WELCOME! This is my first attempt at creating a site, so please bear with me. It's far from being anything near to what I'd like it to be when it's completed. That said, I'd like to explain what this site is all about. I have an illness called Fibromyalgia. You may or may not have heard of this illness, but it is highly prevalent among primarily women. It's what is called an "Invisible Illness" because you don't LOOK sick. Actually, you look just fine - no crutches, braces, wheelchairs, missing limbs, etc. But this illness is just as devastating as any other major disability which includes constant, chronic pain. I hope to have a lot of informative links that will help you learn more about this illness (which is referred to by FMS). COMING SOON: In addition, I want to have a questionnaire (for those of you who are stricken by this illness) to be filled out WHEN you have the time to do so.   I'm beginning to co-authoring a book about what it's like to have FMS. What things we have to go through, how we feel about things, the stresses we have to deal with, etc. It won't be a technical book (there are already tons of them out there), but a book of personal struggles of people with FMS.  If you have a FMS story, please send it to me at my email address And, as a final note, I'm going to offer a FREE chat program that is what they call "real-time". In otherwords, you don't have to type and hit enter, the reader reads what you type as you are typing it. That way, you never run a sentence or two behind. This program is called ICQ, and as I have stated, it IS FREE! Even if you don't have FMS, download the program anyway - I know you'll find it as useful as I have. Communication is the key, and if we can communicate in 'real time' we have much better communication. Thank you for visiting my site. Hopefully, I can get it the way I want it to be in the not too distant future. By the way, I don't have all of the links I want to share up as yet, but will soon!! Please check back often!!

• Personal background

• Brief page of links - MUCH BIGGER one to come shortly!

• FMS GENERAL INFORMATION
• (CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, CHECK BACK SOON!)
• SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY LINKS
• (CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, CHECK BACK SOON!)

This is what the artist says: "CONTEMPLATION""I believe that every person, probably many times in their lives, reflects upon themselves and their impact on the world. We test our faith, contemplate the choices we've made, and decide where we are going. Chains act as both anchors and burdens; it is only when we come to terms that we can be set free."
 
 
 

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HERE IS THE DOWNLOAD FOR "ICQ"
THAT I PROMISED YOU.  JUST DOUBLE-CLICK ON THE GRAPHIC AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS.  ENJOY!!!