In about 2004, I finally went to my doctor for a check up. I'd had constant pain in all my limbs and my back, which felt like it was in the bones, for about two years. I had assumed it was because of getting older! I'd heard old people talk of aches and pains, and so I assumed it was normal (okay, I wasn't that old, but thought maybe it starts earlier than I'd thought lol).

However... my mother had come to visit, and I'd asked her if she had this pain, and she said no! She said occasionally an ache or a pain, but not constantly. I was also always very very very tired. I draaaaged myself through the day.

So, I went to my doctor. I was sent for various blood tests, and finally a clinical diagnosis was made for Fibromyalgia. I'd...

~Odille Rault