Keeping Updated

Greetings,

I have a wad of articles which my mother gave me about fibromyalgia. I have read most of them, gone through others and disregarded what they said also because they were off-track. This formed the prime knowledge which I have been basing much of my conclusions about for quite a few years, especially considering most of these articles date back to the late 1990s. Things have changed.

I took these in with me when I saw my physiotherapist and he was impressed about the amount of reading that I had done, but suggested that I should update my knowledge. I had a think, and it is true, those articles are some 20 years out of date! Things can change quite quickly in the medical world and while somethings do stay the same others do change. Needless to say, I have been on the look out to see what has changed and quite a bit has.

Fibromyalgia has actually been recognised as a real condition by many doctors for starters. This is a big help because it was for many years just palmed off as just psychosomatic. Of course there are still doctors out there who are arguing against the existence of this disease because of its multiple presentations.

There is a lot more information out there than there was a while ago. More information for people who have the condition and also more information for medical practitioners as well. I encourage people who have the condition or who care for someone who has the condition, in any way to go and have a look what's out there. Not just one article, not just one point of view, but several different points of view. It is only through a collection of these points of view that you will get a real idea about what's going on.

There is some really exciting stuff out there. I may even get around to sharing some of the stuff which I have been reading. Keeping updated means that you will understand more about your condition and this can only be an asset. Take it as information that you can use to tailor your life around, or through circumstances so that you can live well, and more importantly LIVE.

Cheers,

Henry.