Monday, May 12, 2008

HAPPY AWARENESS DAY!

It's CFS/Fibromyalgia Awareness Day!

For those who don't know, the date was chosen because it's Florence Nightengale's birthday -- in later life, she spent a lot of time resting because of some disease described in a way that sounds suspiciously like CFS.

At least this year, we can look back on a year of significant medical advances.  We've gotten Lyrica FDA-approved for fibro.  We've gotten more evidence of biological abnormalities in CFS to permanently defuse the critics who think it's just psychological.

There's still a long way to go, but we're headed in the right direction.

To my fellow patients, Happy Awareness Day!  To our dedicated researchers, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

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