NEWBIE INTRO---------

[Guest guest]

Hi - I am a new member to this support group. To make a long story

short......was diagnosed originally in Aug 02-and informed by a call from my

insurance

company at that time when they called to check to see if I was on medicare.

My general practitioner mentioned it among other things (such as lupus and

MS) but did not say it was a definitive or conclusive diagnosis....tests were

done and he never mentioned fibro again. He treated leg & foot pain for me.

To me some relief was better than none! I am stubborn and hardheaded and

tried to work for a year until Aug 05 when pain in my feet and legs was utterly

unbearable. He decided he didnt think it was fibro. I was upset and luckily

had insurance at the time that didnt require a referral to a specialist. Went

to a rheumatologist in Nov 05 and was 'officially' diagnosed. Right now I

still fluctuate between denial and rage and depression. I am really having a

hard time with the " " ...I am not who I was nor will I ever be that person

again... " " " part of this disease.

I was a single mother of a 17 yr old daughter who can see through any mask I

chose to wear for the day.......recently moved back in with her stepdad

(exhusband-separated not divorced so I could keep insurance coverage) which I

no

longer have and is a longer story in itself.

I said I was going to make this short which it seems to be getting longer!

So enough about me-

I look foward to " " meeting'' " all of you

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