margarita
HELLO DIANE, MY NAME IS MARGARITA. I AM 34 YEARS OLD AND HAVE BEEN DISABLED SINCE 1997. I UNDERSTAND YOUR GETTING UPSET WITH DOCTORS. I HAVE SEEN OVER 30 DOCTORS IN THAST 3 YEARS. SO BELIVE ME I KNOW HOW THEY TREAT FOLKS THEY CAN'T PROPERLY TREA OR DIAGNOSE. I AM STILL UNDIAGNOSED AS AF THIS DATE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I HAVE FIBROMYALGIA AND CHRONIC FATIGUE. AND LIKE YOU SAID, MOST DOCTORS DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. THERE IS A BOOK BY DR. DEVIN S. CALLED FIBROMYALGIA/MYOFACIAL SYMDROME A SURVIVORS MANUAL. IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT CHRONIC FATIGUE. THE DOCTOR THAT WROTE IT ALSO HAS THOSE ILLNESSES. IT IS SOMEWHAT EXPENSIVE FOR A BOOK BUT IT REALLY HELPED ME. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. THERE ARE LOSTS OF FOLKS LIKE YOU OUT THERE. GOOD FAMILY SUPPORT AND MY FAITH IN GOD SOMETIMES ARE THE ONLY THINGS THAT HELP ME THROUGH THE DAY. ALSO, IF YOU CAN SEE A GOOD REUMATOLOGIST, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO HELP. ( SORRY MY SPELLING IS BAD TODAY BUT THAT IS A DOCTOR THAT TREATS ARTHIRITIS AND SUCH.) ALSO, AOL HAS SEVERAL CHAT ROOMS ON LINE THAT CAN HELP. I GO TO THE LIFE, DISABLED SUPPORT CHAT. OT REALLY HELPS TALKING TO FOLKS WHO ARE IN THE SAME BOAT AS YOU ARE. IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN DO FOR YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW. MOSTLY JUST HANG IN THERE. DON'T GIVE UP. AND YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK UP CHRONIC FATIGUE ON LINE UNDER HEALTH. FIBROMYALGIA IS WITH CHRONIC FATIGUE SOMTIMES. THEY SOME TIMES RUN TOGETHER. HANG IN THERE DEAR. MARGARITA