# Amazing article
**URL:** https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/amazing-article/2470
**Category:** General
**Created:** [June 7, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/amazing-article/2470 "2013-06-07T05:08:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Maradia](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/u/Maradia)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/amazing-article/2470/1 "2013-06-07T05:08:19Z")
I have no words for this article, but I kinda want to print it out and mail it to every dr I've ever been to. I thought I would share.
[http://www.thirdage.com/news/fibromyalgia-stigmatization-and-its-impact\_10-6-2010](http://www.thirdage.com/news/fibromyalgia-stigmatization-and-its-impact_10-6-2010)
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### Author:  [@DreamCatcher](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/u/DreamCatcher)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2013, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/amazing-article/2470/2 "2013-06-07T06:29:43Z")
Hi Maradia!
Thank's for sharing this article! It is spot on!! Public awareness is the key!
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### Author:  [@Renie](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/u/Renie)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/amazing-article/2470/3 "2013-06-07T13:57:51Z")
This is a really great article, thanks for pointing it out! I agree, I would love to give it to every doctor and every disbelieving person I know, because this says it all!
Hugs,
Renieā„
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### Author:  [@purplebutterfly](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/u/purplebutterfly)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/amazing-article/2470/4 "2013-06-07T23:54:27Z")
Hi the article was amazing. Thank you for sharing.
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### Author:  [@Leanne](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/u/Leanne)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/amazing-article/2470/5 "2013-06-08T03:50:32Z")
Thank you for posting! This article is right on!
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### Author:  [@Sissy5](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/u/Sissy5)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/amazing-article/2470/6 "2013-06-08T18:48:13Z")
Thank you for finding this. I have read articles over the years but this one I liked most. I made a copy of it and put it on the clipboard. I wrote little notes about how I feel about certain things mentioned and how I try to cope. I am giving this clipboard to my son and his wife to read together...they know about fibro but I want them to read this article; they just know what they have been told. I put a pen in the clipboard and asking them to write any notes or questions they want to ask me. I find that trying to sit down and have conversations about fibro and the affects on me gets too emotional for me. I speak from emotions instead of speaking matter of fact like I want. Sure I could have them just go to this site and read but I thought by me writing little notes; giving my thoughts, or being to say see this is why you see me laying down or why I isolate myself. I thought what the heck; this may give them a different perspective and maybe stop me from feeling quilty when I need to lay down because I spent all my energy for the day or week. lol
Thanks again for that site....Sissy
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### Author:  [@Kitty1](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/u/Kitty1)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/amazing-article/2470/7 "2013-06-09T00:54:22Z")
This is excellent stuff. Thank you, Maradia.
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### Author:  [@Miriam](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/u/Miriam)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/amazing-article/2470/8 "2013-06-09T23:20:56Z")
I was diagnosed in 2003. I'm on medicare, so my options were limited. But I could not find a single rheumatologist in Austin, where I lived at the time, who treated fibro. I had to drive over an hour to San Antonio just to see a doctor who was fibro friendly. That was just crazy. Most people I've talked to have only heard of fibromyalgia from Cymbalta commercials. But it's a start. Fibro seems to be becoming more widely accepted. I now live in CA and was easily able to find a new rheumatologist last year. Great article. Thanks for sharing. :)
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### Author:  [@bookjunkie](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/u/bookjunkie)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/amazing-article/2470/9 "2013-06-10T00:22:55Z")
Great article! I am so tired of people telling me just to be positive and I will feel better. If I felt better I would be positive and able to deal. I will be printing this out for my family and friends! Thanks Maradia!