Robin Poole Hope Mills, NC Hi I'm a 41 year old female who has fibromyalgia and lupus. I had not been sick much in my life just a migraine a couple times a month. Then in Oct 2002 I became extremely ill. It was around my daughters 17th birthday. I lost about 40lbs in a month and a half. I looked like the walking dead. Everyone thought i was dying. I've also had two strokes, one about 7 years ago and one small one this year. I was a very outgoing person before all this happened to me. I love horses and have one. I love to work. But when I got fm everything changed. Some days I don't even want to be here. I wish someone would shoot me and I know I would feel so much better for it. I have so much pain some days that all I do is cry. And sleep, I would like to know what that is. I haven't had more then 4 hours sleep a night in a very long time. No one knows how this effects us not unless they have had it. 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.