Sylvia’s Story
Cocoa, FL

Finally, I went to a rheumatologist and he said I had fibromyalgia.

It’s hard. Your life changes with fibromyalgia. It just takes over your whole body. I’ve always been an independent person as far as doing my own housework and yard work and I can no longer do that. You just can’t do the things you used to do. But, I’m just a very strong-willed person and I’m the type to just get up and go regardless of the pain. I just keep moving. I try to exercise, swim, and such. And I know when to sit down and rest.

Everybody has a different way of dealing with the pain, with this illness. It’s comforting, talking to people that understand. It helps and they know what you’re going through.