No cure yet, but that's the goal of this genome research. Frankly, I'm not that hopeful, but who knows? Maybe there will be a cure someday....
Yes, I agree--and there's a lot left to learn. That's why I decided to participate in the genome research when my blood test confirmed my diagnosis. Obviously I don't know if this study will lead to...
Okay, I see your point there. You want to make sure to diagnose the progressive and treatable illnesses before settling on the fibromyalgia explanation as the only one, since those could cause more...
Thank you, Sherrine, for the various links. I actually looked through your links even before I started posting, and I have read a lot of this same kind of information in my own online research, but I...
Hi Sherrine, and thanks! I see what you're saying, but do you see that being exclusionary of auto-immune, or could it be an auto-immune condition that causes faulty pain processing? You clearly are...
Well I guess that makes sense if you're already quite sure that fibromyalgia is what you have. But for those who are still speculating, like I was, it made more sense to have a test to confirm the...
I don't buy into the theory about processing pain differently. I've never been overly sensitive to pain and, in fact, gave birth to three children, all naturally. I've always considered myself more...
I'm brand new on the forum, and I'm wondering why this blood test isn't more widely known and discussed. I was given a kind of half-hearted fibromyalgia diagnosis by my former family medicine doctor...