Hi Dr. Phil,<o:p></o:p>

I am writing you in hope that you can help us, us being about 6 million people in the <st1:country-region><st1:place>US</st1:place></st1:country-region> alone.  I have Fibromyalgia and I run a support family online for those with chronic pain and those who love us.  We are in dire need of understanding from the public as well as friends and family.  We are not lazy as many want to think we are.  A horribly painful disease wears us down.  It is too easy for most people to forget about us or not listen to us.  Please Dr. Phil I know you have millions of letters but please reply to these pleads for help.  We have people who cannot get doctors to give them the meds they need to be able to live a somewhat normal life.  We have people who do not have the money to get the meds even if the doctor believes them.  We battle everyday to try to have a tiny bit of the life we had before fibro.  Many of us have lost friends, family, and home due to fibro.  Dr. Phil I know you can help us to get the information out that we are not lazy, stupid, and unwilling to work people.  We are the same people we were before but we now live every second of every day with horrible pain, mental fog, and many other problems due to fibro.  I never even used to take aspirin and now I take so much more then that everyday just so I can get out of bed.  Please help us; I do not know whom else to turn to.  We need understanding and compassion.   We face each day people who think there is nothing wrong with us except that we want to “work the system�?  Our support family is over 100 people strong, we want to let people know that if it were a choice we would be back at our “old�?life in a second.  We may look healthy but there is not one thing about us that is anymore.  We really need you to help us in our goal of understanding and compassion.<o:p></o:p>

Thank you with all my heart<o:p></o:p>

Mega hugs J<o:p></o:p>

Debbie/ Smile

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