Keeping it Real

For 25 - 30 years I suffered.  Odd aches and pains that the doctors could not explain.  MUST BE FIBROMYALGIA!  Really!  Is that even a disease?  What about the pain in my head, legs, arms, etc?  I TELL YOU IT IS FIBROMYALGIA; take two aspirin and call me in the morning.  And, so I suffered.  I accepted the diagnosis and went through life adapting.  I didn't like it, but what could I do.  It turns out neither I nor the doctors could do anything.  It wasn't so bad.  The aches and pains became background noise and I all but ignored it.  That is until Miami Beach!