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Our friend Kitty has been suffering from severe Fibromyalgia for
several months. She is such a sweet person and we really want to help
her. Please take some time to read this and give your support!
“My name is Kitty, I'm 19 years old and I have Fibromyalgia.
Fibromyalgia is a disorder in the part of the brain that sends pain
signals out to the body when you get hurt. In people with FM, the
brain is constantly sending out pain signals all over the body. It's
not just a dull ache either, a lot of the time it feels like all of
your limbs are being broken over and over again. Let me try and
describe what it's like to have Fibromyalgia:
Fibromyalgia is
when your mom comes into your room to shut your windows so the
neighbors won't hear you screaming.
Fibromyalgia is slowly losing
the ability to do all the things you love and feeling like there's
nothing else.
Fibromyalgia is realizing you were wrong about not
being able to do anything when you stop being able to leave your bed
for most of the day.
Fibromyalgia is losing all your friends
because nobody can be bothered to keep in contact with the girl they
used to hang out with once a week because it's too inconvenient for
them to call, text, or drop by once in a while.
Fibromyalgia is
feeling like a burden when you hear your parents talking about how
they hope they'll have enough money for the doctor visit and all the
medication each month.
Fibromyalgia is always having to hear
people tell you that you need to "just try harder, work through
the pain, you can't get better if you don't try to exercise,"
because they assume that if you're sick it must be because you aren't
trying hard enough to get better.
Fibromyalgia is feeling
thankful that the pain was only horrible instead of excruciating
today.
There's a lot more to it than that, but I think you're
starting to get at least a faint view of the picture. So, here's my
problem. I don't have health insurance. I live in a family of five
living off of one person's income. I have to see the doctor once a month.
My social life has been greatly effected(affected?) by this illness.
I used to go out everyday and just do whatever I felt like. I would
stay away from home for days just to hang out with friends. I hung out
with at least someone everyday. I was so independent. Now I'm lucky if
I get to leave the house once a month for something other than the
doctor. I used to know a lot of people, but now I only have a few
friends. I just want my social life back. Right now I need a cane to
walk short distances, so it would be really helpful to get a
wheelchair. My family can barely afford food and medication, so
getting a wheelchair is impossible.
I feel so helpless, and
everything seems impossible. If anyone can help me out in any way at
all, that would be incredible. Thank you and DFTBA.”
With your help we can raise enough money to get her a good
wheelchair. No donation is too small, every penny counts. So please
help her get her life back
Thank you!
If you want to know more about severe fibromyalgia please follow
this link
http://www.livestrong.com/article/19533-severe-fibromyalgia-symptoms/
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