Fibromyalgia. Diagnosed at a time when there was much skepticism about this malady. (Around 1988). It's been my constant companion. Now, I would be considered classic in my presentation. Most of the pain points. Bleeding around connective tissues, extreme inflamation. At times making walking impossible. Probably my feet and ankles the worst hit. At 60, all the pain points, if pushed, still feel like a small but deep bruise.

Magnesium is very good for us. So is deep sleep, which is probably most lacking in sufferers. Deep, restorative sleep which repairs our small tears and small injuries everyone experiences in daily life. Little sleep....little natural healing. The body normally is in a continual process of healing. But not ours, which results in inflamation of the connective tissues....and pain. There is more awareness today about this condition, but still many remain skeptical. Having lived with it, as others have, I know it's very real, and can be very painful. As in RA, there are remissions and flares. At this point in my life, I have much more serious health concerns, but I remember clearly being completely bewildered as to how my strong, athletic, healthy body could possibly be in so much pain. My only consolation at that time was it won't kill me. No matter how much it hurt, it wouldn't kill me. I was actually relieved to find out I had an actual condition which gave reason for the pain.