Melissa Lawler Rapid City, SD I am 41 years old and have been living with Fibromyalgia my entire life. I was diagnosed at the age of 19 with what was then called fibrocitis. When I was a little girl I would have severe pains in my legs which my mother would tell me were "growing pains" since then those "growing pains" have turned into constant agonizing pain that covers my entire body. I have muscle spasms in my legs. I have had a headache every day for the last four years. Sometimes my headaches are so severe that I cannot see or speak. I have irritable bowel syndrome. I have chronic cystitis. I have been prescribed anti-depressants, anti-inflammatory, anti-cholinergics, narcotics, muscle relaxants, TENS units, trigger point injections, epidural anesthesia all to no avail. I honestly do not know how much longer I can continue to live in this much pain. YOUR STORIES Karin M. Amour, Fibromyalgia Lyssa Bode, Chronic Fatigue Immune Disfunction Syndrome Frankie Campling, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Laura Cerasuolo, Fibromyalgia/Myofacialsyndrome Karen Cerio, Fibromyalgia Rhonda Dewinter, Various Immune Diseases Jennifer Embree, Fibromyalgia/Raynaud's Syndrome Lynne Enman, Turner Syndrome/Various Fibromyalgia Patient, Covington, KY John Kennedy, Chronic Fatigue Immune Disfunction Syndrome Susan Larick, Fibromyalgia Melissa Lawler, Fibromyalgia Irene Leeder, Fibromyalgia/Various Cait Lommel, Pseudotumor Cerebri Jennifer Munn, Chronic Lyme Disease Robin Poole, Fibromyalgia/Lupus Pam Schmidt, Phenylketonuria Lynn Tonoli, Various Various Patient, Haughton, LA Suzanne Witt, Muscular Dystrophy/Fibromyalgia ARCHIVED STORIES WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Jose Pedro Greer, Physician W.F. Nagle, Physician Ronda Riebman, Exercise Cathleen Schilling, Case Manager Jim Sykes Home | Awareness | Patient Files | The Challenge | Your Stories | Outreach | Resources About the Program | About Fred Friendly Seminars | Our Partners | Site Map | Credits © 2001 Fred Friendly Seminars, Inc.