The latest MESScapade of Jack (the Whacker) Kevorkian who "assisted"
in the suicide (murder) of a man with "fibromyalgia":
Fibromyalgia (FMS) is sort-of the muscular analog to arthritis
...many doctors do not consider FMS a valid ailment & it's often
given as a blanket diagnosis to explain a collection of problems
that in many cases can't specifically be tested for (symptoms
can be quite subjective & easy to claim if one is shopping
around for an "ailment" to get phony disability). I live with
terrible pain every day (from a couple bad auto accidents that
disabled me), so I asked my doctor if I could possibly have FMS.
Her response: I didn't have FMS -- and I had *REAL* problems...
So, that should tell you it's really NOT considered a serious
problem, if a problem at all. I think our esteemed moderator,
Robert Craft, could fill you all in a little more if need be...
Considering the obvious risk to life & limb presented by fibromyalgia,
does anyone else here wonder how long it will be before Whacky Jack
comes to save the day for sufferers of menstrual cramps or jock itch???
 [ Shoshona Bieman, Sysop: Shofar BBS  @  714-838-3837 ]
 [  Such a *NICE* Messianic Jewish, conservative Gal!  ]
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