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Carole Hall: Share What It Is Like to Live with an Invisible Illness
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Carole Hall Fibromyalgia

I have had fibro for many years, I think I just thought at the beginning I was clumsy and tired, then I lost my youngest son in a RTA and it came on big time, I find it frustrating, painful, worrying, I am not good at pacing myself, on good days I do too much, and then suffer the bad days, but I so want to just have a normal...

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Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia?

That it takes over your life and that everything is a struggle.

Has any one told you that "you don't look sick?"

Many times.

Tell us, who is your biggest support system while coping with fibromyalgia?

Me. I listen to my body and I allow myself to cry with frustration.