Official website of Key West author, Peg Gregory

Peg Gregory		kaleah37@aol.com

Let's talk fibromyalgia

I hope this page will help to inform and, at the same time,take the isolation out of the equation for those who are afflicted with this condition.

I hope it will also become an interactive site, as well, but not the kind where anything goes. That will not help anyone. By interactive, as it pertains to this site, you may contact me with your questions or comments and if they will not demean or hurt someone else, I will publish them. Please tell me if you prefer I not publish your last name or your city. Also, you may contact me to reply to a comment or question posted by another reader. I will, in turn, publish that comment or question and hopefully, we can get a dialogue started that will help all of us, for you see, I, too, have primary fibromyalgia.

For this first issue, volume, posting, blog — whatever you want to call it — of April 7, I will tell you my own story, what I went through before my diagnosis and the treatment that finally gave me relief from my symptoms. I hope to hear from many of you who are willing to share your own stories. I will do just one posting a day but I definitely will post all your stories.

I am a registered nurse, but I promise to keep it simple, therefore, I will not be using medical terms for muscles and bones, for example. I will try to speak in layman's language in as much as that will be possible, because to get too 'medical' or too 'technical' will not help you if you do not speak 'medical-ese'. I like to be told things in the simplest terms by doctors, physical therapists and others with whom I come into contact because of my own problems, so I have no reason or desire to make it complicated for my readers.

I do want to caution everyone who reads this site: it is not intended as a way for me to diagnose your own condition nor is it intended to substitute for a visit to your own physician. I have no license to practice medicine nor will I attempt to do so. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you, in advance, for your willingness to share your own stories with us. Make your story as long as you want or need it to be, as it will be the feature entry for that particular day.

Sincerely,

Peggy Butler