power with others!

Rowan

Little Rock, Arkansas