Re: Fibromyalgia Talks.....Melody

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That is It! Thanyou for posting it for all of us I think we all need a copy

to give to anyone who starts to open there mouth with a stupid remark when we

are not feeling well!

Melody wrote: This is good! It was forwarded to

me by a caring friend about a month

ago and really is pretty accurate!

Thanks for sharing.

Melody

mncjl wrote:

> Hello again! I have this letter in my files and I wanted to share

> with you all. I'm not certain who wrote it - so If you happen to be

> in this group, I hope that you don't mind that I shared it.

>

> My Name is Fibromyalgia, and I'm YOUR Invisible Chronic Illness. I

> am now velcro'ed to you for life. Others around you can't see me or

> hear me, but YOUR body feels me. I can attack you anywhere and

> anyhow I please. I can cause severe pain or, if I'm in a good mood,

> I can just cause you to ache all over. Remember when you and Energy

> ran around together and had fun?

>

> I took Energy from you, and gave you Exhaustion. Try to have fun

> now! I also took Good Sleep from you and, in its place, gave you

> Brain Fog. I can make you tremble internally or make you feel cold

> or hot when everyone else feels normal. Oh, yeah, I can make you

> feel anxious or depressed, too. If you have something planned, or

> are looking forward to

> a great day, I can take that away, too.

>

> You didn't ask for me. I chose you for various reasons: That virus

> you had that you never recovered from, or that car accident, or

> maybe it was the years of abuse and trauma. Well, anyway, I'm here

> to stay! I hear you're going to see a doctor who can " get rid " of

> me. I'm rolling on the floor, laughing. Just try. You will have to

> go to many, many doctors until you find one who even BELIEVES I

> EXIST. You will be put on pain pills, sleeping pills,

> energy pills, told you are suffering from anxiety or depression,

> given a TENs unit, get massaged, told if you just sleep and exercise

> more I will go away, told to think positive, poked, prodded, and

> MOST OF ALL, laughed at when you tell the doctor I am debilitating.

>

> Your family, friends and co-workers will all listen to you until

> they just get tired of hearing about how I make you feel, and that

> I'm a real disease. Some of they will say things like " Oh, you are

> just having a bad day " or " Well, remember, you can't do the things

> you use to do 20 YEARS ago " , not hearing that you said 20 DAYS ago.

> Some will just start talking behind your back, while you slowly feel

> that you are losing your dignity trying to make them understand,

> especially when you are in the middle of a conversation with

> a " Normal " person, and can't remember what you were going to say

> next! Eventually, most of them will be like all the doctors who

> say " It's All In Your Head " .

>

> In closing, (I was hoping that I kept this part a secret), but I

> guess you already found out. . . the ONLY place you will get any

> support and understanding in dealing with me is

> with Other People With Fibromyalgia.

>