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Member
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These are the areas
where YOU
can get involved and add your valuable advice and
input. Please feel free to participate as much, or as
little, as you feel comfortable with in these areas.
Fibromyalgia
Based Topics
Fibrohugs
Introductions
Where love and support are offered
and received in regards to who we are and what we have
to deal with. It's a great place to make Fibro
Friends. Tell us about your Family, pets, day to day
activities and if you feel like venting....... let it
rip but within the realms of remembering that people
of all ages participate on this site.
Medical
Related Topics
Our use on this forum is strictly
for FMS and MPS related topics which include in-depth
discussions, valuable links to knowledgeable sites,
and anything else that can truly help relieve our
suffering. Definitely a place to read and
participate if you are looking for real life answers
and experiences.
Breaking
Headline News that relates to our illness
Have you found some brand new
story, research, or suspicion that relates to
Fibromyalgia? Post it here for all to consider. Please
do not post Copyright information here. If the article
is Copyright you can post the first paragraph or two
and then post the URL so we can all go there and read
it, then we'll come back here and discuss our views.
Open
Arms
This is where you'll find the
"normals" who we'd be lost without. These
are the loved ones and caregivers of Fibromyalgia
sufferers supporting each other to learn how to better
cope.
Young
Adults
Where the younger crowd with
Fibromyalgia come to support each other and learn how
to cope with their new and changing lifestyle.
The
Canadian Law & Disability
My name is Allison Schmidt and I
want everyone to be aware that I am not a lawyer and
my only specialty is Canada Pension Plan disability
appeals. I have extensive experience in the disability
claims area and can certainly act as an advocate for
an individual who is having problems with a group
insurance plan by assisting marshalling appropriate
evidence or giving generic advice for appeals.
The
USA Law & Disability
This area is managed by Jeffrey
Rabin who is a well known attorney from the Chicago,
IL area whose law practice is concentrated in
representing disabled individuals seeking disability
benefits under the Social Security Act. An attorney
since 1980, he began Jeffrey A. Rabin &
Associates, Ltd. in 1988 to focus in this area of the
law.
Fundraising
for the cause of all Fibromites
This Forum will be used for fundraising
ideas. As do most things, the continuation of
raising Awareness for Fibromyalgia costs money. Any
funds that come in will be used to cover the costs of
this entire site which is our best source of
awareness. Any additional funds will go towards our
annual conferences where many of us will get to meet
each other and also get as much event exposure as
possible with a one time yearly media blitz. If
there are more funds available then, and I certainly
believe this is important, this is the place to
discuss how we can get the most positive exposure for
our buck. Regular ongoing recognition (consistency) is
very important. Please give us your help and ideas so
we can continue to be " In Their Face ".
Fibrohugs
Book Club
The first thing that comes to any
Fibromite's mind when they hear the names Dr.
Devin Starlanyl, M.D. or Mark Pellegino MD. is
Excellent Fibromyalgia Related Books. The reason for
that is because the above 2 people are AWESOME, I
really don't know where we'd be without their insight.
Fibromyalgia
Awareness
As you all know, Fibrohugs is
dedicated to supporting all persons who suffer with
Fibromyalgia. Part of that support is to raise
awareness of the disease and the devastating impact it
has on its sufferers.
Fibrohugs
Annual Conference Planning
A "Special" area set up
with one thing in mind, planning, preparation and
celebration of Fibrohugs Conferences. 2000 was in
Springfield, MO and 2001 was in Moose Jaw,
Saskatchewan and each year they seem to be getting
better and better. Check here for 2002's events as
they unfold and we hope to see you there.
Fibrohugs
Employment Center
If you are looking for work or
looking to hire someone, please post it on this page.
We will keep this close to Home, so to speak, so
please don't fill this area up with the millions of
"get rich" listings from all
over the Net.
Special
Theme Discussion
This area will change whenever
there is a special topic that we want to discuss. We
will be straight to the point and not stray off the
topic discussion in order to allow as many informative
posts to remain visible for reference.
