Chronic Pain:Living With Fibromyalgia

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Chronic Pain

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  2. Pain Tests, Doctors, and Attitudes
  3. Low Back Pain
  4. Headaches and Migraines
  5. Arthritis
  6. Living With Fibromyalgia
  7. Cancer Pain
  8. Drugs: Relief and Addiction
  9. Alternative Pain Therapies
  10. Coping With Chronic Pain

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How has fibromyalgia affected your family life?

Coming from a family of fibromyalgia sufferers, Caitlyn Elf, 23, of New York City, was devastated when the symptoms—tender muscles, fatigue, stiff joints, and migraines—set in during her sophomore year of college. Falling first into a depression, she later found the strength to fight fibromyalgia and reclaim her life.

I Faced and Fought Fibro

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