Male fibromyalgia, me n’ my fibro-mates… (or: and I… 
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#53 - inspired by … 
- OK, just guess
Men Suffer from the Grip of Fibromyalgia, It’s not Just a Woman’s Disease
#54
“Doctors may not even consider fibromyalgia in a male patient, and some doctors speculate that only 10% of diagnoses are men because men are less likely to complain about pain.
In a study, men tended to have:
Lower reported pain intensity
Lower tender-point count
Lower depression rates
Longer duration of symptoms when making the first complaint to a doctor
Higher overall disability due to symptoms
Also, ongoing pain in men was especially linked to pressure-triggered hyperalgesia (amplified pain) in the neck”.
As pain and judging it is very subjective, I can imagine such a study not being very well controlled. Interesting tho, that I call a pain of 7 what many others call 10.
#55
Men get fibromyalgia.
It’s not just psychological burnout or depression it’s not laziness it’s not malingering, it is the result of widespread dysfunction in the body and the brain that’s hard to understand, difficult to ?beat, and, so far, impossible to cure.
#56
Fibromyalgia affects men - we understand your pain
“my head is pounding”
“aching all over”
“I cry too sometimes”
“my nerves are hurting”
“I need help”
“they’ll think I’m weak”
“I’m suffering too”
“I can’t hang out with my friends like I used to”
“AHHH!”
#57
Men with Fibromyalgia - Shining a light on the 10%
(Seems to be about 4:3 or 1:1, cf. Males - My Fibro-mates :-) - ratio, differences etc)
#58
People Might Think a Man with Fibromyalgia is Weak
They are Wrong!
Men with Fibromyalgia are the quite warriors who have been strong too long!
#59 - same pic as 58, but different message
As a man living with fibromyalgia I suffer in silence, this is how I feel every dayday! Every day I fight a battle, every day I fight to survive, every day I fight to be strong, every day I try to do the best I can, every day I find the will to go on, every day I find reason not to give in, every day is filled with pain, every day is filled with sorrow, every day I live with fibromyalgia and I won’t to let it beat me … ever
#60
“I only get one life, and I will not let fibromyalgia take the joy from living it.” Morgan Freeman
#61 - you what?!? - Impaired moral judgment?? Where’d they get that from?!?
OK, so as it will now appear, men - my fibro-mates - have a different style of suffering than women… - my fibro-misses, -Mrs., -mams, -mums, -huns… 
- Looks a bit as if those who’ve made these pics take the ‘Well you look OK’ for granted in men, i.e. it doesn’t have to be shown, and it shows them writhing in agony more actively as opposed to the more passive pics made of women.
The quote of 10% males inspired me to research current studies on the male/female ratio: Seems to be about 4:3 or 1:1, cf.