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Related
Illnesses
Multiple
Sclerosis MS
Due to the alarming numbers of Fibromyalgia Sufferers
later being diagnosed with MS also,
we feel that this would be a very good place to
discuss your diagnosis, treatment, symptoms, successes
or failures, etc.
Lupus
Please let our Lupus forum give
you a deeper understanding of how to live with the
difficulties of lupus, in addition to your
Fibromyalgia. Find ways in how others cope and please
add your input in ways of helping others.
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Self
Help
Fibrohugs
Nite Club
"Party til ya drop" is
the only goal to achieve here. This is our escape from
our regularly scheduled pain program** The same
security features are in place here as on the rest of
the interactive areas of this site so we want to be
sure you can have as much fun as possible, but stay
within the Fibrohugs morals.
Poet's
Corner
Grace us with your Poems. This site has displayed some
of the World's finest Poetry. If
you are an inspiring Poet please come here for some
discussion and advice, or if you are very confident
and comfortable with your Poetry skills already please
share your knowledge. Please remember that these Poems
are copyright of both the Members and the
Fibrohugs.com Company and any reproduction or copying
of any nature are subject to the consequences of the
Law without proper authorization.
Computer
tips for Fibromites
Tips and advice to make your day more enjoyable while
on the computer. Learn how to
"cut & paste" or maybe why a Trackball
is more suitable than a mouse if you have carpal
tunnel, and so on. Tell us your fibromite computer
secrets!
Site
Technical Problems & Chat Ban Discussion
If you experience problems getting into the chat
room, posting a message on a message board, viewing
certain pages of this site, get a banned message when
logging into chat or any other difficulties not
pertaining to the illness, please use this forum.
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Member
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Prayer
Requests
This is where you can add requests for prayers,
meditations and thoughts. The newest requests will be
on top of the list. Just keep typing in the request
box. To see your request you will need to
"Refresh" or "Reload" your
browser.
Homemade
Relief Items
This section is for "relief
items" that can be made at home and cost very
little to make. These are things like the ever popular
Rice Socks that can be bought in stores for $20 or
made at home for $1.50 and they both work just as
well.
Tips
to help ease our day
Feel free to add any tips that you
know of that will help us in our daily lives. The tips
can be absolutely anything at all from tips around the
house or yard, tips on shopping, ways of making
regular tasks easier, computer tips to help us on the
Net, etc, etc.
The
God Jar
Put your trouble in this jar and
walk away leaving your problems and stress with your
God who is much more capable than you to deal
with these matters. The only thing you need to leave
here with is a stronger faith and a bigger smile!
Personal
Profiles
Read about others and how they are coping with their
Fibro experiences. When you
feel comfortable we hope you will add your Profile
to this page.
Trial
& Errors of Treatment
Please add to this page. The main
purpose here is to try to give us all some better
insight on what kinds of treatments are available for
Fibromyalgia as well as the opportunity to discover
any patterns with this illness. Some work, some don't,
so this could save some of us a lot of time and
expense.
Fibrofog
Stories
Fibrofog, ya gotta make it a
laughing matter. Have you ever done something
embarrassing, goofy, silly, weird, hilarious and maybe
even a bit dumb? Well then, I wanna hear about it LOL
Fibrofog can be one of the benefits of this illness if
you remember to laugh about it.
Inspirational
Stories
When you need uplifting words
or just a smile go and read these stories, you'll find
that smile you never knew you had. If you have an
Inspirational Story please add it to this area for
others to enjoy.
Your
Fibromyalgia Symptoms
So many people have the same symptoms,
you can add yours here. But there are many times we
have symptoms that are NOT related to Fibro
that we just brush off as nothing to worry about.
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Links
If you stumbled upon a web site
that you feel could be beneficial to others here, or
if you went web surfing and specifically went looking
for other helpful site, please post them here.
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