| I was suffering with pain for years and only when | | | | severe that I was forced to stop working. I was |
| it started to get worse, I decided to look for help. | | | | always using a walking stick and sometimes even |
| It became increasingly painful and difficult to walk | | | | having the use of a wheel chair. Only sufferers |
| and I had no energy at all. I came to the | | | | and their families know how difficult life becomes |
| conclusion that I needed to see an Osteopath to | | | | when you have such syndrome. |
| find out if he could help me due to the simple fact | | | | In the midst of all this change I needed to occupy |
| that my doctor always said there was nothing | | | | myself doing something constructive. So deciding |
| wrong with me. | | | | to research about this syndrome seemed to be a |
| When the Osteopath examined me and asked | | | | good choice. I've created a website to inform |
| where my pain was, I referred it to be on my | | | | those in need of help to understand FM. |
| shoulders, arms, hips and knees and explained to | | | | On my research I had found claims describing |
| him they were hurting for some time. My query | | | | how Fibromyalgia was cured just by changing diet |
| was if the pain on my shoulder could be causing | | | | and exercise. However after eating healthy and |
| the ones on my hips and knees. At that | | | | exercising three times a week (the exercise |
| moment, he was pressuring certain points on my | | | | made me feel a bit better), I still had pain, lack of |
| body with my complaints of pain. The most | | | | energy and all other symptoms related to this |
| unfortunate thing he told me was he could not | | | | syndrome. |
| help me, and said that it seemed like I had an | | | | Fibromyalgia is not curable- this is a false claim. It |
| inflammation in my body. He asked me to go to | | | | is an inflammation on your body caused by an |
| my GP for blood tests. Unfortunately my blood | | | | allergy reaction to certain foods. |
| tests came negative. The problem with FM is that | | | | I have no pain, no lack of energy, no brain fog, no |
| you can not prove that you have it. | | | | restless leg syndrome, no sleepless nights… I |
| Later on, I was diagnosed having Fibromyalgia | | | | could keep writing the symptoms I don't have |
| after battling to find the right doctor to recognize | | | | anymore. |
| my illness. My life changed, my pain was so | | | | |