Another Fibromyalgia Advocate Response
A Letter to the Editor of a Jacksonville paper in response to this article
From: FREDERIC PORCASE
Physician, Jacksonville
FIBROMYALGIA - Painfully real
"Monday’s article demeans all of us with fibromyalgia.
"The horrible part was the “Mind over Matter?” stating that
"I run a support group for people with fibromyalgia, and that is not the case. We are all type “A” personalities who have been forced to change our lives due to this horrible disease/syndrome.
"ALL of us would give up our “great” disability checks for the more profitable lives we were living before the chronic pain and fatigue.
"We may be overweight now, due to not being able to exercise, but this was not the case before the chronic pain and fatigue started not after the diagnosis.
"We all had the symptoms years before we actually got a diagnosis.
"No, we are not hypocondriacs.
"Fibromyalgia is an invisible disease. Thank goodness we don’t look as bad as we feel.
"Walk in our shoes just one day and then say we have a mental disorder."
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From: FREDERIC PORCASE
Physician, Jacksonville
FIBROMYALGIA - Painfully real
"Monday’s article demeans all of us with fibromyalgia.
"The horrible part was the “Mind over Matter?” stating that
“Patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia are more likely to have a history of mental illness, be overweight and economically disadvantaged.
Some doctors say their suffering may stem from difficult circumstances rather than disease.”
"I run a support group for people with fibromyalgia, and that is not the case. We are all type “A” personalities who have been forced to change our lives due to this horrible disease/syndrome.
"ALL of us would give up our “great” disability checks for the more profitable lives we were living before the chronic pain and fatigue.
"We may be overweight now, due to not being able to exercise, but this was not the case before the chronic pain and fatigue started not after the diagnosis.
"We all had the symptoms years before we actually got a diagnosis.
"No, we are not hypocondriacs.
"Fibromyalgia is an invisible disease. Thank goodness we don’t look as bad as we feel.
"Walk in our shoes just one day and then say we have a mental disorder."
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