Re: Personal Re: Vent: Lyrica/fibro comercial I don't get it maybe after blow over I will.

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wrote: " It really irks me when I see that

aenorexic, thin boney women in

Pfizer's Lyrica comercial. She is no good represention of a fibro

patient. Based on what I have read here, many of you most likely may be

overweight. Even I am bigger than that boney woman. How can she have a

lot of muscle pain when she doesn't show much muscle? "

Well, don't I feel like an idiot. I guess I must not have fibro since I am not

overweight, although I'm not anorexic anymore. I was in high school but hey, who

cares, right? Yeah, I can get out of bed most mornings and deal with my pain but

only because I have to go to work so I can afford my meds. Sorry that I am also

a " thin, boney woman " . Did it ever occur to anyone that most Americans are

overweight? I'm sorry that I can't gain weight no matter what I do. I don't eat

out a lot, in fact I don't eat a lot anyway because of my issues from having my

gall bladder out.

I don't show much muscle, but they are there and they hurt. And I also keep a

diary. I might not write more than a few sentences but I keep one. Yes, my hand

goes numb and my arm hurts but I do it.

Guess I will go back to the doctor and tell them I have been misdiagnosed since

I'm not overweight, thin and boney and I can write in a diary.

You all may have thought that commercial didn't portray a " real " fibro patient.

But it personally hurts me to feel like I can't have fibro because I'm not fat

and because I can do things others can't. I understand that there are people out

there that are disabled because of this disease, but you don't have to make

others feel like we can't have it because we aren't disabled. Everyone is

different.

I won't be checking my mail for a few days so I have a chance to let this

subject blow over so I don't get anymore upset than I am.

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