Fibromyalgia

"I had been having severe back pain, headaches, depression, muscle cramps, sleep deprivation, and constant flu-like symptoms, to name a few, for almost a year. In January 2001, after seeing four different specialists, I was finally diagnosed with Fibromyalgia two months before my 22nd birthday.

I continued for the next five months to search for relief. In that time I saw at least five more doctors, including rheumatologists, orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine specialists, pain management specialists, and several ER physicians, as well as trying massage therapy. Even with strong painkillers, no one was able to alleviate my discomfort for more than a day. I had all but given up hope of ever living a normal life when in May, my massage therapist suggested that I attend one of Dr. Bolick's workshops on Fibromyalgia.

At the workshop I learned more useful information about Fibromyalgia than I'd been able to find throughout the previous year from doctors, friends, and Internet research. I had typically been forced to wait 2-3 months to get an appointment to see most of the other doctors I'd been to, but Dr. Bolick's staff got me an appointment for the next week! I suddenly had hope! From that first appointment on, my life has changed.

Dr. Bolick evaluated my case and deve1oped a program tailored specifically to correct and maintain my health. It has been just over a month since that appointment, and my health and outlook have improved dramatically. I am able to function normally at work, I can go out on weekends with friends and I feel better about living my life with Fibromyalgia. In short, instead of living as a bed-ridden 60 year old in extremely poor health, I am able to live my life as a functionally healthy 22 year old with her Fibromyalgia under control."

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