AFFTER's F.I.B.R.O. Survey, 2009

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Dear Group Owner/Moderators,

I am a member

of your group and I appreciate the intelligent conversation and information

about FMS that is shared here. I

hope you will help with an FMS research initiative that AFFTER is hosting for the

third year. You can view the

resulting abstracts to similar on-line surveys done the past two years at www.affter.org/research.htm. We are learning so much each time! This year we are particularly interested

in what treatments are helpful; and what role background, environment, life

events and genetics play for people who go on to develop FMS.

Please read the

announcement below, and suggest you try the survey out yourself if you want to ensure

appropriate content. You will see

that each person’s privacy is completely secure. I hope you can help!

Thank you for

your consideration.

Sincerely,

Shari

Ferbert

President,

AFFTER

www.affter.org

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT **CAN BE REPOSTED**

Requesting Participants for FMS Research

AFFTER - A Fibromyalgia Organization

(Advocates for Fibromyalgia Funding, Treatment, Education and Research)

AFFTER's 3rd annual F.I.B.R.O. Survey, 2009

(Fibromyalgia Internet Based Research Online)

We invite you to participate in our third annual research project

involving

an on-line survey.

Participation in our surveys from the last two years provided data for

nine

abstracts (research summaries), which helped gain more understanding

about

this complex condition.

These abstracts were selected for presentation at

each of the scientific meetings of ACR (American College

of Rheumatology) in

2007 and 2008. The abstracts were also published in the Journal of

Arthritis

and Rheumatism and can be viewed at our website:

http://www.affter.org/research.htm

This questionnaire should take about 10 minutes to complete; we appreciate

you taking the time to participate! Please forward this survey to as many

people as possible, whether they have FMS or not. A control group

(those

without FMS) and a large study sample are very important!

Start the survey by clicking this link: F.I.B.R.O.

Survey 2009

or paste this URL into your browser:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=hoVU2FsxNax81D9eiOimXw_3d_3d

*IMPORTANT: This survey

will only be open for two weeks, so prompt action

is required. Feel free to

contact us if you have any questions or comments.

Thank you,

Shari

Ferbert

President, AFFTER

Advocates for Fibromyalgia Funding,

Treatment, Education and Research

www.affter.org